Ross Lovegrove

Ross Lovegrove (born, 1958, Penarth, Wales) is an industrial designer, perhaps best known for his work on the Sony Walkman.

Biography

He studied at Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University), graduating with a First Class BA in Industrial Design in 1980 and then went to the Royal College of Art, London in 1983 where he completed his master of design. His inspiration mainly comes from organic forms and structures.

In the early 80s he worked as a designer for frog design in West Germany on projects such as walkmans for Sony, computers for Apple computers, and later moved to Paris as a consultant to Knoll International, becoming author of the highly successful Alessandri office system. Invited to join the Atelier de Nîmes along with Jean Nouvel and Philippe Starck, he consulted for, amongst others, Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Dupont.

Awards

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, New York, the Axis Centre, Japan, the Pompidou Centre, Paris, and the Design Museum, London, where in 1993 he curated the first permanent collection. Lovegrove was awarded the World Technology Award by Time magazine and CNN in November 2005. The same year, he was awarded the very prestigious Red Dot Design Award for the products created for VitrA.

External links

• Ross Lovegrove's official site
• "Design Milk" interview (2011)
• Wallpaper* interview (2007)
• designboom interview (2006)
• TED Talks: Ross Lovegrove shares organic designs at TED in 2005
• Design Indaba interview (2004)
• design-engine.com interview (2003)
• Ross Lovegrove in conversation with Dr. Albrecht Bangert, Design Miami 2008 Video at VernissageTV.
• Ross Lovegrove at Cologne Design Week Cologne 2009 Video at Designspotter TV

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