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Designer
Colin Nourie
Colin Nourie is an American industrial designer and founder of Collective Ten in Cincinnati, Ohio. Herman Miller says he grew up in the Midwest in a family of architects and engineers and earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design…
Biography
Background
Colin Nourie is an American industrial designer and founder of Collective Ten in Cincinnati, Ohio. Herman Miller says he grew up in the Midwest in a family of architects and engineers and earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design from Ohio State University.
Signature Style
He describes his goal as the effortless efficiency of the natural world, with designs that shed whatever is unnecessary. His studio site describes sophisticated minimal forms that flow into each other with bold silhouettes.
Notable Works
For Herman Miller he designed Mora, listed as Mora Casework, Mora Carts and Mora System; the healthcare version won the Nightingale Healthcare Award in 2017 and the European Product Design Award and a GOOD DESIGN Award in 2019. He has also designed for Steelcase, Danao Living and Design Within Reach.
Legacy
His awards include the IDEA Silver Award and Best of NeoCon Gold Awards, and he has lectured at schools of design in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana.
