British designer Jasper Morrison has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here he selects five projects that best reflect his work.
Morrison is known for his furniture, lighting, tableware and everyday product designs, describing his work as "at its best, super normal".
In 1986 he founded the London-based Office for Design. He went on to open the Jasper Morrison Shop and design for electronics brand Samsung, Swiss furniture brand Vitra, lighting design brand Flos, American furniture company Emeco and homeware companies Muji and Alessi, among others.
"I just finished a bakery in Mallorca and a public toilet in Japan" Morrison told Dezeen. "I'm working on a revised edition of A Book of Things, the monograph on my work published by Lars Müller Publishers, and as usual several chair projects!" Morrison's Zampa chairs for Mattiazzi. Photo by Miro Zagnoli
This week furniture maker Nikari has unveiled an armchair while Maruni debuts a sofa, both by Morrison for furniture fair Salone del Mobile during Milan design week. The designer has also curated an exhibition for US brand Emeco for this year's Triennale Milano exhibition, commemorating their 80th anniversary.
Additionally, the Triennale Milano will host a display of walking sticks by 20 designers curated by designer Keiji Takeuchi, alongside a showcase of photographs from the book A Way of Life, a result of a trip undertaken to Ballenberg by Morrison and architects David Saik, Tsuyoshi Tane and F...