Neil Poulton
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Neil Poulton (1963-) is a Scottish-born product designer, based in Paris, France. He specializes in the design of simple, mass-produced objects and has won numerous international design awards.
He is best known for lighting and for technology design and is particularly associated with manufacturers LaCie, Artemide, Megalit, Atelier Sedap and Danese Milano.
He has lived and worked in Paris since 1992.
[edit] Biography
Poulton gained a BSc degree in Industrial Design (technology) at Napier University in Edinburgh in 1985. In 1988 he gained a Masters degree in design at the Domus Academy in Milan, Italy, under Italian architect Andrea Branzi and designer Alberto Meda. He first came to public view in 1989 as the creator of the “Ageing Pens,” pens made from a “living” (wearing) plastic, which changes color and form with use. The Ageing Pens were exhibited in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and The Axis Gallery in Tokyo. In 2007 Centre Georges Pompidou acquired a number of Poulton-designed objects for its Permanent Contemporary Collection.
[edit] Awards
Poulton has won numerous awards. These include two French “étoile de l’observeur du design 2007” for products designed for the computer hardware manufacturer, LaCie and the Best of The Best Red dot design award 2006 for the Talak table lamp for the Italian lighting manufacturer, Artemide. Poulton was awarded the French "Janus de l'Industrie" by the "Institut Francais de Design" in 2007 for his Firewire Speakers designed for LaCie.
