Philip Wood is best known for being the curatorial and creative brains behind the international
design and art brand, CITIZEN:Citizen. He is also a speaker, professor and cultural critic whose
views on products, design, craft and art have led him across the world, speaking about and
engaging with those who see the potential for objects as vehicles for communication.

He is passionately involved in tracking their various locations in contemporary culture, whether
it be through curating, gallery inversions (where visitors bring their own objects to the gallery),
museum shows and, what he calls, rogue retail practices, which are as much cultural interven-
tions as shopping events.

Products from Wood's company, CITIZEN:Citizen, are part of the permanent collections of both
the New York and San Francisco MoMA. In the last three years, Wood and his company have been
featured in over 300 magazines and invited to partake in national and international art and -
ing" and "provocative" and he himself has been cited as a "visionary" and "a dissenting voice".
Originally trained in the traditions of English cabinet making, Wood's business career spans
furniture design, production, retailing (both interiors and fashion) and now, curation and
production of conceptual design objects. Whether it be fashion, art, design or furniture, Wood
sees all of these as a means of communication and a entryway to understanding the world we live
in. Wood's unique vision into culture and its re-interpretation has led him to being increasingly
called upon for creative direction and brand strategy.

He is married to internationally renowned journalist Tania Ketenjian and lives in San Francisco.