George J. Sowden
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Leeds, UK
NationalityBritish
EducationGloucestershire College
OccupationProduct designer
SpouseNathalie Du Pasquier[1][2]
Websitegeorgesowden.com

George J. Sowden (born 1942 in Leeds, UK) is a designer and product developer.

Career

He studied architecture at Gloucestershire College of Art in the 1960s. In 1970, he moved to Milan, where he started working with Ettore Sottsass and Olivetti. In parallel to the industrial design work on early Olivetti computers.,[3] he was involved during the 1970s in experimental "radical" design projects which enabled him to become, in 1981, one of the co-founders[4] of the Memphis Group, the design movement that had a significant impact on design in the eighties.

In the same year, 1981, he founded his design studio, SowdenDesign, collaborating with companies such as Olivetti, Alessi, Bodum, Guzzini, Lorenz, Rancilio, Steelcase, Swatch, Segis, Memphis, IPM, Moulinex, Telecom Italia, Tefal and Pyrex.

In 1991, Sowden received the Compasso d'Oro Award for design excellence for Olivetti, Fax OFX420.[5]

Notable works

In 2010, Sowden developed the SoftBrew coffee brewing device, which is distributed and sold throughout the world,[6] notably in collaboration with the Danish design company HAY.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Q&A: Nathalie Du Pasquier, the Queen of Memphis". Metropolis. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Biographies: George Sowden". Ketterer Kunst. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Archivio Storico Olivetti".
  4. ↑ Design Museum Page on Memphis
  5. ↑ "Industrial Design for Olivetti, Fax machines (1990)". George Sowden.
  6. ↑ Green, Penelope. "George Sowden, an Industrial Designer". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  7. ↑ "George Sowden". HAY. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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