Jasper Morrison
www.jaspermorrison.com

In May 1988, the Italian design journal "domus" published an article on the young English designer Jasper Morrison. A dozen of his works from 1985- 88 were presented including a door handle.

A rhetorical question posed in the piece was whether the creativity of this London-based designer would survive long enough for his designs to be mass-produced.

The "domus" question has now been answered: Morrison’s door handle design FSB 1166 was presented to the market in 1990 in stainless steel. A little later, we asked Jasper Morrison to design a second door handle for FSB.

The issue of materials was soon resolved, since Jasper loves aluminium. He likes it most of all in its natural silvery-coloured form. Jasper Morrison emphasizes the aura of the utensil in his work, opting for chaste looks. No wonder, then, that he furnished us with a very unassuming product range.

Should you find yourself exclaiming 'I’ve seen that before' when you view products by Jasper Morrison, you will have grasped the English designer’s philosophy. Morrison’s wish is that anyone looking at or using his products should feel at once that the object is trustworthy. That, after all, is what design is about: fashioning usable objects.