Jasper Morrison

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British designer

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Jasper Morrison (born 1959) is an English product and furniture designer. He is known for the refinement and apparent simplicity of his designs. In a rare interview with the designer, he is quoted as saying "objects should never shout."

Early life and education

Morrison was born in London, England, and was educated at Bryanston School in Dorset. His design studies began with a foundation course at Ravensbourne College of Art (1978–79), after which he studied at Kingston Polytechnic, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Design degree. He then attended the Royal College of Art, from which he received a master's degree in Design in 1985. He also studied at the Berlin University of the Arts (formerly the ).

He has spoken about his childhood memories of the Braun SK 4 "Snow White's Coffin" radiogram (designed by Hans Gugelot and Dieter Rams in 1956), which he first saw in the "Scandinavian style study" of his grandfather's house, and how "the room and the record player both had a very important influence on [his] choice in becoming a designer."

Work and career

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He has designed products and furniture for many manufacturers and brands such as Alessi, Alias, Cappellini, Emeco, , , Hermès, Ideal Standard, , Issey Miyake, Olivetti, , Rosenthal, Samsung, Sony, SCP (the first company to manufacture one of Morrison's designs), Üstra, and Vitra. Morrison is the lead designer at boutique Swiss consumer technology company Punkt., known for its minimalist MP01 and MP02 mobile phones. He has also collaborated with the Japanese retail company MUJI on a variety of products ranging from housewares to housing.

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.

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In a Domus magazine review of his 2015 exhibition Thingness at Le Grand-Hornu, the design critic Alice Rawsthorn stated that Morrison "is one of the most influential product designers of our time." More recently, a 2020 article about the designer in la Repubblica described him as "the anti-Philippe Starck par excellence" whose "projects are often the result of a long gestation to achieve simplicity, elegance and discretion."

His work has been widely exhibited and is in the collection of the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Design Museum in London, the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, the ADI Design Museum in Milan, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, as well as the M+ museum in Hong Kong and other institutions.

Morrison's designs have received many awards including the Compasso d'Oro, Good Design Award, and 12 iF Product Design Awards.

In March 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in Design from Kingston University.

Morrison received the Isamu Noguchi Award in 2015, and in 2020 he was named both "Designer of the Year" by the Elle Decoration British Design Awards, as well as the German Design Award "Personality of the Year". In the same year, he also received the Compasso d'Oro "Career Award" from the ADI in Milan.

Morrison was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the UK 2020 Birthday Honours for services to design. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Air-Chair_production_process.jpg" caption="Air-Chair]]'' production process"] ::

In 2025, Morrison was among 35 UK-based designers who signed a letter to the technology secretary, Peter Kyle, urging the government to reconsider its plans to allow artificial intelligence companies to train their models on copyrighted works without permission.

Selected works

File:APC designed by Jasper Morrison.jpg|Vitra APC chair (2016) File:Handlebar Table designed by Jasper Morrison.jpg|Handlebar table (1982) File:PW-LB Moon.jpg|Rosenthal Moon porcelain (1997) File:Glo-ball designed by Jasper Morrison.jpg|Flos Glo-ball pendant light (1998) File:Door handle designed by Jasper Morrison.jpg|FSB Model 1144 door handle (1991) File:Air chair-edit-1-2018.jpg|Magis ** (1999)

Selected exhibitions

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  • 1988 Some New Items for the Home, DAAD Galerie, Berlin, Germany
  • 1989 Some New Items for the Home (Part II, with Vitra), Galerie Facsimile, Milan, Italy
  • 2006 Super Normal, (curated by Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa), Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2009 Jasper Morrison: Take a Seat, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
  • 2011 Jasper Morrison: Danish Design: I Like It!, Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2015 Thingness, Grand-Hornu, Boussu, Belgium
  • 2018 Objects & Atmosphere, Iittala & Arabia Design Centre, Helsinki
  • 2019 Corks, exhibition of cork editions, Kasmin Gallery, New York
  • 2022 Early Work, Jasper Morrison shop, London, England

Publications

  • Morrison, Jasper (1992). A World Without Words. Tony Arefin.
  • Morrison, Jasper (28 March 2013). James Irvine obituary. The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
  • Morrison, Jasper (2020). Notes on design: Enzo Mari by Jasper Morrison. Domus

References

References

  1. {{London Gazette. (10 October 2020)
  2. "Royal Designers for Industry, Jasper Morrison".
  3. Bertoli, Rosa. (4 October 2023). "When Jasper Morrison met Giulio Cappellini".
  4. Rawsthorn, Alice. (28 May 2015). "Review: Jasper Morrison's Praise of Normal Things". [[The New York Times]].
  5. Gugliotta, Francesca. (25 October 2021). "Morrison: 'Gli oggetti non devono urlare mai'".
  6. "Jasper Morrison {{!}} Timeline".
  7. "Our Alumni". [[Kingston University London]].
  8. (1 January 2013). "Greasing the Wheels".
  9. "Morrison, Jasper".
  10. (October 2007). "Master and commandments". IPC Media.
  11. Sisson, Patrick. (18 May 2014). "Design Icon: 10 Works by Jasper Morrison".
  12. (February 2010). "The Minimalist". Whitewall Magazine.
  13. Didero, Maria Cristina. (26 March 2025). "Jasper Morrison at Fuorisalone: 'Design is the change an object brings to a room'".
  14. (27 July 2022). "Afternoon Light Puts its Own Spin on an Emeco Classic".
  15. Medford, Sarah. (9 October 2020). "How Hermès and Jasper Morrison Made a Minimalist's Dream Chair". [[The Wall Street Journal]].
  16. (2025-07-02). "Puiforcat brings something new to the table with a wooden cutlery set".
  17. "Samsung Unveils SGH-E590 Designed by Jasper Morrison".
  18. Etherington, Rose. (7 May 2012). "Designed in Hackney: Side Table by Jasper Morrison for SCP".
  19. Budds, Diana. (12 October 2015). "The British Brand SCP Celebrates 30 Years Of Anti-Establishment Furniture".
  20. "Jasper Morrision {{!}} SCP Side Table, 1983/1986".
  21. Sommariva, Elena. (23 June 2013). "Jasper Morrison: Please".
  22. "Jasper Morrison Design {{!}} Punkt.".
  23. "Punkt - MP01".
  24. "Punkt - MP02".
  25. "Jasper Morrison {{!}} Muji chair".
  26. "Jasper Morrison {{!}} Hut".
  27. Bartal, Ory. (2020). "Critical design in Japan: Material culture, luxury, and the avant-garde". [[Manchester University Press]].
  28. "Jasper Morrison: Thingness".
  29. Zeitoun, Lea. (18 September 2022). "In Conversation with Jasper Morrison Ahead of his 'Early Work' Exhibition in London".
  30. "Jasper Morrison Early Work".
  31. "Jasper Morrison, English industrial designer, 1959".
  32. Museum, Victoria and Albert. (8 October 1988). "Sofa, 1988".
  33. "Jasper Morrison: Vitra Design Museum Collection".
  34. "Jasper Morrison, British, born 1959".
  35. "Handlebar (1981) - Jasper Morrison, Handlebar, 1981".
  36. "MP02 wins a Japanese Good Design Award 2020".
  37. "iF – Jasper Morrison".
  38. (7 July 2009). "Designed for success". [[Kingston University London]].
  39. "2021 Benefit and Isamu Noguchi Award".
  40. (30 January 2020). "British Design Awards".
  41. "German Design Awards 2020: the winners and Personality of the Year have been named".
  42. "International Career Award 2020, 26th edition".
  43. Milmo, Dan. (2025-03-31). "Designers say plans for UK copyright law risk 'running roughshod' over sector".
  44. Senda, Shuhei. (2016-04-16). "jasper morrison collection for VITRA introduces all plastic chair at salone del mobile 2016".
  45. Zeinstra, Jurjen. (26 January 2015). "Some New Items for the Home – Part I".
  46. "Vitra Design Museum: Collection".
  47. (11 June 2006). "Celebrating the beauty of 'super normal' little objects of daily life – Style – International Herald Tribune". [[The New York Times]].
  48. "Jasper Morrison: take a seat!".
  49. Apphia, Michael. (11 April 2011). "Danish Design – I like it! exhibition, Copenhagen".
  50. "Jasper Morrison – Objects & Atmosphere".
  51. Keh, Pei-Ru. (10 May 2019). "Jasper Morrison on the artistic process behind his cork sculptures".
  52. Arefin, Tony. (2012). "Arefin and Arefin : the graphic design of Tony Arefin".
  53. Morrison, Jasper. (28 March 2013). "James Irvine obituary". [[The Guardian]].
  54. "Notes on design: Enzo Mari by Jasper Morrison".

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