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Neil Poulton (born 1963) is a Scottish product designer, based in Paris, France. He specialises in the design of 'deceptively simple-looking mass-produced objects'〔Hudson, Jennifer " Process : 50 Product Designs From Concept to Manufacture ", Laurence King Publishing, UK, 2008, pp168, pp169-171〕 and has won numerous international design awards. Poulton is best known for his designs in the fields of technology and lighting design and is often associated with manufacturers LaCie, Artemide, Megalit and Atelier Sedap. In 2007, the Centre Georges Pompidou museum in Paris acquired six Poulton-designed objects for its Permanent Contemporary Collection. In 2008, ''Time'' magazine included Poulton in 'The Design 100 – The people and ideas behind today's most influential design'.〔Time, Style & Design, Summer 2008 " The people and ideas behind today's most influential design " pp 51〕 Neil Poulton has lived and worked in Paris since 1991. ==Early career== Poulton gained a BSc degree in Industrial Design (technology) at Napier University in Edinburgh in 1985 and was awarded the SIAD Chartered Society of Designers Student Product Designer of the Year. In 1988, he gained a Masters degree in design at the Domus Academy in Milan, Italy, under Italian architect Andrea Branzi and designer Alberto Meda. Poulton's tutors included Italian architect Ettore Sottsass, German industrial designer Richard Sapper, Isao Hosoe and Anna Castelli Ferrieri. Neil Poulton first came to public view in 1989 as the creator of the 'Ageing Pens'.〔Design (UK), April 1989 " Mass Produced One-Offs", Lucy Young, pp 32–33〕 Also known as the 'Penna Mutante' (The Mutant Pen),〔Modo (Italy) N° 118, Nov 1989 " Il Tempo Della Materia " (The Material Age), Frida Doveil, pp 44〕〔Modo (Italy) N° 126, July 1990 " La Penna Mutante " (The Mutant Pen), Mariaclara Goldschnedi, pp 59〕 these pens were made from a living, wearing plastic, which 'ages as layers of colour wear away through use'.〔The Sunday Times Magazine, UK, 11 February 1990, "Bend Me shape Me", Alison Beckett, pp 71〕 The Ageing Pens were exhibited in London's Victoria and Albert Museum,〔The Sunday Times Magazine (UK), 11 February 1990, "Bend Me shape Me", Alison Beckett, pp 72〕 Centre Georges Pompidou〔" Formes des Metropoles " exhibition catalogue, Editions Centre Georges Pompidou pp 156〕 in Paris and The Axis Gallery in Tokyo. Poulton worked briefly for French designer Philippe Starck in Paris from 1991 through 1992. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neil Poulton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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