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'''Sam Hecht''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|small|RDI}}, born in London 1969, is a British [[industrial design]]er. Hecht and his partner [[Kim Colin (designer)|Kim Colin]] are the founders of a London design studio called [[Industrial Facility]]. Clients include [[Muji]], [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]], [[LaCie]], [[Emeco]], Established & Sons, Issey Miyake, [[Epson]], [[Magis]], [[Lexon]], [[Whirlpool Corporation|Whirlpool]], and Wästberg.<ref name=":0" />

He has taught at the Royal College of Art and as visiting professor of Karlsruhe University in Germany.<ref name=":0" />

Hecht and Colin's work is held in museum collections including the [[Museum of Modern Art]] (MoMA) in New York and the [[Centre Pompidou]] in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Hecht {{!}} MoMA |url=https://www.moma.org/artists/22582 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=The Museum of Modern Art |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Hecht |url=https://www.centrepompidou.fr/fr/programme/agenda/evenement/cRRBpkX |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Centre Pompidou |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

Designs by Hecht and Colin have received numerous prizes including six [[IF Product Design Award|iF Gold Awards]].<ref>[http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2006/09/sam-hechts-talk.php Sam Hecht's talk at the Simplicity symposium - we make money not art]</ref><ref>[http://www.industrialfacility.co.uk/ Industrial Facility]</ref><ref>[http://www.designmuseum.org/design/industrial-facility Industrial Facility / The European Design Show : - Design/Designer Information]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=iF - Sam Hecht |url=https://ifdesign.com/en/if-design-award-and-jury/jury/profile/sam-hecht/7750 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=ifdesign.com |language=de}}</ref>

Hecht and Colin were appointed [[Royal Designers for Industry]] in the United Kingdom in 2008 and 2015, respectively.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Royal Designers for Industry |url=https://www.royaldesignersforindustry.org/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Royal Designers for Industry |language=en}}</ref>

In 2019 [[Phaidon Press]] published a monograph about Industrial Facility’s work.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hecht |first=Sam |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1007055558 |title=Industrial Facility |date=2018 |isbn=978-0-7148-7579-8 |location=London |oclc=1007055558}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.industrialfacility.co.uk/ Industrial Facility site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110707213841/http://bartolomy.com/blog/?p=615 Pictures of Sam Hecht @ The Design Museum]

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