Terje Meyer

Terje Meyer

Infobox Artist
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birthdate = Birth date|1942|2|13
location = Oslo, Norway
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nationality = Norwegian
field = Industrial design
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movement = Scandinavian Modern
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influenced by = Bauhaus
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awards = 1st Prize, Anniversary competition held by Norwegian Federation of Interior and Furniture designers: Housing for the Future; 1st Prize, the Competition for Fittings and Fixtures for Children, the Disabled and the Elderly (Norway); 1st prize in the Branch Council's furniture competition; 1st prize in the Competition for Bicycle Design held by the Japan Industrial Promotion Organization; two 3rd prizes in Sørlie møblers anniversary competition; The Brunel Award1987 Vienna, for his medium distance train; The Brunel Award 1989 Utrecht, for his sleeping car; The Brunel Award 1994 Washington for his Intercity-train

Terje Meyer (born February 13, 1942) is a Norwegian industrial designer and co-founder of Ce Design, the Oslo, Norway and US-based design and branding firm he established in 2007 with American furniture designer, Jess Anderson.

He has designed a wide range of productsfor very different purposes; electronics, fittings, office furniture, farm machinery, household appliances, details for interiors and comprehensive systems in the genre labeled "Public design". More than 90 items are clearly distinguishable as "Meyer designs".

He was born to an Norwegian parents in Oslo, Norway.

Education

Meyer is largely self-educated in his field, but received a diploma in Arts and Crafts in 1965 from Statens Handverk og Kunstindustriskole in Oslo, Norway.

Career

He developed an interest in industrial design at an early stage of his career. Today he is one of the outstanding figures in his profession, with a reputation for his ability to innovate.

In his creative work on constructions he encroaches on territory which is usuallyregarded as the sole preserve of the engineer. This "intrusion" is especially evident in a series of new agricultural machines which are currently being developed, and which will feature several innovations,in particular a new approach to the relationship between man and machine.

He also happens to have a keen interest in new forms of housing.

Terje Meyer's skills are in high demand also at organizational level, and he hasheld a number of important positions, including board membership of internationalbodies.

Meyer has served as:

*chairman of the Norwegian Society of Industrial Designers 1976-80

*board member of the Norwegian Society of Crafts and Design (LNB) 1976-77

*board member of ICSID International Council of Societies of Industrial design 1981-85

*member of the Norwegian Industrial Design Council,1978-81

*member of the Granum Committee and the Owe Committee for the planning of education in industrial design in Norway.

Recognitions

*1st Prize, Anniversary competition held by Norwegian Federation of Interior and Furniture designers: Housing for the Future

*1st Prize, the Competition for Fittings and Fixtures for Children, the Disabled and the Elderly (Norway)

*1st prize in the Branch Council's furniture competition

*1st prize in the Competition for Bicycle Design held by the Japan Industrial Promotion Organization

*two 3rd prizes in Sørlie møblers anniversary competition.

*The Brunel Award1987 Vienna, for his medium distance train

*The Brunel Award 1989 Utrecht, for his sleeping car

*The Brunel Award 1994 Washington for his Intercity-train

References

1. Terje Meyer, board member http://www.icsid.org/about/people/articles202.htm

Further reading

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External links

* [http://meyerdesign.no/ MeyerDesign.No (official)]
* [http://voov.no/ Voov.no]
* [http://www.scandesign.org/scandesign/listallobjects.do?uri=/db/scandesign:xpath(/artobject/@id)&category=stereotypes Terje Meyer- Scandinavian Design, Beyond the Myth]
* [http://www.dagbladet.no/dinside/2007/06/22/504249.html Video of his new dog furniture design] Oslo, Norway 06/2007


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