Designer ANDRIY KUCHMAYDA, was born in 1978 in Lviv, Ukraine. He studied design in the Ukranian State University of Forest and Wood Technology in Lviv and carving on wood in the profession – technical specialized artistic school in Ivano-Frankovo. He is now working in industrial design.
ACME Studios is an international product design company founded in Los Angeles 1985. The success factor is the intensive cooperation with globally recognized architects, designers, artists, foundations, estates and institutions. In 1997, ACME released their first collection of fine writing tools.
The company's founders, Adrian Olabuenaga and Lesley Bailey, launched ACME in 1985 with a collection of jewelry designed by Peter Shire, a member of the world-renowned Memphis Group. This graduated to working with all fourteen Memphis Designers such as Andrea Branzi, Michele De Lucchi and Ettore Sottsass.