Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby

Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby founded their studio in East London in 1996, after studying architecture together at the Royal College of Art. For more than two For decades, his work has challenged the boundaries of design in this country and abroad, while his commitment to lectures, workshops and studio practice supports the development of new generations of designers.

Barber and Osgerby's approach is characterized by its emphasis on experimentation and innovation and an exploratory attitude toward materiality and color. From these areas of interest arise solutions that reflect the close relationship of his work with industrial processes and new technologies, but also his affinities with fine arts, illustrated most clearly in installations on a large scale such as Double Space (2014), a series of rotating works. mirrors suspended from the ceiling of the Raphael Gallery at the V&A - and Forecast (2016) - a wind-powered work installed at Somerset House, as part of the first London Design Biennale.

In 2001, Barber and Osgerby founded Universal Design Studio to operate in parallel with their main studio. Focused on the fields of architecture, interiors and exhibition design, Universal Design Studio is now recognized as one of the most innovative creative design consultancies in the world. In 2012 the Barber Osgerby family of studios became to expand with the launch of the strategy-based industrial design consultancy Map Project Office.