Sam Hecht

Sam Hecht was born in London, in 1969. He studied Industrial Design at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and later at the Royal College of Art. After extensive work experience, he founded a design office called “Industrial Facility” in London in 2002, with Kim Colin. He has received more than 40 international awards, including the “IF Hannover Gold Awards” five times over. His pieces belong to the permanent collections of the world’s leading museums, particularly New York’s MoMA, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the SFMOMA and the Chicago Art Institute. In 2008, he was nominated “Royal Designer for Industry” by the “British Royal Society of Arts” and in 2011 he was awarded “Design of the Year” for furniture from the Design Museum in London.