George Sowden
(Leeds, United Kingdom, 1942)
George J. Sowden is a designer and product developer. He studied Architecture at Gloucestershire College of Art in the ‘60s. He moved to Milano in 1970 where he started working with Ettore Sottsass and Olivetti. In 1981, he was one of the co-founders of the Memphis Group. In the same year he founded his design studio through which he developed his activity as a consultant for industrial design, while continuing to develop his research work. In 2010 he founded the SOWDEN brand. Sowden’s interest in working with craftsmen and small companies, as well as in the practice of design and decoration, began in the 1970s and continues to this day. In 1990 his experimentation and research are objects of the exhibition “George J. Sowden Designing 1970–1990” organized by the Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design in Bordeaux.
SELECTED WORKS
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George Sowden
Violetta, 2018
Collection: Materialism. Post Design.
Painted metal structure, plastic laminate top, feet in rubber.
W 160, D 80, H 75 cm -
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George Sowden
Primula, 2018
Collection: Materialism. Post Design
Painted metal structure, painted wooden seat and back, feet in rubber.
W 40, D 46, H 90 cm -
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George J. Sowden
Palace, 1983
Collection: Memphis Milano
Chair in lacquered wood
W 49, D 45, H 95 cm -
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George J. Sowden
D’Antibes, 1981
Collection: Memphis Milano
Cabinet in lacquered wood silkscreened on the two sides.
W 60, D 40,H 160 cm -
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George Sowden
Agosto, 2018
Collection: Materialism, Post Design
Ceramic vase
W 13, D 13 x H 35 cm