Paul Cocksedge
Born in London in 1978, Cocksedge studied Industrial Design at Sheffield Hallam University and product design under Ron Arad at the Royal College of Art in London. While studying there he met his business partner Joana Pinho and was introduced by Arad to the Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake and German lighting designer Ingo Maurer, both of whom have staged exhibitions of his work. Since graduating from the RCA in summer 2002, Cocksedge has emerged as one of the UK’s most prolific designers. He has exhibited at the Design Museum and Powerhouse Museum and his work is part of the Victoria & Albert Museum and Pinakothek der Moderne Die Neue Sammlung permanent collections. He has lectured and exhibited in major international cities, such as Sidney, Tokyo, Milan, Moscow, Istanbul, Cologne, Miami and Toronto.
