MARCUS TREMONTO founded his New York-based design studio, Treluce Studios, with his wife and partner, Monica Tremonto in 2002. The studio is a collaborative that focuses on product-driven concepts, based on recontextualizing, repurposing, and reimaging traditional designs with new design philosophies. The studio was awarded the Future Furniture Interior Design award in 2006 and has been published in over seventy worldwide publications, including The New York Times, Case da Abitare, Domus, Connaissance des Arts, Etapes, and Blueprint. Tremonto holds a Masters in Fine Art from The Art Institute of Chicago.