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* [[Baacke, R.-P., Brandes, U., & Erlhoff, M.]], ''Design als Gegenstand: der neue Glanz der Dinge'' (Frölich & Kaufmann, Berlin, 1983) ISBN 3-88725-008-7 |
* [[Baacke, R.-P., Brandes, U., & Erlhoff, M.]], ''Design als Gegenstand: der neue Glanz der Dinge'' (Frölich & Kaufmann, Berlin, 1983) ISBN 3-88725-008-7 |
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* [[M. Collins, A. Papadakēs ]], ''Post-modern design'' (Rizzoli, New York, 1989) ISBN 0-8478-1136-0 |
* [[M. Collins, A. Papadakēs ]], ''Post-modern design'' (Rizzoli, New York, 1989) ISBN 0-8478-1136-0 |
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* [[Terence Conran]],[[Max Fraser]], ''Designers on design'' (Conran Octopus, London, 2004) ISBN 1-8409-1400-9 |
* [[Terence Conran]], [[Max Fraser]], ''Designers on design'' (Conran Octopus, London, 2004) ISBN 1-8409-1400-9 |
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== External Links == |
== External Links == |
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Revision as of 10:51, 11 April 2008
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.
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
- M. Collins, A. Papadakēs , Post-modern design (Rizzoli, New York, 1989) ISBN 0-8478-1136-0
- Terence Conran, Max Fraser, Designers on design (Conran Octopus, London, 2004) ISBN 1-8409-1400-9
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'
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