Jakub Zak studied art and design at both Emily Carr Institute in Vancouver and at KHB in Berlin. Following his studies he moved to Milan, Italy, working for Mario and Claudio Bellin before starting the collaboration with Studio Urquiola.
In 2011 he co-founded Oueffice, a collaborative research laboratory that he shares with Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte. Their work focuses on developing innovative objects of limited edition and has been exhibited internationally with various galleries including Phillips de Pury in London, R20th in New York and Carwan in Beirut.