My Manifesto for Design: SohoCreate Festival 2015

Jay Osgerby, designer and Applied Arts prize winner is joined by design author and deputy director of the London Design Festival, Max Fraser, to debate the ins and outs, the rights and wrongs, and the good and bad of the design world, and to get deep and personal with their journey to the top of their chosen careers. What is design? What should it be and why isn’t it? Get personal What should design be, and why isn’t it?
Jay Osgerby biography
Internationally acclaimed designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby founded their London-based studio in 1996. Their diverse body of work spans industrial design, furniture, lighting and site specific installations as well as limited edition pieces and public commissions such as the London 2012 Olympic Torch and a £2 coin designed for the Royal Mint. They are currently working with many brands including Knoll, Vitra, B&B Italia, Cappellini, Venini and Flos.
Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby furniture
Their work is held in permanent museum collections around the world including V&A and Design Museum in London, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Art Institute of Chicago. In 2001 Barber and Osgerby established architecture and interior design practice Universal Design Studio and in 2012 they founded MAP, specialising in research and strategy-led design.
Max Fraser biography
Jay Osgerby will be in conversation with design writer, consultant curator and editor of London Design Guide, unravelling the mysteries of design.