賈斯珀·莫里森

賈斯珀·莫里森，1959年出生在倫敦，是英國著名設計師。

jasper MORRISON 於1959年出生在倫敦。
●1979年至1985年間，他在Kingston Polytechnic，倫敦的The Royal College of Art（皇家藝術學院），柏林的HDK學習設計。
●1986年在倫敦成立了設計辦公室。
●1987年在Kassel 為路透社新聞中心的Documenta 8做設計。
●1988年在柏林，作為Cultural City of Europe Program（歐洲文化城市計畫）活動中的一部分，在DAAD畫廊展出了他的“部分家用新品”。
●1989年第一次在米蘭的Istituto Europeo di Design（設計學院）舉辦“A World Without Words”的圖片講座。
●1992年為FSB公司設計的1144系列門把手榮獲Bundespreis Produkt設計獎和iF“Top Ten”獎。
●1993年在米蘭的La Fabrica del Vapore展出他和James Irvine為Cappellini設計的創意以及“The House of Cappellini”。
●1994年在比利時的Interieur 94上舉辦榮譽嘉賓個人展。
●1995年在Bordeaux建築中心的“Arc en Reve”舉辦個人展。
●1996年他的“Lima”椅和“Bottle”瓶架被收入為紐約Moma的永久性展品。
●1997年他的Hannover電車被評為iF交通設計獎和iF生態獎。
●1998年，他的“A World without words”被瑞士的Lars Mǔller verlag再次出版。
●1999年他和Micael Young及Marc Newson的作品在Rejkyavik藝術博物館展出。
由巴黎Edition Dis Voir出版了他的新自傳。
●他是1999年版“International Design year Book”（國際設計年鑑）的編輯。
在東京的Axis Gallery舉辦了個人展。
Jasper Morrison was born in London in 1959, and graduated in Design at Kingston Polytechnic Design School, London (1979-82 BA (Des.)) and The Royal College of Art for Postgraduate studies (1982-85 MA (Des.) RCA). In 1984 he studied at Berlins HdK on a Scholarship.
In 1986 he set up an Office for Design in London. His work was included in the Documenta 8 exhibition in Kassel in 1987, for which he designed the Reuters News Centre. The following year he was invited to take part in “Design Werkstadt”, a part of the “Berlin, Cultural City of Europe” program, where he exhibited “Some new items for the house, part I” at the DAAD Gallery.
He then began designing products for SCP in London, the German door handle producer FSB, the Office furniture company vitra, and the Italian furniture producer Cappellini. In 1992 together with James Irvine, he organised Progetto Oggetto for Cappellini, a collection of household objects designed together with a group of young European designers. He also worked with Andreas Brandolini and Axel Kufus on a variety of installations, exhibition designs and town planning projects under the umbrella of Utilism International.
In 1992, his slide show lecture "A world without words" was published in book format by the graphic designer Tony Arefin.
In 1994 Jasper Morrison was guest of honour and held an exhibition at the Interieur 94 exhibition in Belgium. In 1995 he held a solo exhibition at Bordeauxs Arc en Rêve Centre darchitecture. He began a consultancy with Üstra the Hannover Transportation Authority by designing a Bus Stop for the City.
In 1995 Jasper Morrisons office was awarded the contract to design the new Hannover Tram, the largest European light rail production contract of its time, at 500 Million Deutschemarks. The first vehicle was presented to the public in June 1997 at the Hannover Industrial Fair, and awarded the IF Transportation Design Prize and the Ecology award.
More recently exhibitions and installations have included: "The State of Things" to complement the editing of the 1999 Design Year Book. Solo exhibitions at the Axis Gallery, Tokyo, for Flos at the Yamagiwa Centre in Tokyo, as Designer of the Year 2000 at the Paris Design Fair.
Recent projects include the design of furniture for Tate Modern in London, "Luxmaster" for Flos, Folding Air-Chair and Low Air-Table for Magis; a monograph "Everything but the Walls" published by Lars Müller Publishers; a bench for the roppongi Hills development in Tokyo; ATM desk system for Vitra ,a line of kitchen appliances for Rowenta, Pots&pans for alessi and a sanitary- and brassware range for Ideal Standard.In 2005, founding of Super Normal with NAOTO Fukasawa. In June 2006, first Super Normal exhibition in Tokyo.
Jasper Morrison Ltd. currently based in London and Paris, have worked and in most cases still do for the following companies:
Alessi Spa, Italy; Alias Srl, Italy; Canon Camera Division, Japan; Cappellini Spa., Italy; Flos Spa, Italy; FSB GmbH, Germany; Magis Srl, Italy; Rosenthal AG, Germany; Rowenta, France; Sony Design Centre Europe; Vitra International AG, Switzerland. In 2004, began consultancies with Samsung Electronics, Korea, Muji (Japan), Ideal Standard (UK) and Olivetti (Italy).