United Kingdom
Hugo Eccles is an award-winning creative director who has worked with design industry giants Bill Moggridge (IDEO), Sir Rodney Fitch (FITCH) and Sir Terence Conran (CONRAN) who describes Eccles as “an intelligent and talented creative designer... a pleasure to collaborate with.”
Eccles is a Royal College of Art graduate who studied under Pentagram’s Daniel Weil and design superstar Ross Lovegrove. He began his career at renowned design innovation company IDEO, winning an IDEA Award for Design Exploration, amongst others.
After leaving IDEO to collaborate with Ross Lovegrove, Eccles founded his own London design studio in 1998. In 2003 Eccles emigrated to the USA to work with Sir Rodney Fitch. As FITCH's director of product development, he won nine awards in three years, including the consultancy’s first IDEA Gold in a decade. Eccles returned to London in 2009 to lead Studio Conran, the product, packaging and branding agency of Sir Terence Conran's design empire, which includes retail, hospitality and publishing.
In 2010 Eccles re-established the eponymous Hugo Eccles Design Office as an anglo-american design studio providing expert design services to an international clientele in London and New York,
The office designs across industries and categories, from furniture and interiors to consumer electronics and concept cars, applying 20 years of experience to working with clients such as Alessi, Pfizer, American Express, Kartell, Ford Motor, TAG Heuer, Olympus, Honda and Nike.
2011 - present
HUGO ECCLES DESIGN OFFICE, UK
www.hugoeccles.com
Creative Director
Clients:
Carluccio's , UK
Joseph Joseph, UK
Oxford University, UK
Barclaycard, UK
Ted Baker, UK
2010- 2011
CONRAN STUDIO, UK
www.conranstudio.com
Managing Director & Creative Director
Clients:
American Express, UK
De Beers Diamonds, UK
Kokomo, UK
Carphone Warehouse, UK
Motorola, UK
Hasegawa, Japan
LG Electronics, UK
Tchibo Coffee, Germany
IKEA, Sweden
John Lewis Partnership, UK
Toyo Kitchens, Japan
Lexon, France
2009 - 2010
HUGOECCLES DESIGN OFFICE, USA
www.hugoeccles.com
Creative Director
2007 - 2009
TEROFORMA, USA
www.teroforma.com
Creative Director & Partner
2006 - 2007
ARNELL GROUP, USA
www.arnellgroup.com
Creative Director, Innovation Lab
Clients:
Home Depot, USA
Pfizer, USA
Johnson & Johnson, USA
Unilever, UK
2003 - 2006
FITCH Inc., USA
www.fitch.com
Creative Director, Product Development
Clients:
Gerber Babycare, USA
Altec Lansing, USA
Respironics, USA
Lexmark International, USA
Merrell, USA
TMIO, USA
L3 Security & Detection Systems, USA
Cuisinart, USA
S.C.Johnson, USA
Rubbermaid, USA
Owens Corning, USA
Beijing Olympics Committee, China
Awards:
2006 Readers Digest 'Best of America' - Winner
2005 IDSA IDEA - Gold Award, Consumer Products - Winner
2005 IDSA / Business Week People's Choice Award - Winner
2005 CES Design & Engineering Showcase Award - Winner
2005 Fitch Chairman's Award - Winner
2004 CES 'Best of Innovations' Award - Winner
Media:
2006 Plastics 2 Book - 'Material Tailoring' 2-page spread
2005 Innovation Magazine, USA - 'Look Mom, No Spills' 3-page article
2005 International Home & Housewares Show, USA - 'Turning Consumer Insight into Product Success' presentation
2004 International Home & Housewares Show, USA - 'Interactive Product Development' presentation
1998 - 2003
HUGO ECCLES DESIGN OFFICE, UK
www.hugoeccles.com
Creative Director
Clients:
Ford Motor Company, Germany
Nike, USA
Pallucco, Italy
Artemide, Italy
Tisettanta, Italy
Id�e, Japan
Fontana Arte, Italy
Schopenhauer, Italy
Totem, USA
MDF, Italy
Paola Lenti, Italy
BT Cellnet, UK
Honda, UK
Nigel Coates, UK
E&Y, Japan
Nina Ricci, France
Clarity Systems, UK
Photo-Me International, UK
Westminster Council, UK
Mathmos, UK
MTV Europe, UK
Laurent Perrier, France
Awards:
2003 Design & Decoration Award - Winner
2002 Laurent Perrier Design Challenge - Winner
2002 Young & Design Award - Winner, 2 Special Mentions
2002 Worshipful Co. of Furniture Makers' Award - Finalist
2001 Design Week Award - Finalist
2001 Laurent Perrier Design Challenge- Finalist
2000 Blueprint Award - Finalist
2000 Panta Nature Award - Winner
Media:
Magazine editorials in Azure, Brutus, Design Report, Elle Deco Japan, Elle Decoration, Elle Wonen, Frame, GQ, Interior Design, Intramuros, Marie Claire, Surface, Vogue, Vogue Italia, Vogue Deutsch, and Wallpaper.
'Design UK' Book
'International Design Yearbook'
Rimmel Cosmetics TV advertising campaign
Shows:
Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milano 1999, 2000, 2002, Italy
ICFF International Contemporary Furniture Fair 2000, 2001, USA
Internationale Mobelmesse Cologne 2000, 2001, Germany
Tokyo Designers Block 2001, Japan
Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
100% Design 2000, 2001, UK
Creative Britain Berlin 2000, Germany
Bunker Cologne 2000, Germany
Bunker Bratislava 2000, Slovakia
Designers Block 1998, 1999, UK
Restaurant Show 1998, UK
Mission Gallery 1998, UK
1997 - 1998
ROSS LOVEGROVE, UK
www.rosslovegrove.com
Project Manager & Senior Designer
Clients:
Driade, Italy
Mandarina Duck, Italy
Guzzini, Italy
Rede, Italy
Frighetto, Italy
Id�e, Japan
Fasem, Italy
Alfi, Germany
Kartell, Italy
Acco Swingline, USA
Valli & Valli, Sweden
Alessi, Italy
Molteni, Italy
Luceplan, Italy
PSA Peugeot-Citr�en, France
Olympus, Japan
Tag Heuer, Switzerland
Pirelli, Italy
Herman Miller, USA
Shows:
Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milano 1998, Italy
1995 - 1997
IDEO EUROPE, UK
www.ideo.com
Designer
Clients:
Steelcase Inc, USA
Qualcomm, USA
Siemens, Germany
Psion, UK
AT&T Lucent, USA
OKI, Japan
Steelcase Strafor, Europe
Lego, Denmark
Piaggio, Italy
Amway, USA
Virgin Atlantic, UK
Awards:
1997 IDSA Industrial Design Excellence Award - Bronze Award, Design Explorations
Shows:
Neocon 1996, USA
1993-1995
Royal College of Art, UK
MA(RCA) 'Industrial Design'
Awards:
1995 Kokuyo Innovative Furniture Award- Winner
Professors:
Daniel Weil, Pentagram UK
Ross Lovegrove, Lovegrove Studio
Geoff Hollington, Hollington Associates
1991-1991
Akademie Industriele Vormgeving Eindhoven (AIVE), NL
'Man and Living Design'
1989 - 1992
Kingston University, UK
BA(Hons) 'Product and Furniture Design'