Roderick Vos explores the intersection of east and west, tradition and modern technology. A graduate of the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands, he has operated a studio since 1990 with his wife, the carpet and textile designer Claire Vos. Vos jokes about design being in his DNA. His great-grandfather and grandfather were skilled craftsmen and his father founded Maupertuus, a pioneering design store. Yet he refuses to put design on a pedestal. In his words, "design should be humble." He dislikes "the intellectual approach towards ‘design matters.'... Emotion is, in my opinion, key to a successful product."