David Quan graduated in Industrial Design in 1990 from Humber College. David started his career at the Axis Group, an internationally acclaimed design studio working on award winning product design in a diverse range of industries including furniture, toys, sporting goods, medical, telecommunication and high-tech equipment. As well as hard goods, the Axis Group specialized in design strategy and research. David also worked for Jonathan Crinion on an office system for Knoll furniture. He is currently Senior designer/ Creative Lead at Umbra, where he is responsible for developing sustainable approaches to product development. He is also responsible for colour trend, advancing plastic technologies, mentoring new designers, as well as developing products in all of Umbra's product categories. David is a member of several design related boards and associations. He holds several patens, and has won numerous product design awards including the '1999 Good Design' award for Slip shoehorn, '2004 Housewares award' for Seto modular seating, and 'Form 2003' for Jump Chess set.