Sam Hecht, born in London 1969, British
industrial design
Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advan ...
er. Hecht and 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
Lexon, also known as the Burris-Brockmeyer Farm, is a historic home located at Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was constructed in the third quarter of the 18th century. It is a two-story brick house with a pitched gable roof, c ...
,
Whirlpool, and Wästberg.
Biographical detail
He studied at
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and received his degree in industrial design from the
Royal College of Art in London.
Hecht worked for architect
David Chipperfield
Sir David Alan Chipperfield, (born 18 December 1953) is an English architect. He established David Chipperfield Architects in 1985.
His major works include the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire (1989–1998); the Museum ...
and travelled in the US and Japan before becoming head of design at
IDEO.
Hecht and Colin founded Industrial Facility in 2002.
He has taught at the Royal College of Art and as visiting professor of Karlsruhe University.
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.
Designs by Hecht and Colin have received numerous prizes including six
iF Gold Awards.
Hecht and Colin were appointed
Royal Designers for Industry in the United Kingdom in 2008 and 2015 respectively.
In 2019
Phaidon Press
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published a monograph about Industrial Facility’s work.
References
External links
Industrial Facility sitePictures of Sam Hecht @ The Design Museum
1969 births
Living people
Artists from London
British industrial designers
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Royal Designers for Industry