{{Short description|British industrial design company}} {{Use British English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} thumb thumb|London 2012 Olympic Torch'''Barber Osgerby''' is a London-based industrial design studio founded in 1996 by British designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby. Historically named variously Barber Osgerby Associates, BOA, Barber & Osgerby and BarberOsgerby, the practice has been called Barber Osgerby since 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barber Osgerby Ltd, Company number 06035400 |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06035400 |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519165155/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06035400 |url-status=live }}</ref> Barber and Osgerby's work encompasses interiors, furniture, lighting and product design as well as art and architectural-scale projects.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sharma |first=Atish |date=29 December 2023 |title=In Conversation With Barber Osgerby: The Design Darlings of London |url=https://www.homecrux.com/interview-with-barber-osgerby/227620/ |access-date=15 February 2024 |website=Homecrux |archive-date=15 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215110100/https://www.homecrux.com/interview-with-barber-osgerby/227620/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
They are both Royal Designers for Industry (RDI)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Current Royal Designers for Industry |url=https://www.thersa.org/about/royal-designers-for-industry/current-royal-designers-for-industry |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 November 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241101232230/https://www.thersa.org/about/royal-designers-for-industry/current-royal-designers-for-industry |url-status=live }}</ref> and are past recipients of the Jerwood Applied Arts prize.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 September 2004 |title=Barber Osgerby wins Jerwood Prize |url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/16-september-2004/barber-osgerby-wins-jerwood-prize |access-date=30 April 2021 |newspaper=Design Week |language=en-GB}}</ref> Both are Honorary Doctors of Arts, and Osgerby is an Honorary Fellow of Ravensbourne. The pair have lectured internationally and their work is held in permanent collections around the world including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; London's Design Museum; and the Art Institute of Chicago; the Olympic Museum in Switzerland; the Vitra Design Museum in Germany; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Barber and Osgerby |url=https://designmuseum.org/designers/barber-and-osgerby |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501112318/https://designmuseum.org/designers/barber-and-osgerby |url-status=live }}</ref>
Barber and Osgerby have developed collections for B&B Italia, Flos, Vitra, Magis, Cappellini, Swarovski, Venini and Established & Sons, and Knoll among others. They have also designed works for private commissions, and for public spaces such as the De La Warr Pavilion, The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), and the Portsmouth Cathedral. Significant projects include the Tip Ton chair for Vitra in 2011, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic torch and a £2 coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of the London Underground in 2013.
Barber and Osgerby are also founders of Universal Design Studio,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Universal Design Studio |url=https://www.wpp.com/companies/universal-design-studio |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418164532/https://www.wpp.com/companies/universal-design-studio |url-status=live }}</ref> a London-based architecture and interior design studio, and Map Project Office,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://www.wpp.com/companies/map |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411014557/https://www.wpp.com/companies/map |url-status=live }}</ref> a London-based industrial design consultancy focused on design strategy.
== Background == Edward Barber, born in Shrewsbury in 1969, studied interior design at Leeds Polytechnic.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Maev |last2=arts |last3=correspondent |first3=heritage |date=13 September 2004 |title=Plywood maestros win top design award |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/sep/14/arts.artsnews |access-date=19 February 2017 |newspaper=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Jay Osgerby, born in Oxford in 1969, completed a foundation art program at Oxford Brookes University<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chandran |first=Govind |date=1 January 2012 |title=The man behind the Olympic torch |url=https://www.brookes.ac.uk/microsites/olympics/the-man-behind-the-olympic-torch |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501144433/https://www.brookes.ac.uk/microsites/olympics/the-man-behind-the-olympic-torch/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and studied product design at Ravensbourne College in London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Alumni: Jay Osgerby |url=https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/information/our-alumni |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520125818/https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/information/our-alumni |url-status=live }}</ref> The two met while studying for their Master's degrees in Architecture at London's Royal College of Art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barber Osgerby celebrate 25 years partnership |url=https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/forbes-barber-osgerby-celebrate-25-years-partnership/ |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref> After graduating, in 1996 they set up their studio Barber Osgerby Associates.
== Early architecture and furniture == Barber Osgerby Associates was originally based out of Barber and Osgerby's flat in Trellick Tower. The studio moved to the Isokon workshops in Turnham Green, Chiswick and worked on variety of hospitality, residential and office architectural projects,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Niesewand |first=Nonie |date=31 July 1998 |title=Bent on success: curvy furniture and clean, simple interiors |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/design-bent-on-success-1168976.html |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501145128/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/design-bent-on-success-1168976.html |url-status=live }}</ref> their architectural work supporting their furniture design during this period.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mun-delsalle |first=Y-Jean |date=25 January 2019 |title=British designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/yjeanmundelsalle/2019/01/25/british-designers-edward-barber-and-jay-osgerby-celebrate-a-quarter-century-of-partnership/#43d46bce3164 |access-date=30 April 2021 |newspaper=Forbes |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520125817/https://www.forbes.com/sites/yjeanmundelsalle/2019/01/25/british-designers-edward-barber-and-jay-osgerby-celebrate-a-quarter-century-of-partnership/#43d46bce3164 |url-status=live }}</ref>
thumb|Birch-plywood kitchen by Barber Osgerby Associates, London 1999Close to wood workshops, Barber & Osgerby learned a lot about furniture making and particularly about plywood.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Birman |first=Sujata |date=2017 |title=Studio visit with Barber and Osgerby |url=https://www.flos.com/stories/studio-visit-with-barber-and-osgerby |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=2 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502125158/https://flos.com/stories/studio-visit-with-barber-and-osgerby/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> This informed both the small architectural projects they focused on at the time <ref>{{Cite web |title=Barber Osgerby Restoration in East London |url=https://www.ilionetal.com/projects-1 |access-date=21 August 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=25 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825163136/https://www.ilionetal.com/projects-1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and their first furniture piece, the Loop Table, originally designed for the lobby of a restaurant but subsequently manufactured by Isokon.<ref>Barber, E. & Osgerby, J. ''The Design Work of Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby''. Rizzoli, 2011, p. 21.</ref> The Loop Table was shown at the London Design Fair in 1997, spotted by Giulio Cappellini and introduced into the Cappellini catalogue in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999 |title=Loop Coffee Table |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O49202/loop-coffee-table-loop-coffee-table-barber-osgerby/loop-coffee-table-loop-coffee-table-barber-osgerby-associates/ |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520125815/https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O49202/loop-coffee-table-loop-coffee-table-barber-osgerby/loop-coffee-table-loop-coffee-table-barber-osgerby-associates/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Much of Barber and Osgerby's early work involved the shaping of sheet material such as perspex and plywood,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barber and Osgerby |url=https://designmuseum.org/designers/barber-and-osgerby |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501112318/https://designmuseum.org/designers/barber-and-osgerby |url-status=live }}</ref> influenced by the white card that they had used frequently in architectural model making.<ref>Barber, E. & Osgerby, J. ''The Design Work of Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby''. Rizzoli, 2011, p. 19.</ref> The Loop table evolved into a series of products that shared the same plywood loop construction<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999 |title=Loop Coffee Table |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O49202/loop-coffee-table-loop-coffee-table-barber-osgerby/loop-coffee-table-loop-coffee-table-barber-osgerby-associates/ |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref> while the Flight Stool in 1998, the Pilot Table in 1999 and Stencil Screen in 2000 employed the similar materials and processes. The Shell Table in 2000, which was nominated for the Compasso d'Oro, and the Shell Chair in 2001 were further structural studies in moulded birch plywood.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 March 2020 |title=Barber Osgerby Shell Table & Chair |url=https://www.archiscene.net/furniture/shell-table-chair-barber-osgerby/ |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520125819/https://www.archiscene.net/furniture/shell-table-chair-barber-osgerby/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
By 2001, Barber Osgerby Associates were "turning away work" <ref>{{Cite news |last=Davison |first=Nicola |date=6 September 2016 |title=Designers Barber & Osgerby |url=https://www.ft.com/content/eeb460f4-5e20-11e6-bb77-a121aa8abd95 |access-date=30 April 2021 |newspaper=The Financial Times |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501090307/https://www.ft.com/content/eeb460f4-5e20-11e6-bb77-a121aa8abd95 |url-status=live }}</ref> and split the practice with the architecture and interior design studio renamed Universal and the furniture and industrial design studio renamed Barber Osgerby.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 July 2001 |title=People & Practices: Barber Osgerby Associates |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/archive/people-practices-109 |access-date=30 April 2021 |newspaper=Architects Journal |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501112318/https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/archive/people-practices-109 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Barber Osgerby == Barber & Osgerby's first furniture to use solid wood was the oak Home Table in 2000, initially conceived for their own homes.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Barber Osgerby Home Table |url=https://contemporarydesignnews.com/barber-osgerby-home-table |access-date=30 April 2021 |newspaper=Contemporary Design News |language=en-GB |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125072921/https://contemporarydesignnews.com/barber-osgerby-home-table/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2002 the pair were asked to design new furniture for the 13th century St. Thomas’ Portsmouth Cathedral, as part of an ongoing programme of renovation. The only definitive criterion for the pieces was that they be made of oak. Solid oak is heavy and a key requirement for furniture was that it was light and easily manoeuvrable. This was resolved by the engineering of the design, resulting in the slender form of the bench.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Barber and Osgerby |url=https://designmuseum.org/designers/barber-and-osgerby |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501112318/https://designmuseum.org/designers/barber-and-osgerby |url-status=live }}</ref> thumb|De La Warr Pavilion and terrace with De La Warr Chairs In 2005 Barber and Osgerby moved on from wood, fulfilling a commission to design a new chair for the newly restored modernist De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barber Osgerby to design new furniture for the Café Bar and balconies |url=https://www.dlwp.com/about-us/our-heritage/ |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501112317/https://www.dlwp.com/about-us/our-heritage/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The resulting aluminium armchairs were in two versions, the restaurant version was upholstered<ref>{{Cite news |title=De La Warr Pavilion Chair |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O168946/de-la-warr-pavilion-chair-armchair-barber-edward/ |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501145128/https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O168946/de-la-warr-pavilion-chair-armchair-barber-edward/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while the external version featured a powder-coated finish and perforated seat and back, capable of enduring the coastal exposure to on the pavilion's outdoor terraces.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 September 2004 |title=De la Warr Pavilion Armchair |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O168978/de-la-warr-pavilion-chair-armchair/de-la-warr-pavilion-chair-armchair-barber-edward |access-date=30 April 2021 |newspaper=Design Week |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501112318/https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O168978/de-la-warr-pavilion-chair-armchair/de-la-warr-pavilion-chair-armchair-barber-edward |url-status=live }}</ref> The De La Warr Chair was subsequently put into production by Established & Sons who also produced Barber Osgerby's aluminium Zero-In table as part of their launch collection in 2005. That table's construction employed automotive industry welding and polishing techniques never before applied to furniture manufacturing.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Zero In, Barber Osgerby |url=https://www.establishedandsons.com/products/zero-in-1 |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501120710/https://www.establishedandsons.com/products/zero-in-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> These techniques were employed again in 2007 when Barber Osgerby were commissioned to design the entrance foyer desk for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in Portland Place, London resulting in a contemporary reception desk wrapped in a skin of hand-beaten stainless steel, mirror-polished to reflect its surroundings.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ion |first=Nicolae |date=17 April 2011 |title=Reception Desk by Barber Osgerby |url=https://designlike.com/reception-desk-by-barber-osgerby |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520125823/https://designlike.com/reception-desk-by-barber-osgerby |url-status=live }}</ref> Similarly, though now employing aerospace engineering techniques, Barber Osgerby's Iris tables for Established & Sons in 2008 were milled in sections from solid aluminum, anodized and joined with hidden bolts and tightened using magnets.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mun-delsalle |first=Y-Jean |date=25 January 2019 |title=British designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/yjeanmundelsalle/2019/01/25/british-designers-edward-barber-and-jay-osgerby-celebrate-a-quarter-century-of-partnership/#43d46bce3164 |access-date=30 April 2021 |newspaper=Forbes |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520125817/https://www.forbes.com/sites/yjeanmundelsalle/2019/01/25/british-designers-edward-barber-and-jay-osgerby-celebrate-a-quarter-century-of-partnership/#43d46bce3164 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Barber & Osgerby's first lamp, the Tab lamp for Flos was launched in 2007, it seemingly marked a return to the folded form but had evolved from a series of ideas for lights conceived in the early 2000s<ref>{{Cite web |title=Studio Visit with Barber Osgerby |url=https://flos.com/stories/studio-visit-with-barber-and-osgerby |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507230457/https://flos.com/stories/studio-visit-with-barber-and-osgerby/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and from 2007 Barber & Osgerby embraced a broadening range of products, projects and techniques.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2009, Barber and Osgerby launched their first major commission for Murano glassmakers Venini: Lantern Marine, a limited edition collection of large vases composed of coloured interlocking components.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 May 2009 |title=Lanterne Marine by Barber Osgerby |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/21/lanterne-marine-by-barberosgerby-for-venini/ |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517205303/https://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/21/lanterne-marine-by-barberosgerby-for-venini/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010 they created an experimental installation for Sony at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan exploring how electronics could be better integrated within contemporary home interiors through a series of conceptual objects that employed Sony's new sound technologies.<ref>"Contemplating Monolithic Design by Sony & BarberOsgerby", Dezeen, 15 April 2010 [http://www.dezeen.com/2010/04/15/contemplating-monolithic-design-by-sony-and-barberosgerby/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516235350/http://www.dezeen.com/2010/04/15/contemplating-monolithic-design-by-sony-and-barberosgerby/ |date=16 May 2013 }}</ref> Another investigation, this time into school furniture and how movement in a chair can aid concentration, resulted in the forward-tilting Tip Ton chair launched with Vitra in 2011 and relaunched from recycled plastic as the Tip Ton RE in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 October 2020 |title=Barber Osgerby's Tip Ton Chair |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2020/10/26/tip-ton-re-chair-vitra-barber-osgerby-recycled-plastic-dezeen-showroom/ |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=18 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618191225/https://www.dezeen.com/2020/10/26/tip-ton-re-chair-vitra-barber-osgerby-recycled-plastic-dezeen-showroom/ |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Le pavillon de conférences de Tadao Ando (Vitra, Weil am Rhein, Allemagne) (30776273447).jpg|thumb|Tip Ton Chairs in the Vitra Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando]]
In 2011, Barber and Osgerby won the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) competition to design the London 2012 Olympic Torch.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 July 2012 |title=Barber Osgerby Olympic Torch Designers |url=https://www.inc.com/olympics/nicole-carter/barber-osgerby-olympic-torch-designers.html |access-date=30 April 2021 |newspaper=Inc. |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501115412/https://www.inc.com/olympics/nicole-carter/barber-osgerby-olympic-torch-designers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Torch was named the Design Museum's 2012 Design of the Year.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Beazley Design of the Year 2012 |url=https://designmuseum.org/beazley-designs-of-the-year-previous-winners#:~:text=Beazley%20Design%20of%20the%20Year%202012%20%7C%20London%202012%20Olympic%20Torch,in%20London%20on%20July%2027 |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Works in marble followed in 2012 including the pair's first design for B&B Italia, the sculptural cantilevered Tobi Ishi table, and the Western Façade bench, commissioned to commemorate ten years of the London Design Festival and exhibited during the festival in the Victoria & Albert Museum's John Madejski Garden.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barber Osgerby Western Façade bench |url=https://www.phillips.com/detail/edward-barber-and-jay-osgerby/UK050113/235 |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520125818/https://www.phillips.com/detail/edward-barber-and-jay-osgerby/UK050113/235 |url-status=live }}</ref> The following year saw Barber Osgerby's design of a £2 coin for The Royal Mint, commemorating 150 years of the London Underground, depicting the familiar image of a Tube train emerging from a tunnel, the outer ring of the coin being used graphically to suggest the tunnel walls.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barber Osgerby design new £2 coin |url=https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/design/articles/2012/december/13/barber-osgerby-design-new-2-coin |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520125814/https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/design/articles/2012/december/13/barber-osgerby-design-new-2-coin |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Barber Osgerby – 2 pound coin |url=https://barberosgerby.com/work/2-coin |access-date=6 February 2023 |website=barberosgerby.com |language=en |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206191642/https://barberosgerby.com/work/2-coin |url-status=live }}</ref> A further commission for the London Design Festival followed in 2014, Barber Osgerby designed the installation 'Double Space' at the V&A Museum in London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Magazine |first=Wallpaper* |date=18 September 2014 |title=BarberOsgerby's immersive installation at the V&A offers a new perspective on the London museum {{!}} Design {{!}} Wallpaper* Magazine |url=http://www.wallpaper.com/design/barberosgerbys-immersive-installation-at-the-va-offers-a-new-perspective-on-the-london-museum |access-date=19 February 2017 |newspaper=Wallpaper* |archive-date=20 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220010606/http://www.wallpaper.com/design/barberosgerbys-immersive-installation-at-the-va-offers-a-new-perspective-on-the-london-museum |url-status=live }}</ref>
Barber & Osgerby's range of work expanded further to encompass an ongoing collaboration on porcelain tile with Mutina<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lane by Barber Osgerby |url=https://www.mutina.it/en/collection/lane-by-barber-osgerby |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520125819/https://www.mutina.it/en/collection/lane-by-barber-osgerby |url-status=live }}</ref> started from 2013; the AXOR One shower control for Hansgrohe in 2015; the Pilot chair for Knoll in 2015; the Olio range of tableware from Royal Doulton<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 April 2015 |title=Olio |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2015/04/11/barber-osgerby-miscellaneous-tableware-collection-royal-doulton-olio/ |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520164350/https://www.dezeen.com/2015/04/11/barber-osgerby-miscellaneous-tableware-collection-royal-doulton-olio/ |url-status=live }}</ref> that was introduced in 2015 and updated in 2021; the Pacific office chair for Vitra (which was chosen by Jony Ive for the Apple headquarters building),<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Pacific Chair by Barber&Osgerby |url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/product-news/2017/12/13/the-pacific-chair-by-barberosgerby.html |access-date=14 January 2026 |website=www.domusweb.it |language=en-gb |archive-date=11 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250711204438/https://www.domusweb.it/en/product-news/2017/12/13/the-pacific-chair-by-barberosgerby.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kuang |first=Cliff |date=2 January 2018 |title=What Apple's New Office Chairs Reveal About Work In 2018 |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90155533/what-apples-new-office-chairs-reveal-about-work-in-2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007113930/https://www.fastcompany.com/90155533/what-apples-new-office-chairs-reveal-about-work-in-2018 |archive-date=7 October 2024 |access-date=14 January 2026 |work=Fast Company |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Tibbo family of outdoor furniture for Dedon both in 2016; the Bellhop series of lamps for Flos from 2017, including the Bellhop floor in 2021 and a limited edition with Supreme<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supreme Bellhop Lamp |url=https://www.supremenewyork.com/previews/fallwinter2020/accessories/supreme-flos-bellhop-lamp |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520125818/https://www.supremenewyork.com/previews/fallwinter2020/accessories/supreme-flos-bellhop-lamp |url-status=live }}</ref> in 2020; and the On & On family of recyclable stacking chairs for Emeco in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emeco Designers |url=https://www.emeco.net/about/design/barber-osgerby |access-date=9 October 2022 |website=www.emeco.net |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009065018/https://www.emeco.net/about/design/barber-osgerby |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2019 |title=Barber and Osgerby create chair for Emeco that can be endlessly recycled |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/04/05/emeco-on-and-on-chair/ |access-date=9 October 2022 |website=Dezeen |language=en |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009065020/https://www.dezeen.com/2019/04/05/emeco-on-and-on-chair/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Awards and honours == {{Expand section|small=no|date=January 2025}} Barber and Osgerby have received numerous awards including the ICFF Editors Award for Best New Designer in 1998, the Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts in 2004 for a body of work judged to ‘combine clarity, coherence and beauty’,<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 September 2004 |title=Barber Osgerby wins Jerwood Prize |url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/16-september-2004/barber-osgerby-wins-jerwood-prize |access-date=30 April 2021 |newspaper=Design Week |language=en-GB |archive-date=2 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502114637/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/16-september-2004/barber-osgerby-wins-jerwood-prize/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "Designers of the Future" at Design Basel/Miami in 2006,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Designers of the Future |url=https://usa.flos.com/brands/E-Barber-and-J-Osgerby.html |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421012159/https://usa.flos.com/brands/E-Barber-and-J-Osgerby.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{fv|date=February 2026}} the Design Week Awards: Best Furniture Designer in 2015, and 2022 The Design Guild Mark.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Smalto Low Table by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby for Knoll International |url=https://www.designguildmark.org.uk/project/smalto-low-table-by-edward-barber-and-jay-osgerby-for-knoll-international |access-date=10 January 2025 |website=Design Guild Mark |language=en-US |archive-date=10 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250110190428/https://www.designguildmark.org.uk/project/smalto-low-table-by-edward-barber-and-jay-osgerby-for-knoll-international |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Timeline of Awards |url=https://designmuseum.org/designers/barber-and-osgerby |access-date=30 April 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501112318/https://designmuseum.org/designers/barber-and-osgerby |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2007 they were awarded the status of Royal Designers for Industry and in 2013 Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby were both appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Birthday Honours for services to the design industry.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60534|supp=y|page=9|date=15 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60534|supp=y|page=12|date=15 June 2013}}</ref>
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