Ross Menuez has designed everything from a small airplane in the 1980s while still in school in New York City, to kitchen, office and home furnishings, to commerical interiors for shops and restaurants throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. He is also responsible for the Fauna collection of soft cushions and balsa prints that he created for Areaware. In 2003, Menuez founded the Salvor Projects, for which he was a finalist in the 2009 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards in the Product Design category. Early projects included commissioned pieces for Bruce Weber, Mariko Mori and a costume for Bjork.