| CONSTANTIN BOYM, was born in Moscow,
Russia in 1955, where he graduated from
Moscow Architectural Institute. In 1984-
85, he earned a Master's degree in
design from Domus Academy in Milan. In
1986, he established Boym Design Studio
in New York City. His studio's designs
include tableware for Alessi and
Authentics, watches for Swatch, and
exhibition installations for many
American museums, including Cooper-
Hewitt, and National Design Museum in
New York. In 1998, Boym Design Studio
started a three-year-long catalog
project Souvenirs for the End of the
Century, to be culminated in the end of
the year 2000. Boym teaches at Parsons
School of Design in New York, where he
is a coordinator of the Product Design
department. |