Michael Young (industrial designer)
| Michael Young | |
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| Born |
23 August 1966 Sunderland, England |
| Residence | Hong Kong SAR |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Industrial Designer |
Michael Young (born 1966) is an Industrial designer based in Hong Kong. He works in the areas of product, furniture and interior design with studios in Hong Kong and Brussels.
Career
The British born designer graduated from Kingston University in 1992. Early in his career, he worked with the designer Tom Dixon in London.[1][2] In 1994 he started his own studio, his studio operated in England, Iceland, Taiwan before finally settling in Hong Kong in 2006. Sir Terrance Conran selected Young as the Most Inspirational British Designer (1997).[3][4]
Young designs in a wide range of typologies of objects such as headphones, glassware, watches, bicycles, furniture, lighting and bags.[5][6] In his work, he is interested in combining design with technical abilities of the local industry, this means often working directly with Chinese manufacturers and industrialists.[2][7] Throughout his career, he worked with clients such as Coca-Cola, Bacardi, Cappellini, Cathay Pacific, Giant Bicycles, Magis and George Jensen and Trussardi.
Young has been the Creative Director for 100% Design Shanghai (2010, 2011, 2012),[8] Prior to that he was the Creative Director for 100% Design Tokyo (2008) and Creative Director of the Asian Aerospace show (2009). His work has been exhibited in the Pompidou Museum and the Louvre Museum in Paris, Design Museum in London and solo exhibitions in Kyoto, Miami, Hong Kong, Milan, Paris and Belgium.
Awards
- Red Dot award 2012
- Tokyo Good Design Award 2011
- Red Dot Award 2010
- Red Dot Award 2009
- Best of dining chair by Wallpaper Design Award 2009[9]
- Winner of Eurobike Awards 2008
Examples of Youngs' works
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EOQ Chair 4a, 2012
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EOps Noisezero cornstarch earbuds, 2010
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Giant Cityspeed, 2008
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Bramah Pendant, 2012
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Hacker Watch, 2011
Publications
- Works in China by John Heskett 2011
- 100 New designs and where to find them (Laurence King Publishing, 2010)
- Design Now! (TACHEN 2007)
- Desire, the shape of things to come (Gastalen, 2008)
- Modern Furniture, 150 years of design (Trandem Verlag GmbH, 2009)
External links
References
- ↑ "Michael Young / Designing Modern Britain - Design Museum : - Design/Designer Information". Design Museum. 2006-11-26. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- 1 2 Works in China by John Heskett 2011
- ↑ "Designers". Nativeunion.com. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ↑ "Reed Exhibitions Unveils Stellar Panel of Design Experts for 100% Design Shanghai & IHDD 2011". Enews.100percentdesign.com.cn. 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ↑ http://www.michael-young.com/ Michael Young official website
- ↑ "Michael Young – Product Designer". Home Review. 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ↑ "eoq - about the designer". Eoq-design.com. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ↑ "Creative Director - 100 Percent Design Shanghai". 100percentdesign.com.cn. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ↑ "Young | Home | Wallpaper* Magazine". Wallpaper.com. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2012-08-09.