A Bay Area native with a degree in furniture design from California College of the Arts, Marschak quickly saw a crossover from skateboards to furniture. For five years he experimented with harnessing the natural flexibility and strength of bamboo while tring to minimize material waste in the production process. While still in his research phase, marschak met Dan Smith of Smith & Fong Plyboo, one of the first companies to market and manufacture bamboo for flooring in the United States, starting in the early '90s.

"Anthony's furniture designs are significant," says Smith. "They are beautiful, innovative and challenging. He is the only person who has approached bamboo from its most significant characteristic... tensile strength."

Because bamboo is technically a grass, not a wood, it grows very quickly and is more sustainable than timber. Marschak traveled to China with Smith to meet bamboo farmers and tour their "farms," plots set into steep hillsides. The best of these bamboo crops is exported by Smith & Fong as Plyboo flooring and now, Modern Bamboo furniture.

Marschak launched his company in 2006 with three designs he had spent years developing - Becca, Game Table and Spring Chair. "A chair is the hardest thing to design correctly," says Marschak, who went through 11 prototypes as he revised his flagship piece to contour and be comfortable to a variety of body types.

"Each piece in the range embodies functionality, detail and craftsmanship," Marschak says. "My motivation has always been to do it right."

This commitment to high quality is a trademark of the Modern Bamboo line. Marschak understands that the choices designers make today will reverberate for decades. This mindfulness pervades Modern Bamboo's design philosophy "support sustainability without compromising comfort, luxury and elegance.".

He seeks a sculptural quality in the functional world. His work is inventive yet personal. He has worked in furniture design, sculpture, and lighting design in his career. He is interested in broadening the scope of the making process. He is currently working as an industrial designer.

Tetsushi is fascinated with the process of turning ideas into objects. Ideas are infinite so as the process of making. He focuses on acquiring a broad range of knowledge in making, while he also focuses on enjoying everyday life to create ideas. What you think comes from how you live. Healthy mind is principle element of design.