Design Guild Mark Holder
Tip Ton
Name of Designer:
Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby077
2013
Vitra
Barber & Osgerby were approached in 2008 by Lesley James at the Royal Society of Arts and Manufacturers for advice on the furniture choices for a new secondary school academy that they were sponsoring in Tipton in the Midlands in the UK. There was a quick realisation that there were few compelling options on the market, and few that offered good design and good value.
Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby founded their eponymous studio in 1996 after graduating with Master’s degrees in Architecture from The Royal College of Art in London. From their first studio in Trellick Tower in London, they designed their first piece, the Loop Table, produced by Isokon in 1997. Much of Barber and Osgerby’s early work involved the folding and shaping of sheet material, influenced by the white card that they had used frequently in architectural model making.
