With a career spanning more than 20 years, Michael Anastassiades has conceived lights, furniture and objects characterised by a poetic yet rigorous interpretation of technology, materials and functions. The Cyprus born and London-based designer trained as a civil engineer at London’s Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine before taking a master’s degree in industrial design at the Royal College of Art. His practice encompasses both industrial production and artisan techniques, drawing inspiration from many sources which he distils into pure, simple forms that balance improvisation and structure, control and intuition.

Since setting up his studio in 1994 he has collaborated with leading manufacturers including Flos, B&B Italia, Herman Miller, Mutina and Bang & Olufsen. His work is featured in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.