Andries Van Onck (born in 1928 in Amsterdam) studied Industrial Design in the Netherlands before attending the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm, with Tomas Maldonado, Walter Zeischegg, and Max Bill.
He has lived in Italy since 1959 and worked with Ettore Sottsass Jr. on the design of Olivetti’s first electronic machines.
Hiroko Takeda (born in 1945) graduated from the Tokyo Academy.
From 1968 to 1972, she worked with several Japanese companies in the furniture sector.
She has lived and worked in Italy since 1972, with Andries Van Onck.
In 1965, Andries founded his own design studio in Milan (now in Gavirate near Varese) where, with his wife Hiroko Takeda, he developed countless design projects for companies in Italy and abroad and received many awards for them.

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