DAVID KEECH Founder of Keechdesign and head of its design and business strategy. David gained a Master's Degree at the Royal College of Art in London under Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. He spent many years as a designer for leading architects Foster And Partners becoming an Associate, and working for prestigious international clients in architecture, interiors and product. He then lived and worked in Japan as the first non-Japanese designer at Yamaha's design HQ in Hamamatsu, producing a number of ground-breaking designs for its music equipment and consumer product divisions. He founded Keechdesign on his return to the UK in 2005. David is a senior visiting tutor at The Royal College of Art and a visiting project leader at KLC School of Design, London. He is a regular delegate on the annual government trade mission to Japan; Design UK, and also trustee of London based arts charity Olympian Arts.
MATT KEECH is Keechdesign's expert in architectural and interior fit-out and furniture. Matt began his career as a cabinet maker and served a traditional apprenticeship. He went on to live and work in Spain for Melville Espana on Expo '92 gaining valuable experience in bespoke construction and manufacture. On his return to the UK he worked as a modelmaker, also for leading architect Norman Foster, working on projects such as the Great Court at the British Museum and the Reichstag, New German Parliament. He is managing director of Form Design And Build, which provides Keechdesign with a direct route to furniture manufacture, as well as and supply and installation of architectural fit-out.
GAETANO LING Gaetano is an American engineer and designer now living in London. A product of an eclectic upbringing, he was born and raised in Reston, Virginia, the first modern, planned community in America. With an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University, he went on to become an engineer at Axcelis Technologies in Boston, designing and manufacturing particle accelerators and robotics for the semiconductor industry. While a student at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College's double MA + MSc Innovation Design Engineering programme, he was selected to design the podiums for the Victory Ceremonies in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As such you will shortly be seeing his work on every TV station and every news publication on the planet; something of which we are very proud!
MATT KEECH is Keechdesign's expert in architectural and interior fit-out and furniture. Matt began his career as a cabinet maker and served a traditional apprenticeship. He went on to live and work in Spain for Melville Espana on Expo '92 gaining valuable experience in bespoke construction and manufacture. On his return to the UK he worked as a modelmaker, also for leading architect Norman Foster, working on projects such as the Great Court at the British Museum and the Reichstag, New German Parliament. He is managing director of Form Design And Build, which provides Keechdesign with a direct route to furniture manufacture, as well as and supply and installation of architectural fit-out.
GAETANO LING Gaetano is an American engineer and designer now living in London. A product of an eclectic upbringing, he was born and raised in Reston, Virginia, the first modern, planned community in America. With an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University, he went on to become an engineer at Axcelis Technologies in Boston, designing and manufacturing particle accelerators and robotics for the semiconductor industry. While a student at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College's double MA + MSc Innovation Design Engineering programme, he was selected to design the podiums for the Victory Ceremonies in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As such you will shortly be seeing his work on every TV station and every news publication on the planet; something of which we are very proud!
