Author Description

"Design isn t about it marketing. It's about industrialisation." Michael Young Michael Young has been designing award winning projects for over 20 years, including earphones, glassware, watches, bicycles, furniture, lighting and bags. Experimentation is a working method for Michael Young and the investigation of different resources his ultimate passion. Born in Sunderland, England, Young opened studios in Brussels and Hong Kong. For more than a decade, he has tested the most advanced and sophisticated processes, focusing on different kinds of material; but his aluminium projects are the ones that stand out for their uniqueness of approach and special twists. This book features not only Young's designs in aluminium - limited editions or mass-produced - also included are a selection of his most iconic projects from recent years. Text in English and French.