PROFILE

Brown Office is a London-based studio founded by Dean Brown in 2014. They design and make objects, installations and interiors with a dedication to materiality and narrative - delivering projects for clients including Google, Uniqlo, Nike, Sèvres, Depop and Schloss Hollenegg for Design. Their work has been exhibited internationally at the Milan Design Week, London Design Festival, the Victoria and Albert Museum and Aram Gallery, London.

Dean studied Product Design at DJCAD, University of Dundee, Scotland (2003-2007) where he served thereafter as Designer in Residence (2007-2009). His research and communication driven approach to design is informed by a residency period at Fabrica Communication Research Centre, Treviso, Italy (2010-2014) and currently as Research Fellow within the Interaction Research Studio, Goldsmiths University of London (2017-).

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

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

05.15 Unikat. The 7 Lamps of Making, w/Fabrica. Graz, AT

09.14 Ace Hotel. Dilemma, w/Fabrica. London, UK

09.14 LDF 2015, Victoria & Albert Museum. The 7 Lamps of Making, w/Fabrica. London, UK

04.14 Milan Design Week. Hot & Cold, w/Fabrica. Milan, IT

09.13 LDF 2013. Shrines as part of “Visual Objects for the Home”. London, UK

04.12 Milan Design Week. Villa Nechi, Uplifting Carafes, Objet Colore & Préféré, w/Fabrica. IT 

03.12 Design Museum. Colors Magazine Exhibition, w/Colors Magazine. London, UK 

01.12 Design Museum Helsinki. Mobile Museum, w/Fabrica. FI 

07.11 Victoria & Albert Museum. Mobile Museum, w/Fabrica. London, UK 

04.11 Milan Design Week. Mobile Museum & Complementary Vase, w/Fabrica. Milan, IT 

05.10 Folk Art Museum. Down Side Up, w/Fabrica. New York, USA 

04.10 Milan Design Week. Sheildhall Lamp & Downside Up, w/Fabrica. IT

SELECTED TALKS

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

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