Toan Nguyen was born in Paris in 1969 and graduated in Industrial Design at ENSCI-Les Ateliers in Paris, in 1995. 

After experiences in several design studios in Paris, Barcelona and Milan and notably ten years of collaboration of with Antonio Citterio as design director and design partner, signing products for many brands such as Axor-Hansgrohe, B&B Italia, Flos, Fusital, Guzzini, Iittala, Kartell, Metalco, Skantherm, Technogym or Vitra, Toan Nguyen founded his own design studio based in Milan in 2008.

Toan Nguyen Studio is a multidisciplinary Atelier focused on design development in many different design fields, from furniture to technological products, in partnership with leading international companies based in Italy, Germany, Spain and USA such as Accademia, Dedon, Moroso, Urmet Domus, Varaschin, Viccarbe and Walter Knoll.

The Bellows Collection designed for Walter Knoll has won a Red Dot Design Award in 2010.