David Irwin on Protecting Design [Podcast]

In the podcast series “Design Confab” I meet industrial designer David Irwin and discuss how we can protect designs for the future.

David Irwin is driven by a desire to assign purpose to both traditional and contemporary manufacturing processes. Focused on material exploration, David Irwin works for leading manufacturers and design-led companies such as Habitat, Deadgood and Juniper within the realm of contemporary furniture, product and lighting design. His designs combine strong conceptual thinking with a fundamental usefulness, resulting in simple, innovative and refined solutions to aid our daily lives.

Listen as David and I have a conversation about how products can take on a life of their own once they are launched into the public domain…