Von is a passionate designer and design educator. He has designed products for a global client base serving a variety of environments and industries including workplace, healthcare, residential, public seating, education, cosmetic packaging, and watches. He has created design thinking Innovation programs for the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and School of Public Health.

Before founding Play Orbit Studio, he was an Associate Professor of product design at the College for Creative Studies, Detroit; Principal at Steelcase, where he led the design transformation of their health brand; Founder of the Brooklyn-based design studio VRiD; and Professor of Poetics of Design at Parsons School of Design, NY (his alma mater).

During his free time, Von is usually writing and recording music, painting, and running or yoga-ing.

Miho has been designing across multiple disciplines for over twenty years. Before co-founding Play Orbit Studio, she was the design lead at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health Innovation Studio; program manager at the University of Michigan’s School of Information UX design clinic; founder of Miho Suzuki-Robinson Design, a graphic communication consultancy; graphic designer at the Garden Conservancy; and co-founder of VRiD, a Brooklyn-based design studio, with fellow Parsons School of Design graduate Von Robinson.

During her free time, Miho enjoys cozy activities such as gardening (especially growing food!), drawing and writing stories, and going to the library.

Justin is a Baltimore-based industrial designer, who after a short career as a white water rafting guide and then a research technician, graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design. He worked for 2B Studio, Atwood Marine, and Steelcase, where he crossed paths with Von and Miho. They have been in each other’s orbit ever since.

Outside of design, Justin is an avid fingerstyle guitar player (Doc Watson is his hero), an amateur gardener (permaculture and food forests are currently capturing his interests), and a facilitator of adventures for an energetic six-year-old.

Ryan Carver is the son of an architect/designer, an inquisitive tinkerer, and a graduate of Industrial Design from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He teaches design at The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and has worked with clients such as Citi Bank, Pandora Jewelry, Under Armour, Gensler, Olson Kundig, Holly Hunt, Smithsonian Institution, Kiton USA, and Alarm.com.

In his free time, Ryan enjoys spending time with friends and loved ones, reading, and exploring the great outdoors. He is an avid hiker, paddler, trail runner, and general outdoor adventure enthusiast.