Tias Eckhoff is one of Norway's most versatile designers. His designs contributed to making Scandinavian Design a notion and he is also a pioneer within industrial design.

Tias Eckhoff graduated in 1945 from the Norwegian State College of Applied Arts and Crafts with a degree in ceramic arts.

In 1962 he designed his first cutlery pattern for Norstaal, "Maya", on request from Finn Henriksen, then owner and founder of Norstaal.