David Lewis

Born 1939

Graduated from Central School of Art and Design, London 1960.

Since 1960 David Lewis has designed products in a wide field from professional marine and dental to domestic household.

Although David Lewis has worked for several clients, his name is primarily connected with Bang & Olufsen's products on which he has left his mark for more than 35 years.

In the first years, 1965-68, he worked for and together with Jacob Jensen, where his first work for bang & Olufsen was the Beolab 5000 series with the "sliderule" motive.

From 1968-80 he worked for and together with Henning Moldenhawer, where his first work was the Beovision 600, which, like the "sliderule" motive, became an icon for B&O.

Since the beginning of the eighties David Lewis has been responsible for the design of the majority of Bang & Olufsen's products and has designed such award-winning products as the Beovision MX series in 1985 and the Beosystem 2500 in 1991.

Besides the B&O products David Lewis has designed a sofa for Erik Jørgensen (relanched . He has designed kitchen equipment for Voss and vestfront, dental equipment for L. Goof (award winning) and coin counter just to mention the variaty of products he has designed

In 1995 David Lewis was in London, awarded the tittle of Royal Designer for Industry and in 2002 he was honored with the knight of Dannebrog.

Awards
The Danish ID prize: 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994.
The japanese G-mark Good Design Award: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998
The japanese G-mark Grand Prix 1992

In the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, David Lewis is represented with 3 Bang & Olufsens products carrying his name and more carrying his mark.

David Lewis Designers ApS

Blegdamsvej 28D
2200 København N
Denmark

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