Philippe Malouin
I have always made things from an early age. We had a workshop at home, and I spent an incredible amount of time there. I would make toys, cars, skateboard ramps, etc. I didn’t realise I wanted to be a designer until I took two gap years between college and university to travel abroad. I encountered many different people during my travels, and Milan was a place where I spent a bit of time as a young adult. Some of the people I encountered were designers and they seemed so fulfilled and passionate about their work that it inspired me to find my calling. When I got back to Canada, I enrolled in a foundation course in art and design, and design stuck. I knew then that this was what I wanted to do with my life.