Experimental contemporary designer, Thomas Heatherwick, who spans numerous disciplines, gets a solo exhibit at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Via IBTimes

Architect Thomas Heatherwick best know for his inspirational projects such as the "Seed Cathedral" designed for the Shanghai Expo, Londons Rolling bridge and the Spun chair for Magis was one of the speakers for the TED 2011 conference.

Only six months after introduction, Spun crash lands at the MoMA's permanant collection.

Heatherwick Studio exists to make extraordinary projects happen. Established by Thomas Heatherwick in 1994, it is recognized for its work in: architecture, urban infrastructure, sculpture, furniture design and strategic thinking Team members come from disciplinary backgrounds that include architecture, product design, model-making, fabrication, landscape design, fine art and curation.

The team structure has relatively few layers of hierarchy. Six areas of special responsibility are each looked after by a Team Leader: people, studio, business, craft, planning and the Hong Kong studio. And while the whole team contributes to design processes, each project is managed by a Project Leader, in close contact with the client.

Heatherwick Studio’s Associate Directors include Fred Manson, the former environment director of London Borough of Southwark who commissioned Tate Modern, Peckham Library and the Millennium Bridge, and the structural engineer Ron Packman.

Thomas is an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA and a Senior Fellow at the Royal College of Art. He is the recipient of honorary doctorates from four British universities – Sheffield Hallam, Brighton, Dundee and Manchester Metropolitan. He has won the Prince Philip Designers Prize and in 2006, was the youngest practitioner to be appointed a Royal Designer for Industry.

He has served on numerous judging and advisory panels and has given lectures, tutorials and talks at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and Yale University.

Heatherwick Studio operates from premises in Kings Cross, central London. Part of the studio has always been a workshop for making models, experimental pieces and prototypes. With this resource, it has been possible for Heatherwick Studio to act as a contractor on its projects.

Heatherwick Studio’s clients include: property developers, publicly limited companies, sovereign wealth funds, religious communities, the British government, local authorities, charitable trusts, a school, a hospital, a luggage company, landed estates, museums and private individuals.

Spun, London bus, Extruded images by Peter Mallett
British pavilion image by Daniele Mattioli
Little Hampton image by Andy Stagg

Spun by Thomas Heatherwick was all the rave at The ICFF. Check out this video by Magis. Also stop our showroom and have a whirl!

Available this summer 2010.