Jasper Morrison

Jasper Morrison was born in London in 1959, and graduated in Design at Kingston Polytechnic Design School, London (1979-82 BA(Des.) ) and The Royal College of Art for Post Graduate studies (1982-85 MA(Des.) RCA). In 1984 he studied at Berlin’s HdK on a Scholarship. In 1986 he set up an Office for Design in London.

Recent exhibitions and instalations have included: “The State of Things” to complement the editing of the 1999 Design Year Book. Solo exhibitions at the Axis Gallery, Tokyo, for Flos at the Yamagiwa Centre in Tokyo, as Designer of the Year 2000 at the Paris Design Fair, a Magis exhibition with Marc Newson and Michael Young in Palermo, and another with Marc Newson at the Deste Foundation, Athens.

Recent projects include the design of furniture for Tate Modern in London, “Luxmaster” for Flos, Folding Air-Chair and Low Air-Table for Magis; a Monograph “Everything but the Walls” published by Lars Müller Publishers; a bench for the Roppongi Hills development in Tokyo; ATM desk system for Vitra and a line of kitchen appliances for Rowenta.

Jasper Morrison Ltd. currently based in London and Paris, have worked and in most cases still do for the follwoing companies:
Alessi Spa, Italy; Alias Srl, Italy; Canon Camera Division, Japan; Cappellini Spa., Italy; Flos Spa, Italy; FSB GmbH, Germany; Magis Srl, Italy; Rosenthal AG, Germany; Rowenta, France; Sony Design Centre Europe; Vitra International AG, Switzerland; Samsung Electronics, Korea.