Neil Poulton
C001712
France・Scottish / Product & Lighting Design
Neil Poulton is a paris-based product & lighting designer, recognised internationally for his many cutting edge, best selling and award-winning designs.
He specialises in the design of "deceptively simple-looking" mass-produced objects characterised by a "poetic, individualised aesthetic".
Poulton is best known for tech designs like the iconic lacie "rugged" hard drive - a product which has sold over 6 million units - and for his many best-selling lighting designs, notably for Italian brand leader, Artemide.
Neil Poulton has won numerous international design awards, including seven French "Etoile de l’Observeur du Design" prizes, twelve German Red Dot Design Awards, five "iF" International Forum Design prizes, three French "Janus de l’industrie" awards, two "Recommendation Premio Compasso d’Oro" and two "Best of The Best" Red Dot Design Awards.
His designs are included in the permanent contemporary collection of Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris - he has been listed in time magazine's "the design 100 : the people and ideas behind today's most influential design".
Portrait Photo Credit : Roman Thomas for IF Forum
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Website | http://www.neilpoulton.com/
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Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilpoultondesign/
Portfolio
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" Rugged " Hard Drive, Lacie. Design by Neil Poulton
With over 6 million units sold since it’s introduction in 2005, the Lacie " Rugged " portable hard drive has become an icon.
" Rugged stands way, way out and it's spirited tactility has landed it in the special category of consumer electronics that double as fashion objects " - Adam Wray, Berlin Fashion Zine, 032c (summer 2021).
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" Calipso " Wall Lamp & Suspension Lamp, Artemide. Design by Neil Poulton
" The unique honeycomb grill of calipso was generated by feeding a photo of the moon into an image-based algorithm. The resulting fractal shape, an impure geometry that displays the irregular beauty of nature, is built from an organic honeycomb of different diameter tubes, seemingly arranged in a random geometry " - Artemide Press Release.
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" Bobourg " USB Speakers, Lacie. Design by Neil Poulton
Neil Poulton’s award-winning speakers evoke ocean liner air vents and reference the ventilation funnels surrounding the Centre Georges Pompidou Art Museum (or “Beaubourg”) in Paris, France.
The Lacie “Bobourg” USB computer speakers are now part of Centre Georges Pompidou’s permanent design collection.
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" Scopas " Suspension Lamp, Artemide. Design by Neil Poulton
Scopas is a LED suspension lamp designed to disrupt the traditional model of a spherical lamp - it has no central light source. The lamp's seemingly incomplete structure changes appearance and physical form depending on the point from which it is viewed.
In 2018 scopas, manufactured by Artemide, Italy, was inaugurated into the first permanent scottish collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, in Dundee, Scotland.
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" Talo " Lighting Range, Artemide. Design by Neil Poulton
Neil Poulton designed the first " Talo " lamp in 2001 to universal acclaim - the design won 5 international design awards. Despite countless imitations and copies, the authentic Artemide " Talo " range is still a best-seller after 20 years.
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SSD Pro, Lacie. Design by Neil Poulton
For 30 years Neil Poulton has designed award-winning products for computer storage giant, Lacie - including portable & desktop hard drives, SSD, drone accessories, USB sticks, raid, servers, racks and industrial products.
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D2 Hard Drive Range, Lacie. Design by Neil Poulton
For 30 years Neil Poulton has designed award-winning products for computer storage giant, Lacie - including portable & desktop hard drives, SSD, drone accessories, USB sticks, raid, servers, racks and industrial products.
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Les Bookles, Christofle, Paris. Design by Neil Poulton
“The name “Bookles”, is a play on words, blending sound and sense between the english and french languages - a reflection of the forms used for this collection of these six plated-silver bookmarks and page dividers". - Christofle Press Release
Photo Credit : Christofle
