Morten Villiers Warren

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Morten Villiers Warren
NationalityBritish
EducationKingston University
Occupation(s)Designer, Industrial
Known forFounder of Native Design in London & San Francisco

Morten Villiers Warren (born 1967) [1] is a British industrial designer. Warren founded Native Design, a design and innovation company, in 1998 and remains the principal creative and CEO.

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Education

Warren attended Kingston University (1985–1988) completing a BA in Furniture Design. [2]

Warren is a member of the IDSA [3] and has countless patents to his name. [4] He spoke and represented the British Council at numerous design conferences, including Beijing China, Essen Germany, Mumbai India and São Paulo Brazil. [5]

Career

Prior to founding Native, Warren was a principal designer at Bowers & Wilkins between 1989 and 1992. He was responsible for the loudspeaker brand Solid. [6] He has worked for Philippe Starck as well as Aldo Cibic in Milan. [7]

At Native, Warren oversees product and user experience for a range of sectors, including medical, automotive, FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods), and consumer electronics. Native's clients include Anheuser-Busch InBev, Audi, Bang & Olufsen, Baxter International, BBC, Bentley, Bowers & Wilkins, Canal+, Coloplast, Diageo, Here, Hewlett-Packard, Illumina, Microsoft, Nespresso, Novo Nordisk, Pernod Ricard, SFR, Skype, Banco Santander, and Veon. [8]

In October 2018 Warren helped found Zuma Array Ltd. [9] In May 2021 their first product, the Zuma Lumisonic, was announced. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Baker, Hannah. "Native Design's Morten Warren". Director. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Morten Warren". iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE.
  3. ↑ "Morten Warren, I/IDSA". 14 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Morten Warren Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com.
  5. ↑ "The European Centre | Morten Villiers Warren - Great Britain". Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Derek. "B&W Rock Solid Monitors". Muzines.
  7. ↑ "The European Centre | Morten Villiers Warren - Great Britain". Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  8. ↑ "Native Design - London, London - Industrial Design, Interaction Design". www.designdirectory.com.
  9. ↑ "UK Companies house page for Zuma Array Ltd". UK Companies House.
  10. ↑ May 2021, Becky Scarrott 12 (12 May 2021). "Zuma Lumisonic: an ultra-compact speaker light from the engineer of B&W's Nautilus". whathifi. Retrieved 2021-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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