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Ross Lovegrove is one of the world’s
most acclaimed and influential
designers, best known for utilising the
latest technology to create futuristic,
organic forms

Born 1958, Ross Lovegrove
graduated from Manchester
Polytechnic with 1st Class BA Hons
Industrial design in 1980 and took a
Master of Design at the Royal College
of Art, London in 1983.

In the early 80’s worked as a designer
for Frog Design in West Germany on
tech projects for companies like Sony
and Apple.

At the core of Lovegrove’s design
ethic is DNA: Design, Nature, Art.
His creations try to be as purposeful
as possible in a constant search for
forms that look and feel human, and
for new materials to render them in a
cleaner, more efficient way.

A water bottle he created for the Welsh
mineral water company Ty Nant looks
like a beautiful twist of running water.
This love of the natural form and his
environmental concerns earned him
the nickname
“Captain Organic” from Los Angeles
architect Greg Lynn. 6