Jasper Morrison

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Jasper Morrison Template:Postnominals[1][2](born 1959) is an English product and furniture designer.[3] 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."[4]

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Thinking Man's Chair first exhibited at Aram Gallery and later manufactured by Cappellini (1985–1988)[5]
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Samsung SGH-E590 (2007)
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TW 2000 Hanover light rail vehicle designed with Herbert Lindinger (1990s)
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SCP side table drawing with annotations (1986)
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Air-Chair production process

Early life and education

Morrison was born in London, England, [6] and was educated at Bryanston School in Dorset. His design studies began with a foundation course at Ravensbourne College of Art (1978–79),[7] after which he studied at Kingston Polytechnic, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Design degree.[8] He then attended the Royal College of Art, from which he received a master's degree in Design in 1985.[9] He also studied at the Berlin University of the Arts (formerly the Hochschule für Bildende Künste).[10]

He has spoken about his childhood memories of the Braun SK 4 "Snow White's Coffin" radiogram[11] (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 "[t]he room and the record player both had a very important influence on [his] choice in becoming a designer."[12][13]

Work and career

He has designed products and furniture for many manufacturers and brands such as Alessi, Alias, Cappellini, Emeco, Template:Ill, Template:Ill, Hermès, Ideal Standard, Issey Miyake, Template:Ill, Olivetti, Samsung, Sony, Rosenthal, SCP, Üstra, and Vitra.[14][15][16][17][18] Morrison is the lead designer at boutique Swiss consumer technology company Punkt., known for its minimalist MP01 and MP02 mobile phones.[19] He has also collaborated with the Japanese retail company MUJI on a variety of products ranging from housewares to housing.[20][21]

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.[22]

In a Domus magazine review of his 2015 exhibition Thingness at Le Grand-Hornu,[23] the design critic Alice Rawsthorn stated that Morrison "is one of the most influential product designers of our time."[3] 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."[4]

His product and furniture designs have been widely exhibited[24][25] and they are held in the permanent collections of institutions such as the British Museum, Victoria and Albert (V&A), and Design Museum in London,[26][27] the Vitra Design Museum in Germany,[28] the ADI Design Museum in Milan, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York,[29] as well as the M+ museum in Hong Kong.[30]

Morrison's designs have received many awards including the Compasso d'Oro, Good Design Award,[31] and 12 iF Product Design Awards.[32]

In March 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in Design from Kingston University.[33]

Morrison received the Isamu Noguchi Award in 2015,[34] 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".[35][36] In the same year, he also received the Compasso d'Oro "Career Award"[37] from the Template:Ill in Milan.

Morrison was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the UK 2020 Birthday Honours for services to design.[38]

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.[39]

Selected works

Selected exhibitions

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Jasper Morrison: Take a Seat exhibition, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (2009)
  • 1988 Some New Items for the Home, DAAD Galerie, Berlin, Germany[41]
  • 1989 Some New Items for the Home (Part II, with Vitra), Galerie Facsimile, Milan, Italy[42]
  • 2006 Super Normal, (curated by Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa), Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan[43]
  • 2009 Jasper Morrison: Take a Seat, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France[44]
  • 2011 Jasper Morrison: Danish Design: I Like It!, Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark[45]
  • 2015 Thingness, Grand-Hornu, Boussu, Belgium[3]
  • 2018 Objects & Atmosphere, Iittala & Arabia Design Centre, Helsinki[46]
  • 2019 Corks, exhibition of cork editions, Kasmin Gallery, New York[47]
  • 2022 Early Work, Jasper Morrison shop, London, England[24]

Publications

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  • Morrison, Jasper (1992). A World Without Words. Tony Arefin.[48]
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  • Morrison, Jasper (28 March 2013). James Irvine obituary. The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.[49]
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  • Morrison, Jasper (2020). Notes on design: Enzo Mari by Jasper Morrison. Domus[50]
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References

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