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 six Poulton-designed objects for its Permanent Contemporary Collection.
[edit] Awards
Poulton has won numerous awards, including seven French "Etoile de l’Observeur du Design” prizes, five German Red dot design awards, three German "IF" prizes, two French “Janus de l’industrie” awards and the Best of The Best Red dot design award 2006 for the Talak table lamp, designed for the Italian lighting manufacturer, Artemide.
In 2007 the French "Institut Francais de Design" presented Poulton with the "Janus de l'Industrie" for his "Firewire Speakers", designed for the computer hardware manufacturer, LaCie. Most recently, the French "Association for the Promotion of Industrial Design" (APCI) awarded Neil Poulton with two “Etoile de l’Observeur du Design 2008” prizes. The winning designs were Poulton's "Firewire Speakers" for LaCie and « Nessie » a range of outdoor lighting, based on the image of Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster and designed in Ductal concrete for French lighting manufacturer, Atelier Sedap.
