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Thomas Heatherwick
Thomas Heatherwick
“My Studio is a giant version of my bedroom when I was nine
years old” - Thomas Heatherwick
Thomas Heatherwick (born 17th February 1970) is an English
designer and artist. He is known for innovative use of
Engineering and materials in public monuments and sculptures.
He heads the Heatherwick Studio, which he founded in 1994.
Heatherwick has been involved in the design of many projects,
some controversial, including the Olympic Cauldron, the New
Route master bus, and the UK pavilion at Expo 2010. His other
projects have included the renovation of the Hong Kong Paci c
Place, the now-cancelled Garden Bridge, a proposed plan for a
biomass power station in BEI-Teesside, and the Vessel in New
York City.
Working as practical inventors with no signature style, His
motivation is to design soulful and interesting places
which embrace and celebrate the complexities of the real
world. The approach driving everything is to lead from
human experience rather than any xed design dogma.
