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Neil Poulton
Neil Poulton (1963-) is a Scottish-born product designer, based in Paris, France. He specializes in the design of simple, mass-produced objects and has won numerous international design awards.
He is best known for lighting and for technology design and is particularly associated with manufacturers LaCie, Artemide, Megalit and Atelier Sedap.
He has lived and worked in Paris since 1992.
Poulton gained a BSc degree in Industrial Design (technology) at Napier University in Edinburgh in 1985. In 1988 he gained a Masters degree in design at the Domus Academy in Milan, Italy, under Italian architect Andrea Branzi and designer Alberto Meda. Poulton’s tutors included Italian architect Ettore Sottsass, German designer Richard Sapper, Isao Hosoe and Anna Castelli Ferrieri. He first came to public view in 1989 as the creator of the “Ageing Pens,” pens made from a “living” (wearing) plastic, which changes color and form with use. The Ageing Pens were exhibited in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and The Axis Gallery in Tokyo. Poulton also worked briefly for French designer Philippe Starck in Paris from 1991 through 1992. In 2007 Centre Georges Pompidou acquired six Poulton-designed objects for its Permanent Contemporary Collection.
Poulton has won numerous awards, including seven French "Etoile de l’Observeur du Design” prizes, ten German Red Dot Design Awards, four German "IF" International Forum Design prizes, three French “Janus de l’industrie” awards, two "Recommendation Premio Compasso d'Oro" and the Best of The Best Red Dot Design Award 2006 for the Talak table lamp, designed for the Italian lighting manufacturer, Artemide.
In 2008 the French "Association for the Promotion of Industrial Design" (APCI) awarded Neil Poulton with two “Etoile de l’Observeur du Design 2008” prizes. The winning designs were Poulton's "Firewire Speakers" for LaCie and « Nessie » a range of outdoor lighting, based on the image of Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster and designed in Ductal concrete for French lighting manufacturer, Atelier Sedap. In October 2008 the French "Institut Francais de Design" presented Poulton and computer hardware manufacturer, LaCie with the "Janus de l'Industrie" 2008 , for the "5Big" storage system, inspired by the HAL 9000 computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Most recently in 2009, Poulton has won 2 Red Dot Design Award 2009 and the German "IF" International Forum Design 2009 prize, all with products designed for LaCie.
He is best known for lighting and for technology design and is particularly associated with manufacturers LaCie, Artemide, Megalit and Atelier Sedap.
He has lived and worked in Paris since 1992.
Poulton gained a BSc degree in Industrial Design (technology) at Napier University in Edinburgh in 1985. In 1988 he gained a Masters degree in design at the Domus Academy in Milan, Italy, under Italian architect Andrea Branzi and designer Alberto Meda. Poulton’s tutors included Italian architect Ettore Sottsass, German designer Richard Sapper, Isao Hosoe and Anna Castelli Ferrieri. He first came to public view in 1989 as the creator of the “Ageing Pens,” pens made from a “living” (wearing) plastic, which changes color and form with use. The Ageing Pens were exhibited in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and The Axis Gallery in Tokyo. Poulton also worked briefly for French designer Philippe Starck in Paris from 1991 through 1992. In 2007 Centre Georges Pompidou acquired six Poulton-designed objects for its Permanent Contemporary Collection.
Poulton has won numerous awards, including seven French "Etoile de l’Observeur du Design” prizes, ten German Red Dot Design Awards, four German "IF" International Forum Design prizes, three French “Janus de l’industrie” awards, two "Recommendation Premio Compasso d'Oro" and the Best of The Best Red Dot Design Award 2006 for the Talak table lamp, designed for the Italian lighting manufacturer, Artemide.
In 2008 the French "Association for the Promotion of Industrial Design" (APCI) awarded Neil Poulton with two “Etoile de l’Observeur du Design 2008” prizes. The winning designs were Poulton's "Firewire Speakers" for LaCie and « Nessie » a range of outdoor lighting, based on the image of Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster and designed in Ductal concrete for French lighting manufacturer, Atelier Sedap. In October 2008 the French "Institut Francais de Design" presented Poulton and computer hardware manufacturer, LaCie with the "Janus de l'Industrie" 2008 , for the "5Big" storage system, inspired by the HAL 9000 computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Most recently in 2009, Poulton has won 2 Red Dot Design Award 2009 and the German "IF" International Forum Design 2009 prize, all with products designed for LaCie.
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