Sam Hecht Explained

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Sam Hecht, born in London 1969, is a British industrial designer. Hecht and his partner Kim Colin are the founders of a London design studio called Industrial Facility. Clients include Muji, Yamaha, LaCie, Emeco, Established & Sons, Issey Miyake, Epson, Magis, Lexon, Whirlpool, and Wästberg.

He has taught at the Royal College of Art and as visiting professor of Karlsruhe University.

Hecht and Colin's work is held in museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.^{[1] [2]}

Designs by Hecht and Colin have received numerous prizes including six iF Gold Awards.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Hecht and Colin were appointed Royal Designers for Industry in the United Kingdom in 2008 and 2015 respectively.^[7]

In 2019 Phaidon Press published a monograph about Industrial Facility’s work.^[8]

External links

• Industrial Facility site
• Pictures of Sam Hecht @ The Design Museum

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sam Hecht MoMA . 2022-10-09 . The Museum of Modern Art . en.
2. Web site: Sam Hecht . 2022-10-09 . Centre Pompidou . fr-FR.
3. http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2006/09/sam-hechts-talk.php Sam Hecht's talk at the Simplicity symposium - we make money not art
4. http://www.industrialfacility.co.uk/ Industrial Facility
5. http://www.designmuseum.org/design/industrial-facility Industrial Facility / The European Design Show : - Design/Designer Information
6. Web site: iF - Sam Hecht . 2022-10-09 . ifdesign.com . de.
7. Web site: Royal Designers for Industry . 2022-10-09 . Royal Designers for Industry . en.
8. Book: Hecht, Sam . Industrial Facility . 2018 . 978-0-7148-7579-8 . London . 1007055558.