Fenriz and Tunrida where both born and partly raised in San Francisco before moving to Wales in the mid eighties. Both Faustino’s cite their parents, who were a Jewellery designer and a cartoonist respectively, as major influences in the development of their characters. Due to both of their parents busy working schedule Fenriz and Tunrida where left on many occasions to their own devices and as such both became industrious, creative, as well as being encouraged to explore whatever creative outlets they felt suited them. Fenriz Faustino left school to study media design and illustration at the London College of Communication, and went on to design collections for various design houses in and around London. Tunrida followed in her mother’s footsteps and studied Jewellery design at Middlesex. On leaving education Fenriz and Tunrida formed many underground art collectives, and produced work under the alias of ‘Angel Eyes’ ‘Design Confederacy’ and ‘Awfwhat Duo’ Fenriz and Tunrida’s work has been used and featured in such national and international publications as Dazed and Confused, Time Out, Creative Review, Design Week, Zero Tolerance magazine, Graphics International, HM Magazine, Metal Hammer, Close-up Magazine, Masterful Magazine, as well as them both winning the Deface The Face on three occasions under various guises