Ross Lovegrove

Born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1958, the industrial designer Ross Lovegrove studied industrial design at Manchester Polytechnic until 1980 before transferring to the Royal College of Art in London, where he remained until 1983. In the early 80s he worked for frog design in West Germany. Some of his projects, such as walkmans for Sony and computers for Apple were highly successful and later invited to the Atelier de Nimes along with Jean Nouvel and Philippe Starck, consulting to amongst others like: Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Dupont. His work is usually inspired by natural forms and uses materials and manufacturing that are leading edge and following the Green Design guidelines. He uses very little and only the materials needed and nothing more for his designs. Winner of numerous international awards his work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum NY, Axis Centre Japan, Pompidou Centre, Paris and the Design Museum, London, when in 1993 he curated the first Permanent Collection.