User:Benjoh

John Bennett (designer) considers himself to be, above all, a “practical” designer. Unworried with the novelty of new or unforeseen shapes, Bennett takes familiar languages, and works them into practical solutions that do the job and resolve the problem. The design concept he likes the most is “design without fashion”. Born in England, he attended Leeds Metropolitan University and the Royal College of Art. During school, Bennett was influenced by the work of the English craft designers for their conceptual and practical approach to design. His early work caught the attention of the Italian based furniture company Tecno where he began working as an in-house designer. This became the basis of his design training and approach to working as a freelance designer based in Italy since 1983. Since then,. Bennett has designed a series of products for Tecno, Frezza, Estel, Syntech, Ing.Castaldi Illuminazione and many others.

Awards:

Office furniture system designed for Planula: 1988   selected for “Form & Function. Work in progress”, at the London Science Museum Zelig desking system designed for Marcatré: 1988   selected for “Compasso D’Oro” Bella, Ing. Castaldi Illuminazione (Italy): 2000   “Lights of the Future 2000 Award”, I-Saloni 2000   “Design Plus - Light+Building Award” 2000   selected for “ADI Design Index 1998/99 2001   “I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review 2001” TW Collection office furniture system, Frezza SpA 2000   “Good Design 2000”, The Chicago Athenaeum 1999   selected for “ADI Design Index 1998/99” 2001   Honorable Mention for “XIX Compasso D’Oro ADI “ 2001   “Best of NeoCon Competition”, Editor’s Choice Award