Jasper Morrison

Early life and education Morrison was born in London, England, and was educated at Bryanston School in Dorset. after which he studied at Kingston Polytechnic, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Design degree. He then attended the Royal College of Art, from which he received a master's degree in Design in 1985. He also studied at the Berlin University of the Arts (formerly the ). (designed by Hans Gugelot and Dieter Rams in 1956), which he first saw in the "Scandinavian style study" of his grandfather's house, and how "the room and the record player both had a very important influence on [his] choice in becoming a designer."

Work and career

Morrison's work has been praised for "emphasizing the value of the essential and the importance of the ordinary." Writing for Domus magazine, the Milanese curator Maria Cristina Didero said that "Morrison has always had an aversion to design ego. His work does not shout, does not seek spectacle, does not aim to dazzle."

He has designed products and furniture for many manufacturers and brands such as Alessi, Alias, Cappellini, Emeco, , , Hermès, Ideal Standard, , Issey Miyake, Olivetti, , Rosenthal, Samsung, Sony, SCP (the first company to manufacture one of Morrison's designs), Üstra, and Vitra. Morrison is the lead designer at boutique Swiss consumer technology company Punkt., known for its minimalist MP01 and MP02 mobile phones. He has also collaborated with the Japanese retail company MUJI on a variety of products ranging from housewares to housing.

Morrison curated the Super Normal exhibition with Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa in 2006, which presented 200 ordinary or anonymously designed products that were devoid of gimmicks and branding.

Morrison's designs have received many awards including the Compasso d'Oro, Good Design Award, and 12 iF Product Design Awards.

In March 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in Design from Kingston University.

Morrison received the Isamu Noguchi Award in 2015, and in 2020 he was named both "Designer of the Year" by the Elle Decoration British Design Awards, as well as the German Design Award "Personality of the Year". In the same year, he also received the Compasso d'Oro "Career Award" from the ADI in Milan.

Morrison was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the UK 2020 Birthday Honours for services to design.

Morrison oversaw the exhibition design for a retrospective of the work of Lella and Massimo Vignelli held at the Milan Triennale museum in 2026.

Selected works gallery |height=140 |mode=packed 1989 Some New Items for the Home (Part II, with Vitra), Galerie Facsimile, Milan, Italy 2006 Super Normal, (curated by Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa), Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2009 Jasper Morrison: Take a Seat, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France 2011 Jasper Morrison: Danish Design: I Like It!, Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark 2015 Thingness, Grand-Hornu, Boussu, Belgium 2019 Corks, exhibition of cork editions, Kasmin Gallery, New York 2022 Early Work, Jasper Morrison shop, London, England

Morrison, Jasper (28 March 2013). James Irvine obituary. The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.

Morrison, Jasper (2020). Notes on design: Enzo Mari by Jasper Morrison. Domus