Terry Dwan was born in California and began her training in structural engineering and architecture at Rice University. She went on to study fine arts in Florence, earned a Master of Architecture at Yale and held a Fulbright Scholarship in Rome before opening her own studio in Milan in 1991. She has designed buildings in Switzerland, Japan, Germany and Italy, and some of her projects are held in the permanent collection of the Triennale museum in Milan. She is one of the most frequent contributors to the Riva 1920 catalog, with more than two dozen pieces to her name. The Night-Night Bench (2007) and the Bedrock series (2008), including the Bedrock Plank Bench, set out her approach to solid timber. The Maui Lounge Chair, the Patmos Bench, the Napa Stool and the Betty Bench followed, then the Dino Barstool and Pebbles Side Table in 2014 and the Kohi Wood Table in 2019.
