Kate Gannon is an architect and the founder of Studio Huske, a Swiss brand specialising in silicone play mats for babies and toddlers. She’s Irish, lives near Zurich, and has two boys.

She started the brand during the pandemic, after months spent researching play mat materials for her own children. She went deep into safety certifications, silicone grades, and what OEKO-TEX Class I actually means in practice before designing anything. That research is what she writes from.

Her articles are for parents who read the label, look up the certification, and still have questions. She’s used the mats in daily life since they launched, which means she knows where they perform well and where they don’t.

The architecture background is relevant. She thinks about materials, durability, and children’s spaces differently because of it, and that shows up in how she evaluates products.