Thomas Heatherwick
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Thomas Heatherwick (born 1970) is an English designer and sculptor, known for innovative use of engineering and materials in public monuments. He has been referred to as "the latter-day Leonardo".
Biography
Born in London, he studied at three dimensional design at Manchester Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art, winning many prizes. Shortly after graduating from the Royal College of Art after a two-year MA course in 1994, he was commissioned by Harvey Nichols department store in Knightsbridge to design a temporary structure for the shop's facade. Heatherwick's design was a ribbon of laminated wood that wound through the storefront windows.He founded Thomas Heatherwick Studio in 1994 to bring architecture, design and sculpture together within a single practice. The studio presenetly comprises a thirtyfifteen-strong team which includes architects, landscape architects, product designers and engineers. Work is carried out from a combined studio and workshop in Kings Cross where concept development, prototyping and fabrication take place under a single roof. The studio's work spans commercial and residential building projects, masterplanning and infrastructure schemes as well as high profile works of public art.
Heatherwick is a Senior Fellow and external examiner at the Royal College of Art and was recently chosen to become a Royal Designer for Industry. He has served on numerous judging and advisory panels and has given lectures, tutorials and talks at the Bartlett School of Architecture, the South Africa Design Indaba and the Royal Institution. In 2004 he curated an exhibition at the Design Museum consisting of 1,000 objects he had collected.
Notable works
- B of the Bang, Manchester
- Bleigiessen, Wellcome Trust, London
- Blue Carpet, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
- Curling bridge, Paddington Basin, London
- Longchamp store in New York City
- Southorn Playground, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
- "Zip Bag" handbag for Longchamp
External links
- [Thomas Heatherwick Studio website]
- [Profile in Icon magazine]
- [Heatherwick and the Conran Collection in Icon magazine]
- [Profile in Art & Architecture - PDF]
- [Heatherwick] at Sculpture.org.uk
- [Profile in The Observer 26 September 2004]
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