Marijn van der Poll was born in 1973 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He grew up in Asia, where he graduated from Singapore American School in 1992, and later from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2002. Marijn van der Poll has worked on projects for companies including Ahrend, Droog and Damen Shipyards Group. His designs range from one-off automobiles and unique furniture pieces which have been displayed around the world in museums such as the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Louvre and have been published in leading magazines like TIME and Domus.