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james irvine
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with pain and emotion we regret to inform you that our dear friend james irvine is no longer with us.
he passed away in the milan hospital fatebenefratelli at midnight.
the world of industrial design has lost another great.
his extraordinary talent and creativity brought him to create good design, pure and simple.
things that will live on for many years to come.
we will miss him.
james irvine
was born in london, graduated in 1984 at the RCA royal college of art in london.
the same year he moved to milan. from 1984 to 1992 he was a design consultant for olivetti and collaborated with ettore sottsass and michele de lucchi.
in 1987 he went to tokyo to direct the design research devision at the toshiba design centre and returned to milan in 1988 to start a design practice of his own
and in parallel to become partner of sottsass associati.
clients of his milan studio are alias, artemide, B&B italia, canon, coro, foscarini, LG, magis, marsotto, MDF italia, muji, olivari, olivetti, pamar,
phaidon, ströer, thonet, whirlpool, WMF and zumtobel.
This is such a bad news … too early for this great guy …
So sad to hear, a great loss
We will miss your intelligence, integrity and irony. Thank You.
such sad news! what a great chap! rip, james!
Mi spiace, un maestro, con affetto, g.
I mimmick all the above comments. He was a soft spoken British gentleman with a sensitivity that truly brought any project to its simple essence.
RIP
He loved life so much.
He did so much for the company Thonet.
We all will miss him.
I had the pleasure of working with him in September 2012. This is quite a shock and sad news indeed.
This is unbelievably sad. What a loss at only 54. My deepest condolences to James’ family.
james was such a sweet man. smart, super talented, and sincere. Far too young to die. I send my love to his family
Shocked and terribly saddened.
(Fellow Kingston ’81 & RCA ’84 graduate )
dear james my you rest in peace,and my heart goes out to your wife and two kids,s o sorry for you all, maurice
Carissimo James : A life well lived, a road well traveled, and a masterful career in design.
It saddens me to know that we will not meet again…
Rest well, James.
The cobblestones of Milan will surely miss your gallivanting feet and the factories will miss your brilliant mind.
You inspired me.
We will miss you and Milan will now be a very empty place without you. lots of love to Laura and the boys. John & Sakura.
che peccato, ci ha sorpreso persino così. condoleanze alla famiglia italiana.
I am really concerned and sad. An affectionate and humorous teacher is gone. Thank you James for learning in the “Haltestelle”-Projekt, Karlsruhe.