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George J. Sowden was born in Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
, UK in 1942. He studied architecture at Gloucestershire College of Art in the 1960’s. He moved to Milano in 1970 where he started working with Ettore Sottsass
Ettore Sottsass

Ettore Sottsass was an Innsbruck-born Italy architect and industrial designer of the late 20th century. Sottsass was a flamboyant, influential, highly original and occasionally despised Italian designer and architect who was a leading member of the group which established postwar Italy's reputation for design....
 and Olivetti
Olivetti

Ing. C. Olivetti & Co., SpA., known as Olivetti, is an Italy manufacturer of computers, computer printers and other business machines....
. In 1981, he was one of the co-founders of the Memphis Group
Memphis Group

The Memphis Group was an influential Italy design and architecture movement of the 1980s....
, the design movement that had a significant impact on design aesthetics in the eighties.

The same year he founded his design studio, SowdenDesign, and has since collaborated with numerous world famous companies, such as Olivetti
Olivetti

Ing. C. Olivetti & Co., SpA., known as Olivetti, is an Italy manufacturer of computers, computer printers and other business machines....
, Alessi, Bodum, Guzzini, Lorenz, Rancilio
Rancilio

Rancilio is an espresso machine manufacturer, founded in 1927 by Roberto Rancilio in Parabiago, Milan, Italy. Rancilio would become best known for its innovative distribution networks, effective use of industrial design and reputable reliability....
, Steelcase
Steelcase

Steelcase is an international office furniture company. It was founded in 1912 in Grand Rapids, Michigan as The Metal Office Furniture Company....
, Swatch
Swatch

File:Swatch Bijoux Jewelry.JPGSwatch is a brand name for a line of wrist watches from the Swatch Group, a Swiss conglomerate with vertical control of the production of Swiss watches and related products....
, Segis, Memphis
Memphis Group

The Memphis Group was an influential Italy design and architecture movement of the 1980s....
, IPM , Moulinex, Telecom Italia
Telecom Italia

Telecom Italia is the largest Italy telephone company. Now a private company, it was founded in 1994 by the merger of several state-owned telecommunications companies, the most important of which was Societ? Italiana per L'Esercizio Telefonico p.A. , the monopoly telephone operator in Italy....
, Tefal
Tefal

Tefal is a French cookware and small appliance manufacturer owned by Groupe SEB. Its name is short for the combination of the words Teflon and aluminium....
 and Pyrex
Pyrex

Pyrex is a brand name for glassware, introduced by Corning Incorporated in 1915. Originally, Pyrex was made from thermal shock resistant borosilicate glass....
.

George Sowden has received numerous awards including, in 1991, the prestigious ADI Compasso d'Oro
Compasso d'Oro

Compasso d'Oro is the name of an Industrial Design award originated in Italy in 1954 by the La Rinascente company from an original idea of Gio Ponti and Alberto Rosselli....
 Award for design excellence Olivetti
Olivetti

Ing. C. Olivetti & Co., SpA., known as Olivetti, is an Italy manufacturer of computers, computer printers and other business machines....
, Fax OFX420.








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George J. Sowden was born in Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
, UK in 1942. He studied architecture at Gloucestershire College of Art in the 1960’s. He moved to Milano in 1970 where he started working with Ettore Sottsass
Ettore Sottsass

Ettore Sottsass was an Innsbruck-born Italy architect and industrial designer of the late 20th century. Sottsass was a flamboyant, influential, highly original and occasionally despised Italian designer and architect who was a leading member of the group which established postwar Italy's reputation for design....
 and Olivetti
Olivetti

Ing. C. Olivetti & Co., SpA., known as Olivetti, is an Italy manufacturer of computers, computer printers and other business machines....
. In 1981, he was one of the co-founders of the Memphis Group
Memphis Group

The Memphis Group was an influential Italy design and architecture movement of the 1980s....
, the design movement that had a significant impact on design aesthetics in the eighties.

The same year he founded his design studio, SowdenDesign, and has since collaborated with numerous world famous companies, such as Olivetti
Olivetti

Ing. C. Olivetti & Co., SpA., known as Olivetti, is an Italy manufacturer of computers, computer printers and other business machines....
, Alessi, Bodum, Guzzini, Lorenz, Rancilio
Rancilio

Rancilio is an espresso machine manufacturer, founded in 1927 by Roberto Rancilio in Parabiago, Milan, Italy. Rancilio would become best known for its innovative distribution networks, effective use of industrial design and reputable reliability....
, Steelcase
Steelcase

Steelcase is an international office furniture company. It was founded in 1912 in Grand Rapids, Michigan as The Metal Office Furniture Company....
, Swatch
Swatch

File:Swatch Bijoux Jewelry.JPGSwatch is a brand name for a line of wrist watches from the Swatch Group, a Swiss conglomerate with vertical control of the production of Swiss watches and related products....
, Segis, Memphis
Memphis Group

The Memphis Group was an influential Italy design and architecture movement of the 1980s....
, IPM , Moulinex, Telecom Italia
Telecom Italia

Telecom Italia is the largest Italy telephone company. Now a private company, it was founded in 1994 by the merger of several state-owned telecommunications companies, the most important of which was Societ? Italiana per L'Esercizio Telefonico p.A. , the monopoly telephone operator in Italy....
, Tefal
Tefal

Tefal is a French cookware and small appliance manufacturer owned by Groupe SEB. Its name is short for the combination of the words Teflon and aluminium....
 and Pyrex
Pyrex

Pyrex is a brand name for glassware, introduced by Corning Incorporated in 1915. Originally, Pyrex was made from thermal shock resistant borosilicate glass....
.

George Sowden has received numerous awards including, in 1991, the prestigious ADI Compasso d'Oro
Compasso d'Oro

Compasso d'Oro is the name of an Industrial Design award originated in Italy in 1954 by the La Rinascente company from an original idea of Gio Ponti and Alberto Rosselli....
 Award for design excellence Olivetti
Olivetti

Ing. C. Olivetti & Co., SpA., known as Olivetti, is an Italy manufacturer of computers, computer printers and other business machines....
, Fax OFX420.

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