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James Irvine, designer

James Irvine, designer

James Irvine, 52, is a London-born creative and art director settled in Milan 26 years ago. A graduate of the Kingston Polytechnic Design School and the Royal College of Art, he started out as a consultant under the direction of Michele de Lucchi and Ettore Sottsass, and opened his agency in 1997. He’s been working on furniture design with Thonet for the past eight years on such hits as the S 5000 sofa and the S 123H stool. His works are to be discovered this autumn.

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