Graduated from Manchester Polytechnic with 1st Class BA Hons Industrial design in 1980. Master of Design of Royal College of Art, London in 1983. In the early 80’s worked as a designer for Frog Design in West Germany on projects such as Walkmans for Sony, Computers for Apple Computers, later moved to Paris as consultant to Knoll International;. Being author of the highly successful Alessandri Office System.
Returning to London in 1986 he has completed projects for amongst others Airbus Industries, Kartell, Ceccotti, Cappellini, Idee, Moroso, Luceplan, Driade, Peugeot, Apple Computers, Issey Miyake, Vitra, Motorola, Biomega, LvMH, Yamagiwa Corporation, Tag Heuer, Hackman, Alias, Herman Miller, Artemide, Japan Airlines and Tokyo Ito Architects in Japan.
Inspired by the logic and beauty of nature his design possess a trinity between technology, materials science and intelligent organic form, creating what many industrial leaders see as the new aesthetic expression for the 21st Century. There is always embedded a deeply human and resourceful approach in his designs, which project an optimism, and innovative vitality in everything he touches.

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• RedDot 2010 Best of the Best
• Hungarian Design Prize
• Batimat Design Award 2009
• Vogue Traveller Ecology Prize, SOLAR TREE MAK Vienna, 2007
• Elle Decor 2006
• Good Design 2006
• Wall Paper Design Award 2006
• World Technology Prize, Time Magazine/CNN 2005
• Final Nomination for the Prince Phillip Design Prize 2004
• Good Design 2004
• JANUS Paris 2004
• Awarded Royal Designer for Industry by The Royal Society of Arts 2004
• ‘Designer of the Year’, A & W Hamburg 2001
• ID Magazine Good Design Award 2000
• iF Industrie Forum Design Award, Hannover 1999
• Medaille de la Ville de Paris 1998
• George Nelson Award 1998
• D&AD Silver Medalist
• ‘G’ Mark Federal Design Prize Japan