Background
Edward Barber (born 1969, Shrewsbury, England) studied interior design at Leeds Polytechnic. Jay Osgerby (born 1969, Oxford, England), completed a foundation art programme at Oxford Brookes University and studied product design at Ravensbourne College in London. The two met while studying for their Master's degrees in Architecture at London's Royal College of Art. After graduating, they set up their studio in Trellick Tower, West London, and from there designed their first furniture piece, the Loop Table, manufactured by Isokon (the first new piece to be added to the Isokon range in over 40 years). The Loop Table was shown at the London Design Fair in 1997 and spotted by Giulio Cappellini, catalysing a long working relationship between the designers and the renown Italian furniture producer. The Loop was introduced into the Cappellini collection in 1998 and a series of products were subsequently developed, bringing early international acclaim to Barber and Osgerby.
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