Setsu & Shinobu Ito are both Japanese designers with a broad work experience in architecture, interior and space, surface, product, industrial and packaging design. So they work in a wide range of activities in the design sector since they opened their studio in 1997.

Setsu Ito, graduated from Tsukuba University in Japan, began collaborating with leader of avant-garde italian design Alessandro Mendini, and then with great master of modern architecture and design, Angelo Mangiarotti. Shinobu Ito, graduated from Tama Art University in Tokyo, started her career for CBS Sony in Sony Creative Products and attained a Master Degree at Domus Academy, Milan. Their works have been presented and exhibit all around the world and also have been published in many books and magazines. They also received design awards such as: ”The Good Design Award" (2001, Japan), "Compasso d' Oro" (2011, Italy), "Red Dot Award Best of the Best" (2016, Germany, Singapore), "Design Plus" (2016, Germany), "NY NOW Best Product" (2017, USA), “Mastro d'arte della pietra” (2019, Italy) and many other international design awards. Some projects are a part of permanent collection of the Die Neue Sammlung Design Museum in Munich (Germany) and the Triennale Design Museum in Milan (Italy). They are visiting professors of Domus Academy, Polytechnic University of Milan, IUAV / Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, IED / Istituto Europeo di Design of Milan, Raffles Milano (Italy) and Tama Art University (Japan).