Vitaliy Zhuykov was born in Izhevsk, Udmurtia. He has lived and worked in Moscow since 2000 year.

After he graduated from Art School and Construction College, he worked as a graphic designer for several years and then was the art director of interior magazines.

He graduated from the Industrial Design course from the Britain Higher School of Art & Design in 2007, after that he continued to work in the journal business.

He created the AUGUST design laboratory in 2012. Ordinary and everyday life, both made him think and try to change the surroundings.

He started with reconstruction of old vintage furniture, experimented, created something new from used materials to give the object a chance for a second life.

After a lot of travel in Udmurtia he noticed that old villages were dying and the crafts were forgotten. It touched and enthralled him. Textures of old untreated wood, the genuine sincerity and delectable warmth of objects made by ordinary people, the wooden elements of architecture were used to create the series of art and interior objects.

His main idea is the desire to mix the sincere simplicity of craft with high tech keeping the origin and not turning away from the future.

He participated in several exhibitions: Moscow Design Week, I Saloni WorldWide Moscow, АРХ Moscow, Wood Works.