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George J. Sowden (born 1942 in Leeds, UK) is a designer and product developer. He studied architecture at Gloucestershire College of Art in the 1960s. Read the full biography

George J. Sowden (born 1942 in Leeds, UK) is a designer and product developer. He studied architecture at Gloucestershire College of Art in the 1960s. He moved to Milan in 1970 where he began working with Ettore Sottsass and Olivetti. In 1981, he was one of the co-founders of the Memphis Group, the design movement that had a significant impact on design aesthetics in the 1980s. The same year he founded his own design studio, SowdenDesign, and has since collaborated with numerous world-renowned companies, such as Olivetti, Alessi, Bodum, Guzzini, Lorenz, Rancilio, Steelcase, Swatch, Segis, Memphis, IPM, Moulinex, Telecom Italia, Tefal and Pyrex. George Sowden has received numerous awards, including, in 1991, the prestigious ADI Compasso d'Oro award for design excellence Olivetti, Fax OFX420.