Recently our Surface Bloggers stumbled upon the industrial design studio of Mike and Maaike. Known for their experimental approach to design, they create ideas and unexpected solutions for products, furniture, wearables, environments and vehicles.

(From Left: Maaike Evers & Mike Simonian)

The San-Fransisco based design duo is made up of Maaike Evers, who is Dutch, and Mike Simonian, a native Californian. Their unique backgrounds yield unexpected and incredible results. This cutting edge design studio has been growing quickly, and Google chose Mike and Maaike to design the first mobile phone which will runs on the Google Android Operating System.

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