 Born in Toronto, Canada, he lived there until his family moved to Ottawa at the age of 11.After graduation, Nuk was hired by the global design and innovation firm frog design (frog) based in the San Francisco Bay Area.Nuk relocated from Canada to California in May 2000 and began his career at frog working under renowned designer Hartmut Esslinger and over the next 11 years, Nuk would become Creative Director and lead frog's west coast design teams.