Morten Villiers Warren

British/Dutch industrial designer (born 1967)

EducationKingston University

OccupationsDesigner, Industrial

KnownforFounder of Native Design in London & San Francisco

Morten Villiers Warren
Education	Kingston University
Occupations	Designer, Industrial
Known for	Founder of Native Design in London & San Francisco

Morten Villiers Warren (born 1967)^[1] is a British industrial designer. Warren founded Native Design, a design and innovation company, in 1998 and remains the principal creative and CEO.

Warren attended Kingston University (1985–1988) completing a BA in Furniture Design.^[2]

Warren is a member of the IDSA^[3] and has countless patents to his name.^[4] He spoke and represented the British Council at numerous design conferences, including Beijing China, Essen Germany, Mumbai India and São Paulo Brazil.^[5]

Career

Prior to founding Native, Warren was a principal designer at Bowers & Wilkins between 1989 and 1992. He was responsible for the loudspeaker brand Solid.^[6] He has worked for Philippe Starck as well as Aldo Cibic in Milan.^[7]

At Native, Warren oversees product and user experience for a range of sectors, including medical, automotive, FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods), and consumer electronics. Native's clients include Anheuser-Busch InBev, Audi, Bang & Olufsen, Baxter International, BBC, Bentley, Bowers & Wilkins, Canal+, Coloplast, Diageo, Here, Hewlett-Packard, Illumina, Microsoft, Nespresso, Novo Nordisk, Pernod Ricard, SFR, Skype, Banco Santander, and Veon.^[8]

In October 2018 Warren helped found Zuma Array Ltd.^[9] In May 2021 their first product, the Zuma Lumisonic, was announced.^[10]

References

↑ Baker, Hannah. "Native Design's Morten Warren". Director. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
↑ "Morten Warren". iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE.
↑ "Morten Warren, I/IDSA". 14 January 2011.
↑ "Morten Warren Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com.
↑ "The European Centre | Morten Villiers Warren - Great Britain". Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
↑ Johnson, Derek. "B&W Rock Solid Monitors". Muzines.
↑ "The European Centre | Morten Villiers Warren - Great Britain". Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
↑ "Native Design - London, London - Industrial Design, Interaction Design". www.designdirectory.com.
↑ "UK Companies house page for Zuma Array Ltd". UK Companies House.
↑ May 2021, Becky Scarrott 12 (12 May 2021). "Zuma Lumisonic: an ultra-compact speaker light from the engineer of B&W's Nautilus". whathifi. Retrieved 2021-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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