Colin Nourie and Collective Ten
This week, I had a most pleasant Zoom meeting. It was an interview with Colin Nourie, the founder and main man at Collective Ten, an industrial design studio located in Cincinnati, Ohio. After graduating from Ohio State with a degree in industrial design, Mr. Nourie landed a job in Chicago with an industrial design firm doing work primarily outside our industry. In an early indication that the kid had talent, one of his assignments was the design of a bottle for Owens Galderma facial soap, Cetaphil. His design is still being used after 27 years by the brand – a testament to design effectiveness. Mr. Nourie has designed furniture, products and environments for some of our industry’s best-known global brands – Steelcase, Herman Miller and Geiger, as well “industrial design” products for global brands such as Proctor & Gamble and Abercrombie and Fitch, and even some retail furniture for Staples. …
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