Jasper Morrison
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Born | 1959 | (age 62)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Industrial designer |
Known for | TW 2000, a Hanover light rail vehicle |
Jasper Morrison CBE[1] (born 1959) is an English product and furniture designer.[2]
Biography[]
Morrison was born in London, England.[3] He was educated at Bryanston School in Dorset, England. He received a Bachelor of Design degree from Kingston Polytechnic Design School in 1982[4] and a master's degree in Design from the Royal College of Art, London, in 1985.[5] He also studied at the Berlin University of the Arts, formerly the Hochschule für Bildende Künste. In March 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in Design from Kingston University.[6]
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Jasper Morrison has collaborated with the Japanese retail company MUJI on a variety of products ranging from houseware to housing.[7][8] Additionally, Morrison curated the Super Normal exhibition with Japanese Designer Naoto Fukasawa in 2006, which presented 200 ordinary or anonymously designed products that were devoid of gimmicks and branding.[9] Morrison is the lead designer at boutique Swiss consumer technology company Punkt., known for its minimalist MP01 and MP02 mobile phones.[10]
In a review of Morrison's 2015 exhibition Thingness at Le Grand-Hornu, the design critic Alice Rawsthorn writes: "Mr. Morrison, 55, is one of the most influential product designers of our time."[2]
Morrison was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the UK 2020 Birthday Honours for services to design.[11]
Select exhibitions[]
- 2006, Super Normal, curated by Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa at Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan[12]
- 2015, Thingness at Grand-Hornu, Boussu, Belgium[2]
Bibliography[]
- Morrison, Jasper (1997). A Book of Spoons. Imschoot. ISBN 9789072191854. OCLC 41423606.
- Morrison, Jasper; Ganseforth, Heinrich (1997). A New Tram for Hannover - Design: Jasper Morrison. Gebr. Mann. ISBN 9783786122487. OCLC 75902074.
- Morrison, Jasper (1998). A World Without Words (2nd ed.). Lars Müller. ISBN 9783907044827. OCLC 456768503.
- Boyer, Charles-Arthur; Morrison, Jasper; Zanco, Federica (1999). Jasper Morrison. Dis voir. ISBN 9782906571730. OCLC 757671494.
- Morrison, Jasper (2002). Jasper Morrison: Everything but the Walls. Lars Müller. ISBN 9783907078440. OCLC 469426651.
- Morrison, Jasper; Mauderli, Laurence (2006). Jasper Morrison: Répertoire pour une forme: Carrara tables. B. Chauveau. ISBN 9782915837100. OCLC 470651351.
- Fukasawa, Naoto; Morrison, Jasper (2007). Super Normal: Sensations of the Ordinary. Lars Müller. ISBN 9783037781067. OCLC 804331139.
- Boysson, Bernadette de; Morrison, Jasper (2012). Jasper Morrison au musée. B. Chauveau. ISBN 9782915837582. OCLC 888838417.
- Morrison, Jasper; Olivares, Jonathan; Verlardi, Marco (2014). Source Material: A Project by Morrison, Olivares & Velardi. Vitra Design Museum. ISBN 9783931936976. OCLC 967841666.
- Morrison, Jasper (2014). The Good Life: Perceptions of the Ordinary. Lars Müller. ISBN 9783037784235. OCLC 884953735.
- ——— (2015). A Book of Things. Lars Müller. ISBN 9783037784631. OCLC 1023259812.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ——— (2017). The Hard Life. Lars Müller. ISBN 9783037785140. OCLC 992532936.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
References[]
- ^ "Order of the British Empire". The London Gazette. UK. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ a b c Rawsthorn, Alice (28 May 2015). "Review: Jasper Morrison's Praise of Normal Things". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Biography".
- ^ "Our Alumni". UK: Kingston University London. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Greasing the Wheels". Damnº. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Designed for success". UK: Kingston University London. 7 July 2009.
- ^ "Jasper Morrison | Muji chair". jaspermorrison.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Jasper Morrison | Hut". jaspermorrison.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Bartal, Ory (2020). Critical design in Japan: Material culture, luxury, and the avant-garde (1 ed.). Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-5261-3997-9. JSTOR j.ctvzgb83c.
- ^ "Jasper Morrison Design | Punkt". www.punkt.ch. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B10.
- ^ Rawsthorn, Alice (11 June 2006). "Celebrating the beauty of 'super normal' little objects of daily life - Style - International Herald Tribune". The New York Times.
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