Barber Osgerby

Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby founded their studio in East London in 1996, after studying architecture together at the Royal College of Art. Experimentation with material and colour, and a close dialogue with industry, run through everything they make.

Output spans furniture, lighting, product, interiors and large-scale installations: the Loop Table for Isokon, Tip Ton and Soft Work for Vitra, Bellhop for Flos, the 2012 Olympic Torch and a £2 coin for the London Underground’s 150th anniversary. They became Royal Designers for Industry in 2007, were appointed OBE in 2013 and won the London Design Medal in 2015; Universal Design Studio and Map Project Office extend the practice.