Constantin Boym was born in Moscow, Russia in 1955, where he graduated from Moscow Architectural Institute. In 1984-85 he earned a Master’s degree in Design from Domus Academy in Milan. He has become a U.S. registered architect in 1988. In 1986 he founded Boym Partners Inc in New York City. His studio’s designs include tableware for Alessi and Authentics, watches for Swatch, lighting for Flos, showrooms and retail displays for Vitra, and exhibition installations for many American museums, including Museum of the City of New York and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Objects designed by Boym Partners are included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Boym Partners are recipients of eight I.D. Magazine Annual Design Awards, including the Best of Category in 2000, and of two Federal Design Achievement Awards. In 2005 they were finalists in the National Design Awards in Product Design, and were invited to the White House.