Ross Lovegrove

Ross Lovegrove (born 1958 in Cardiff, Wales ) is a British industrial designer. He was known primarily for his work on the Sony Walkman. His works are inspired by organic forms and structures.

Biography

Lovegrove began his studies at the Polytechnic in Manchester (now Manchester Metropolitan University ), where he gained a First Class BA in Industrial Design in 1980. He continued his studies at the Royal College of Art in London and graduated there in 1983 there with the Master of Design from.

Beginning of the 1980s he worked, partly while studying in West Germany as a designer for Frog Design. Significant projects of this time included the Sony Walkman and work for Apple. Later he worked as a consultant for Knoll International in Paris. After his success with the Alessandri office system, he was invited along with Jean Nouvel and Philippe Starck into the Atelier de Nimes, where they developed new design concepts mainly for Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Dupont.

Company

In 1988 he returned to London, where he led a design studio together with Julian Brown. In 1990 he founded his own studio X. The customer base by Ross Lovegrove reads like a " WhoIsWho " of international design: Cappellini, Sony, Apple, Driade, Luceplan, Edra, Biomega, Moooi, Zanotta, Mandarina Duck, Kartell, Artemide, Herman Miller ... in addition, Lovegrove has worked on projects for Airbus, Ceccotti, idea, Moroso, Peugeot, Issey Miyake, Vitra, Olympus, Yamagiwa, Tag Heuer, Hackman, alias, Japan Airlines, British Airways, Philips, and Toyo Ito Architects, Japan.

Recent works

In his most recent work, environmental concern is playing an increasingly important role. In 2007 he designed for the Vienna Ringstrasse so-called solar trees, solar powered street lights in the form of trees.

Awards

Lovegrove has received numerous international awards. His work has been shown in numerous international exhibitions, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA ) in New York, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Axis Centre, Japan, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Design Museum, London, where he also cured his 1993 first permanent exhibition. In November 2005, Lovegrove was awarded by Time Magazine and CNN the World Technology Award. In the same year he was awarded for the design of the Vitra products with the significant red dot design award.