Margherita Falotico arrived in Finland in the late 1980s and initially worked as a fashion designer for several years before transitioning to painting, encouraged by Risto Sorja, an industrial designer and artist. She has created both small and large oil paintings for various government and City of Helsinki offices. Her work also includes reliefs, paintings, and large ceramic and marble installations for several hospitals in the city of Helsinki.

The man-tree is regarded as Margherita Falotico's painting manifesto. Plants and people, far from their birth-places and love, represent the synthesis of growing through time.

Risto Sorja is a versatile professional in design and visual arts, with a long and international career in design, visual expression, and photographic techniques. He studied at the Free Art School (Vapaa Taidekoulu) (1961–1962), the University of Art and Design (Taideteollinen oppilaitos) (now Aalto University, 1967–1970), and at the Università Internazionale dell'Arte in Venice (1974–1975).

Throughout his career, Sorja has worked in several significant design positions. He began his career as a graphic designer at Osmo Oksanen and Lauri Kanerva's office (1962–1963) and worked as a photography technician at the National Land Survey's aerial photography office (1965–1971).

In 1971, he worked as a designer at Aarikka Oy, and subsequently continued in international design work in Slovenia: as a furniture designer at the Lipa furniture factory and as a toy and product designer at Ciciban. He also worked as an assistant designer at academician Oscar Kogoj's studio (1975).

From 1976–1978, Sorja worked as a furniture designer at Sinituote Oy. Since 1978, he has worked as an independent freelance designer and visual artist.