Khodi Feiz was born in Iran in 1963. In 1986, he graduated from Syracuse University (USA) in Industrial Design. For the next four years he worked for the Texas Instruments Design Centre (USA). In 1990 he joined Philips Design (The Netherlands), where he worked on projects ranging from medical equipment, consumer electronics and domestic appliances to strategic design. Latterly, Khodi held the position of manager and senior designer for the Advanced Design Group. He has also lectured at the Design Academy Eindhoven (The Netherlands).