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Ross Lovegrove

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Overview

Ross Lovegrove (born 1958) is a Welsh-born British designer known for organic forms that combine nature, technology, and advanced materials.1,2,3

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Portrait of Ross Lovegrove
Plate I · Wikimedia CommonsPortrait of Ross LovegroveAyrese · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

At a glance

Career

Abilita states that early in his career, Lovegrove worked at Frog Design in Germany on projects for Sony and Apple, including the Walkman and computer models.3,4 He later worked at Knoll International in Paris and established a London studio in 1990.3 TED reports that he founded Studio X in Notting Hill, and lists Apple, Issey Miyake, Herman Miller, and Airbus among his clients.2 TED also reports that Lovegrove received the World Technology Award for design in 2005.2

Design approach and works

TED reports that Lovegrove embraces nature as inspiration for design and reduces objects to essential elements.2 Lovegrove calls his approach organic essentialism, describing it as a physical state that is as natural as possible.5 TED reports that his Supernatural chair (2005) reflects minimal energy use and biomimicry.5

According to Ross Lovegrove, his carbon-fibre Ginkgo Table (2007) applies the dynamic principle of a ginkgo leaf.5 According to Ross Lovegrove, Diatom (2014) is a stackable aluminium chair using automotive technologies, inspired by diatoms.5

Sources

  1. 1ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)getty.edu · Universities & libraries · Tier B
  2. 2Ross Lovegrove | Speaker | TEDTED Talks · Other · Tier C
  3. 3Ross Lovegrove Industrial DesignerLuminaire · Other · Tier C
  4. 4Ross Lovegrove on display at the BeaubourgAbitare · Other · Tier C
  5. 5Mutations-Créations / Ross Lovegrovecentrepompidou.fr · Other · Tier C

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Image plates

3 images · Wikimedia Commons

Ross lovegrove per artemide spa., lampada da muro cosmic labndscape, 2010, in plastica, metacrilico e vernice
IIFurniture in the Indianapolis Museum of ArtSailko · CC BY 3.0
Ross lovegrove per moroso spa., sedia supernatural, 2005
IIIFurniture in the Indianapolis Museum of ArtSailko · CC BY 3.0
Solar Tree
IVRoss Lovegrove Solar Tree on display.ricrossi · CC BY-SA 2.0

Lifeline

1958–2012 · scroll to travel

  1. 1958

  2. 1990

  3. 2005

  4. 2006

    Swarovski Crystal Aerospace is a solar automobile concept made by crystals by Ross Lovegrove, as his…Wikimedia Commons ↗
    L'evoluzione dell'automobile
    Swarovski Crystal Aerospace is a solar automobile concept made by crystals by Ross Lovegrove, as his contribution to the Swarovski "Crystal Palace", made in 2006.[1][2] At the…tomislav medak · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

  5. 2012

    Lasvit Pavillon by Ross Lovegrove 2 (2012)Wikimedia Commons ↗
    Lasvit Pavillon by Ross Lovegrove 2 (2012)
    Lasvit Pavillon by Ross Lovegrove 2 (2012)tongeron91 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

  6. 2012

    Lasvit Pavillon by Ross Lovegrove (2012)Wikimedia Commons ↗
    Lasvit Pavillon by Ross Lovegrove (2012)
    Lasvit Pavillon by Ross Lovegrove (2012)tongeron91 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

6 dated events from this entry and its sources · Age: years since birth in 1958

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