Milan Heger is expert at multi-disciplinary design: art, architecture, interiors, and furniture. He owns an architecture and design firm in Seattle, which has recently launched its own line of furniture, called Artifacts.

Born in communist Czechoslovakia, Mr. Heger grew up in a highly censored and restricted community. Later, he left Czechoslovakia to study fine art in Budapest, Hungary, under Ernest Fischer, and then to study architecture at the Technical Institute in Bratislava. After completing his architectural training, Mr. Heger founded the private design firm in a communist setting, FreeART, which focused on design, interiors, and architecture.

In 1989, Mr. Heger accepted a visiting professor position at the University of Hawaii, where he taught for two years. After completing the visiting professorship in Hawaii, Mr. Heger briefly returned to Czechoslovakia to participate in the change of regime during the Velvet Revolution. After working as an architect in Hawaii for a number of years, Mr. Heger moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1997 to open his own architecture and design firm.

Mr. Heger is a frequent lecturer on design, art, and architecture. He also teaches at his alma mater, the Technical Institute in Bratislava, Slovakia.