▁Vent ures ▁Group , ▁Inc . ▁Born ▁in ▁Toronto , ▁Canada , ▁he ▁lived ▁there ▁until ▁his ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁Ott awa ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 1 . ▁N uk ▁studied ▁Indust rial ▁Design ▁at ▁Car leton ▁University , ▁School ▁of ▁Indust rial ▁Design , ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Engineering . ▁N uk ▁graduated ▁at ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁his ▁class ▁with ▁High ▁Dist inction ▁with ▁a ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁Indust rial ▁Design ▁( B . I . D .). ▁After ▁gradu ation , ▁N uk ▁was ▁h ired ▁by ▁the ▁global ▁design ▁and ▁innov ation ▁firm ▁f rog ▁design ▁( f rog ). ▁Based ▁in ▁the ▁San ▁Francisco ▁Bay ▁Area , ▁N uk ▁re located ▁from ▁Canada ▁to ▁California ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁N uk ▁began ▁his ▁career ▁at ▁f rog ▁working ▁under ▁ren owned ▁designer ▁Hart mut ▁Ess ling er ▁who ▁fam ously ▁designed ▁the ▁Apple ▁Mac int osh ▁SE ▁with ▁Steve ▁Job s ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 3 - 1 9 8 9 . ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁ 1 1 ▁years , ▁N uk ▁would ▁become ▁Creative ▁Director ▁and ▁lead ▁f rog ' s ▁west ▁coast ▁design ▁teams . ▁ ▁N uk ▁then ▁moved ▁to ▁San ▁Francisco - based ▁design ▁firm ▁Am mun ition ▁as ▁Vice ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Indust rial ▁Design ▁Studio . ▁There ▁he ▁worked ▁with ▁partners ▁Matthew ▁Roland son , ▁N uk ' s ▁former ▁f rog ▁colle ague , ▁and ▁Robert ▁Brun ner , ▁former ▁Apple ▁Design ▁Director ▁who ▁fam ously