Profile

Brown Office apply a narrative driven approach to the design of installations, objects and interiors. Our practice is characterised by warmth, wit and elevating the ordinary.

We work with companies who have a story to tell in the material world including the V&A, Google, Campari, Sèvres, Depop, Uniqlo & Schloss Hollenegg. As a studio we help our clients to highlight and reinvent narratives as artefacts and spatial experiences that resonate with contemporary audiences. We are in our element transforming things that are unexplored, historical or abstract and imbuing them with a renewed sense of identity and purpose.

Brown Office was founded by Dean Brown in 2014 informed by his international design experiences. Dean studied product design at DJCAD, University of Dundee (2003-2007) followed by a residency scholarship at Fabrica Research Centre, Italy (2010-2014). In parallel to running Brown Office, Dean is a public speaker and Senior Research Fellow within the Interaction Research Studio, based at Northumbria University’s London campus.

Selected Clients

Anyways
Barbican Library
Campari
Depop
Edition Van Treeck
Fabrica
Google
Grand Hornu
Its Nice That
Museum Of The Home
Nike
Royal Academy of Dance
Secondome
Sèvres
Schloss Hollenegg
Tai Ping
United Colors of Benetton
Uniqlo
V&A
V&A Dundee

Selected Exhibitions

09.22 LDF 2022. R for Repair. Victoria & Albert Museum. London, UK

09.21 LDF 2021, Brompton Design District. New Adventures in Cardboard. London, UK

07.19 The Aram Gallery. Prototypes and Experiments XI. Flat Lamp. London, UK

05.19 Schloss Hollenegg for Design. Sometimes Kitchen. Graz, AT

09.18 Lake Como Design Fair. Transit Vases. Como, IT

09.17 LDF 2017, Water. Reflections. London, UK

05.17 Mint, MetaCraft. Transit Vases. London, UK

05.17 Schloss Hollenegg for Design. Tree-ness. Graz, AT

09.16 LDF 2016, South East Makers Club. Transit Vases. London, UK

05.16 Schloss Hollenegg for Design. The Archive & The Rumpelkammer. Graz, AT

03.16 The Aram Gallery. Unread Messages. London, UK

11.15 The Aram Gallery. Prototypes and Experiments VIII. London, UK

10.15 PAD London. Sèvres. A Matter of Colour. London, UK

06.15 Galerie de Sèvres. A Matter of Colour. Paris, FR

Selected Talks

10.22 Fabrica - before, during & after. Fabrica. Treviso, IT

01.20 Material Narratives. V&A Dundee. Dundee, UK

11.19 Melba Design Symposium. National Palace of Culture. Sofia, Bulgaria

09.19 Thought Starters. Episode 56. In praise of the prototype, with Riya Patel and Dean Brown.

05.19 Design History: Colour and Texture. V&A Dundee. Dundee, UK

02.19 Keynote Speech at GIDE 2019. Dundee Contemporary Arts. Dundee, UK

01.19 Today At Apple. Apple Store Regent Street. London, UK

05.17 PechaKucha. Dundee Design Festival. Dundee, UK

10.15 Maker Assembly. Victoria & Albert Museum. London, UK

09.15 It's Nice That - Nicer Tuesdays. Protein. London, UK

09.14 Near Now Talks Series. Broadway. Nottingham, UK

09.14 British Council - Design Connections 10x10. LimeWharf Machines Room. London, UK