George Sowden
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George J. Sowden was born in Leeds, UK in 1942. He studied architecture at Gloucestershire College of Art in the 1960’s. He moved to Milano in 1970 where he started working with Ettore Sottsass and Olivetti. In 1981, he was one of the co-founders[1] of the Memphis Group, the design movement that had a significant impact on design aesthetics in the eighties.
The same year he founded his design studio, SowdenDesign, and has since collaborated with numerous world famous companies, such as Olivetti, Alessi, Bodum, Guzzini, Lorenz, Rancilio, Steelcase, Swatch, Segis, Memphis, IPM , Moulinex, Telecom_Italia, Tefal and Pyrex.
George Sowden has received numerous awards including, in 1991, the prestigious ADI Compasso d'Oro Award for design excellence Olivetti, Fax OFX420.
[edit] References
- Baacke, R.-P., Brandes, U., & Erlhoff, M., Design als Gegenstand: der neue Glanz der Dinge (Frölich & Kaufmann, Berlin, 1983) ISBN 3-88725-008-7
- Barbara Radice, Memphis: research, experiences, results, failures, and successes of new design (Rizzoli, New York, 1984) ISBN 0-8478-0569-7
- Silvia Katz, Classic plastics: from bakelite to high-tech : with a collector's guide. (Thames and Hudson, London, 1984) ISBN 0-500-01347-0
- Andrea Branzi, The hot house: Italian new wave design (Thames and Hudson, London, 1984) ISBN 0-500-27348-0
- Penny Sparke, Design in Italy: 1870 to the present (Abbeville Press, New York, 1988) ISBN 0-89659-884-5
- M. Collins, A. Papadakēs , Post-modern design (Rizzoli, New York, 1989) ISBN 0-8478-1136-0
- British Design & Art Direction in collaboration with RotoVision, The product book (Crans-près-Céligny, Switzerland, 1999) ISBN 2-88046-394-7
- Fiell, C., Fiell, P., Haag, C., & Safavi, P., Designing the 21st century. (Taschen, Koln, 2001) ISBN 3-8228-5883-8
- Peter Zac, Who's who in design. Vol. 2. (AVedition, Stuttgart, 2003) ISBN 3-89986-002-2
- Terence Conran, Max Fraser, Designers on design (Conran Octopus, London, 2004) ISBN 1-8409-1400-9
- Fiell, Charlotte, and Peter Fiell., 1000 Lights. Vol. 2 (Taschen, Koln, 2005) ISBN 3-8228-2475-5
[edit] External Links
- George Sowden's Official site
- Biography from 'Art and Culture'
- Biography from 'Design Concious'
- Biography on 'Future Design Days'
- Biography on 'Ketterer Kunst Gallery'
- Design samples on 'Artnet'
- Design samples on 'Unica Home'
