Greaty Designer :: Jean Muir

Jean Muir
Dressmaker (1928 – 1995)
Legendary dressmaker JEAN ELIZABETH MUIR (1928 – 1995) made clothes that were both radical and classic, breaking the barrier between couture and ready-to-wear. The self-taught Muir made her name in the 1960s, creating a reputation for exquisitely tailored, timeless, feminine clothing. She has been hailed as the greatest dressmaker in the [...]

Great Designer :: Memphis

Memphis
Product + Furniture Designers (1981-1985)
MEMPHIS was a Milan-based collective of young furniture and product designers led by the veteran Ettore Sottsass. After its 1981 debut, Memphis dominated the early 1980s design scene with its post-modernist style.
Jasper Morrison remembers breaking into “a kind of cold sweat” and a “feeling of shock and panic” when he [...]

Great Designer :: THOMAS HEATHERWICK

THOMAS HEATHERWICK
Designer (1970 -)
One-part architecture, another-part product design, with an equal dash of sculpture and urban planning, Thomas Heatherwick’s body of work defies definition. The London-based designer has completed nearly 200 projects since establishing his studio in the mid-nineties, and with each new commission, merges engineering and design to give his projects a magical, transformative [...]

Great Designer :: Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister
Graphic Designer (1962-)
STEFAN SAGMEISTER (1962-) is among today’s most important graphic designers. Born in Austria, he now lives and works in New York. His long-standing collaborators include the AIGA and musicians, David Byrne and Lou Reed.
When Stefan Sagmeister was invited to design the poster for an AIGA lecture he was giving on the [...]

Great Designer :: Jasper Morrison

Jasper Morrison
Product + Furniture Designer (1959-)
JASPER MORRISON is one of today’s most influential industrial designers. Born in London, he is renowned for his ascetically elegant, quietly humorous style and has designed everything from a tray-table to a tram system.
Anyone who wants to understand Jasper Morrison’s work should flick through A World Without Words, the [...]

Great Designer :: Isamu Noguchi

Isamu Noguchi
Designer + Sculptor (1904-1988)
ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988) was an American-Japanese designer who originally trained as a sculptor and brought a sculptural sensibility to everything he created: lighting, furniture, gardens and stage sets.
At a time when it’s commonplace to talk of the blurring of boundaries between cultural disciplines and of designers acting out the roles [...]

Great Designer :: J. Mays

J. Mays
Automotive Designer
As vice-president of design for the Ford Motor Company, J. MAYS is one of the world’s most influential automotive designers. Before joining Ford in 1997, the US-born Mays worked for Audi, BMW and developed the Volkswagen Concept One, which became the new VW Beetle.
One of J. Mays chief criticisms of his fellow [...]