Studio Swine is an interdisciplinary design practice founded
by Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves. Azusa graduated
from the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL and Alexander
from the Ruskin School of Fine Art Oxford before both gaining
an MA in Design Products at the Royal College of Art. Creating
eyewear out of human hair and trawling the sea for plastic,
Studio Swine explores design through material innovation
and creating new sustainable systems whilst placing an equal
importance on aesthetics, believing that desire is the greatest agent of change.
Operating in the fields of design, fashion & architecture, Studio Swine has exhibited at the Barbican, V&A, New York & London Fashion Week and Gwangju Biennale curated by Ai Wei Wei.
Swine has received international awards including the Gold Prize at BIO23 Biennale of Design Slovenia, Wallpaper* Design Award and recently nominated for Designs of the Year Award 2013 at the Design Museum London.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
