Jasper Morrison

 
Portrait of Jasper Morrison Jasper Morrison (*1959 in London/UK), studied at the Royal College of Art in London before pursuing further studies at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin on a fellowship. In 1986 he founded his own design studio in London. Two early projects that gained attention were room installations, "Reuters News Centre" for Documenta 8 in Kassel, and "Some New Items for the Home" at the DAAD Gallery in Berlin. The stringent concepts of these projects, which featured starkly reductive objects, represented a reaction to the formal excesses of postmodernism. Jasper Morrison became a leading figure of "New Simplicity", a movement that advocated a more modest and also more serious approach to design. In addition to furniture, he has also created lamps, home accessories, textiles, a tram system for the city of Hanover, Germany, and a bus shelter for the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein. His joint 2006 exhibition with the Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa, entitled "Super Normal", put forth provocative theses that once again stimulated great discussion. Through designs such as Cork Bowl, his Morrison Bench or his Park Sofa and Armchair family Jasper Morrison has, together with Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec and Hella Jongerius, made an essential contributions to the steadily growing Vitra Home Collection.

Basel Chair
Cork Family
HAL Tube
HAL Bar Stool
HAL Wood
NesTable
Park Sofa
Soft Sims
Morrison Bench
Park Swivel Armchair
Plate Table
Monopod
Folding Air-Chair
Air-Armchair
HAL Sledge
Park Armchair
HAL Cantilever

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Fuorisalone Milan Design Week 2011 Interview: Eckart Maise, Vitra Chief Design Officer, 13.04.2011

...plays an important role in the home.But of course its not just the Bouroullcs and Jongerius, also Jasper Morrison plays an important role or Antonio Citterio and then of course we...first plywood seat shell from Alfredo Häberli; we've further developed the HAL range with Jasper Morrison; we have the new lounger by Antionio Citterio - from our perspectiveve...



Orgatec 2010: Vitra, 02.12.2010

...addition Vitra presented new products from Naoto Fukasawa, Arik Levy and the aforementioned HAL by Jasper Morrison. Despite the marketing folks best attempts...Office 2011″ manifesto. Just without superfluous Office Forums and Workstation Areas....



Orgatec 2010 Interview: Jasper Morrison, 03.11.2010

...launched by Vitra at Orgatec 2010 in Cologne was HAL, a new shell chair series by British designer Jasper Morrison. Over a cup of tea we spoke to Jasper Morrison...presenting your new shell chair series HAL here at Orgatec, how long was the development phase?Jasper Morrison: About three years, with a lot of effort going into the form of the...



2010 Designer Furniture World Cup, Semi-Final: Switzerland 1- England 0, 12.07.2010

...in the last minute to clear with a glass table top. In the second half England brought on Jasper Morrison in the hope that the change in style would upset Fritz Haller - it...converted a lowboard L into a sideboard M for a hard fought victory. (smow)2010 Overview...



2010 Designer Furniture World Cup: England 4 - Scotland 1, 05.07.2010

...been over; but matches against England always have their own incentive. With Tom Dixon replacing Jasper Morrison, the English took an early lead with the Dixon Bronze Copper Shade...for a deserved 4:1 victory. The Group C table and all Group C results can be found here....



2010 Designer Furniture World Cup: England 3 - Israel 1, 29.06.2010

...Despite the rumours flying around ahead of this match, England stuck with Jasper Morrison rather than pitting Tom Dixon against Ron Arad. Whereas many would...the Morrison/Arad encounter was every bit as entertaining. Unmoved by Ron Arad's Bookworm, Jasper Morrison concentrated on his chair work and took the lead with his Basel chair...



Vitra Design Museum: The Essence of Things. Design and the Art of Reduction, 28.06.2010

...that your - probably completely superfluous - work is seen. Which design blog is going to feature Jasper Morrison's Ply-Chair when they have photo of a bookcase that looks like...Museum runs until September 19th 2010. More details can be found at http://www.design-museum.de...



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