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Alessi, Twergi 1990
Cappellini, Piceno 1991
Cappellini, Progetto Oggetto 1992
Vitra, Citizen Office Exhibition 1992
CBI, JI1 1994
CBI, sketch 1994
Brf, Tubo 1996
Ogtm, wheels 1998
B&B Italia, Lunar 1998
Asplund, X5 1998
Magis, Flick 1998
Alfi, Luigi 1999
Magis, Centomila 1999
Canon, Fax 2000
Sketch, 2000
Mercedes Benz, Üstra Bus 2000
Artemide, Float 2000
Swedese, Sonia 2000
Whirpool, Soundwave 2000
Danese Milano, Archiviovivo 2001
Products for Wmf, 2001-2006
Swedese, X3 2001
Conde Nast, Murano bowls 2002
Spalding & Bros, S3 2002
Danese Milano, Hold It 2002
Ikea, Gunghult 2002
Du Point Corian, Vitamin Bar 2003
Danese Milano, Daisy 2004
Thonet, art direction 2007-2011
Thonet, Loop Chair 2004
Olivetti, Anyway 2005
Coro, Panchina per Milano 2005
Pamar, Smooth 2005
Thonet, S5000 2006
Danese Milano, Belvedere 2006
Sketching the brief
WMF, Kitchen Range 2006
Alias, Open Chair 2006
Danese, Make Up 2006
Articolo, Trident 2007
Studio Irvine
Imagomundi, Vroom Vroom 2007
Design Dance, 2007
Wasterberg, W82 2008
Kreo, Casino 2008
Kreo, Casino 2008
Muji/Thonet, N°14 chair 2009
Italy & Spain, 2009
Marsotto Edizioni, Disco 2009
Zumtobel, Mellow Light 2010
Isaia Showroom, Milan
Pamar, Rod 2010
Pamar, Lozenge 2010
Marsotto Edizioni, Salto 2010
Marsotto Edizioni, Pia 2010
Marsotto Edizioni, Ipe 2010
Marsotto Edizioni, Toni 2010
Discipline, Centanni 2012
Muji, USB Fan 2012
Arper, Juno 2012
Biography
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(1958—2013)
Born in London, James Irvine graduated in 1984 from the Royal College of Art, London. In the same year he moved to Milan. From 1984 to 1992, he was a design consultant for Olivetti design studio Milan, under the direction of Michele De Lucchi and Ettore Sottsass. In 1987 he worked for one year at the Toshiba Design Centre in Tokyo. He returned to Milan in 1988 and opened his private design studio. His first clientes were Cappellini and SCP. From 1993 to 1997, in parallel to his private studio, he was a partner of Sottsass Associati, responsable for the studio’s industrial design group.
In 2004 he was the guest of honour at the fair Interieur in Kortrijk and was also elected Royal Designer for Industry by the Royal Society of Arts in London. In 2007 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Design from Kingston University.
The Studio
Studio Irvine is an architecture and design studio based in Milan specialized in product design, art direction and architectural spaces in which there is a specific research on materials and surfaces.
Studio Irvine is run by the architect Marialaura Irvine and her cross-disciplinary philosophy denotes a constant inclination and curiosity towards all types of projects: from the design of a chair to the one of a surface; from the art direction of companies to architectural projects.
“Our mission is to simplify in order to improve the overall design and its production. Metodo Irvine implies an approach that is recognisable not only in the final product, but in the entire process that, starting from the material, involves all the stages of transformation: from production to communication and product strategy.
A method that can be summarized in a list of watchwords that guide us along the way, depending on whether we approach the project from the point of view of art direction, product design or architectural design:
1. Designing is a collective work: create a working team in which project culture and business culture are combined
2. Respect the material and its production processes
3. Build a coherent and independent corporate identity
4. Respect the Genius Loci
5. Design alchemies of space, light and materials/texture
6. Aspire to the timeless
Our research is linked to mono-materiality; always in search of a synthesis that, following an industrial approach, reduce material waste. Materials are to be used in a structural sense and not merely decorative. The shape of the project comes as a consequence”. MI
The studio was founded in 1988 by the British designer James Irvine and throughout its 30 year history, it has woven a dense network of interactive relations among “fabbriche del design”: artisans, graphic designers, curators, journalists, photographers, designers and entrepreneurs.
Metodo Irvine is driven by curiosity, love for detail and a great deal of humour, combining a rigorous British approach with the layering of historical tradition typical of Italian architecture.
Studio Irvine is the story of a constant evolving family studio.
Marialaura Rossiello Irvine
Marialaura Irvine is instilled by a vision in constant evolution, rooted in the classics of Italian design school, but with a broader international outlook. Born on the slopes of Vesuvius, Marialaura graduated in architecture in Naples under Riccardo Dalisi. From the poetry of design and a deep respect for tradition, she was catapulted into the capital of Italian design, Milan, where she attended a master in Strategic Design at Politecnico. Concreteness became a challenge, marketing, communication and strategy the keynote. For a number of years she collaborated with Italian design brands, and grew accustomed to consider the product within a comprehensive corporate process. Then she moved on tiptoe into a different British atmosphere. Since 2013 she has directed Studio Irvine, where industrial products are the throbbing heart of design.
Selected Clients
Arper, Baleri Italia, Faraone Mennella, Mattiazzi, Matteo Brioni, Muji, MPlus, Offecct, Phaidon, Thonet…
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Team
→ Marialaura Irvine
Architect & Art Director
→ Ernesto Messineo
Designer
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Architect
→ Kornelia Janowska
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