Sam Hecht

Sam Hecht RDI, born in London 1969, is a British industrial designer. Hecht and his partner Kim Colin are the founders of a London design studio called Industrial Facility. Clients include Muji, Yamaha, LaCie, Emeco, Established & Sons, Issey Miyake, Epson, Magis, Lexon, Whirlpool, and Wästberg.[1]

Sam Hecht
Born7 August 1969 (age 54)
London
Alma mater
OccupationIndustrial designer
Spouse(s)Kim Colin
Awards

Biographical detail

Hecht studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and received his degree in industrial design from the Royal College of Art in London.

He worked for architect David Chipperfield and travelled in the US and Japan before becoming head of design at IDEO.

Hecht and Colin founded Industrial Facility in 2002.

He has taught at the Royal College of Art and as visiting professor of Karlsruhe University.[1]

Hecht and Colin's work is held in museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.[2][3]

Designs by Hecht and Colin have received numerous prizes including six iF Gold Awards.[4][5][6][7]

Hecht and Colin were appointed Royal Designers for Industry in the United Kingdom in 2008 and 2015 respectively.[1]

In 2019 Phaidon Press published a monograph about Industrial Facility’s work.[8]

References
  1. "Royal Designers for Industry". Royal Designers for Industry. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. "Sam Hecht | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. "Sam Hecht". Centre Pompidou (in French). Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  4. Sam Hecht's talk at the Simplicity symposium - we make money not art
  5. Industrial Facility
  6. Industrial Facility / The European Design Show : - Design/Designer Information
  7. "iF - Sam Hecht". ifdesign.com (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  8. Hecht, Sam (2018). Industrial Facility. London. ISBN 978-0-7148-7579-8. OCLC 1007055558.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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