Sam Hecht

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Sam Hecht
Born7 August 1969
London
Alma mater
OccupationIndustrial designer
Spouse(s)Kim Colin
Awards
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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]

He has taught at the Royal College of Art and as visiting professor of Karlsruhe University.[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

  1. ^ a b c "Royal Designers for Industry". Royal Designers for Industry. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Sam Hecht | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Sam Hecht". Centre Pompidou (in French). Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  4. ^ Sam Hecht's talk at the Simplicity symposium - we make money not art
  5. ^ Industrial Facility
  6. ^ Industrial Facility / The European Design Show : - Design/Designer Information
  7. ^ "iF - Sam Hecht". ifdesign.com (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  8. ^ Hecht, Sam (2018). Industrial Facility. London. ISBN 978-0-7148-7579-8. OCLC 1007055558.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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