Biography:
British, born in London 1944, lives in mid Wales.
Master of Design, Royal College of Art 1977
Awards:
Silver Medal & 3D Design Award, Royal College of Art
Public Seating Award, Sit 94: National Museum of Wales (Museum of the Year 1995)
FX Green Seating Award: C3 Stacking Chair
4 Guild Mark, Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers: C1 Upholstered Recliner and Footstool, C3 Stacking Chair, Ash Round Tables, T2 Extending Table.
Indexes:
Crafts Council Index, Southern Arts, AXIS, Commissions East, SW Arts, Public arts
Collections:
Modelo Museum of Science and Industry, Toluca, Mexico: C3 Stacking Chair
Rhode Island School of Design Collection, USA: Contour Chair
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA: Contour Chair
Vitra Design Museum, Germany: Contour Chair
Victoria and Albert Museum, London: C1 Recliner & Footstool, C3 Stacking Chair, Contour Chair
Victor Papanek's private collection, USA: C2 Director's Chair
Design Museum, London: Contour Chair
Crafts Council Collection, London: C3 Stacking Chairs
John Makepeace OBE private collection, UK: C1 Rattan Recliner & Footstool
Temple Newsam House, Leeds City Museum: C1 Rattan Recliner & Footstool
Design Centre Index, London: C1 Reclining Chair, C2 Director's Chair, C3 Stacking Chair
The Science Museum, London: C3 Stacking Chair
Exhibitions:
'Co[]ect' Crafts Council Exhibition at the V&A Museum 2004
'Classics' Brussels 2003
'100% Design' 1995-2003
'To Have and To Hold' Ferrers Gallery 2003
'Art In Action' Oxford 1998, 99, 2003
'International Festival of Gardens' Westonbirt Arboretum 2003
'House & Garden' 1997, 98, 2002-03
'Take A Seat' Bluecoat Display Center 2003
'Table Wares' Beatrice Royal Gallery 2003
'Sustainable Designs' Johannesburg World Summit 2002
'Artisan' Edinburgh Festival 1997, 98, 2002
'Take a Seat' Grace Barrand Design Studio 2002
'In Praise or Trees' with English Nature, Salisbury Festival 2002
'Wood x 10' Scottish Gallery 2002
'Homelodge Show House', Ideal Home Exhibition 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
'Ergonomic Chairs' Science Museum Touring Exhibition, London 1999, Manchester 2000, Portugal 2002
'Solo' Artifex Gallery 2002
'Rufford Gallery' Nottingham 2001-2
'Brewery Arts' Cirencester 2001-2
'Chelsea Crafts Fair' 1990-2001
'Designer's Block' London 2001
'MODE' 1999, 2000-01
'Green Design' Bledffa 2001
'Spectrum' 1994-96, 2001
'Wind & Wave' Beatrice Royal Gallery 2000
'Guild Mark Exhibition' Pallant House Gallery 2000
'Country Living Spring Fair' 1994-96, 98-99, 2000
'Guild Mark Exhibition' 1998
'A Celebration of Craftsmanship' Betty Norbury 1995, 96, 99
'International Contemporary Furniture Fair' New York 1995
'Decorative Arts Today' Bonhams 1992-96
'Greenwood' Contemporary Applied Arts 1995
'Conservation by Design' RISD Museum of Modern Art, USA 1994
'Christmas Show' Oriel Moystn 1992
'Living Room' Oxford Gallery 1992
'Having Made It' Oriel 1992
'IDI' 1992
'Exempla 92' Munich 1992
'Chair Gallery' Design Museum 1992
'Beyond The Dovetail' Crafts Council 1991-92
'In the First Place' Aberystwyth Arts Centre 1990
'Furniture Focus' Northern Centre for Contemporary Art 1988
'Recent Work' Leeds Craft Centre and Design Gallery 1983
'Recent Work' (Solo) Prescote Gallery 1983
'The Maker's Eye' Crafts Council 1982
'The Wood Exhibition' Northern Arts 1981
'Prescote in London' Warwick Arts Trust 1981
'Furniture Projects' Crafts Council 1980
'Crafts Council 80' 1980
'Furniture Makers' Prescote Gallery 1978-84
'Chairs' Victoria and Albert Museum 1971
'Whitechapel Chairs 70' 1970
'Perspex 67' Royal College of Art 1967
© David Colwell 2004