Sam Hecht RDI, born in London 1969, is a British industrial designer. Hecht and his partner Kim Colin are the founders of a London design studio called Industrial Facility. Clients include Muji, Yamaha, LaCie, Emeco, Established & Sons, Issey Miyake, Epson, Magis, Lexon, Whirlpool, and Wästberg.[1]
Sam Hecht | |
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| Born | 7 August 1969 London |
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| Occupation | Industrial designer |
| Spouse(s) | Kim Colin |
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He has taught at the Royal College of Art and as visiting professor of Karlsruhe University in Germany.[1]
Hecht and Colin's work is held in museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.[2][3]
Designs by Hecht and Colin have received numerous prizes including six iF Gold Awards.[4][5][6][7]
Hecht and Colin were appointed Royal Designers for Industry in the United Kingdom in 2008 and 2015, respectively.[1]
In 2019 Phaidon Press published a monograph about Industrial Facility’s work.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Royal Designers for Industry". Royal Designers for Industry. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Sam Hecht | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Sam Hecht". Centre Pompidou (in French). Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ Sam Hecht's talk at the Simplicity symposium - we make money not art
- ^ Industrial Facility
- ^ Industrial Facility / The European Design Show : - Design/Designer Information
- ^ "iF - Sam Hecht". ifdesign.com (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ Hecht, Sam (2018). Industrial Facility. London. ISBN 978-0-7148-7579-8. OCLC 1007055558.
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