About James Malcolm Green

James was born in London during the summer of ‘84 before his parents moved to West Sussex in order to bring him and his twin brother Tom up in the tranquility of the countryside. Five years later, a little sister, Iona, arrived and the three of them grew up together under the watchful eye of the south downs, where they had green fields and forests surrounding them. Much time was spent building Airfix models and Estes rockets that the children would spend hours playing with and as they grew older they would move onto radio controlled planes and cars. At 14 the boys followed in their photographer father‘s footsteps and were sent to school at Bryanston in Dorset where they spent the next five years. With access to an incredible workshop at the school, James began spending large amounts of time designing and making all sorts of things from coffee tables to shelving, to lathed bowls and a very ambitious yet successful boat trailer to carry not just one but two dinghys! At the end of his school career he was awarded ‘The Parnum Award for Science and Technology Projects‘ for his contribution to design at the school over the last few years.

Leaving school at 18 in 2003, James embarked upon a gap year that led him to the French Alps where he found a job in a popular bar for the winter season where he was able to pursue another great passion of his, skiing. By the summer of 2004 he was back from the mountains and spent it catching up with his brother who‘d been in Africa, they worked and travelled together and come Autumn, Tom went to university up in Edinburgh and James started a foundation course in art and design at Camberwell College of Arts. This led to a place at Central Saint Martins where he he has now graduated from with a BA (Hons) in Product Design. Over the last three years, James has developed his design process from research through to the presentation of design ideas. He has worked on an array of interesting projects including a watch, lighting design and a sustainable packaging solution for Marks and Spencer for the Starpack Awards.

His graduation work saw a client project for the department store Liberty and a self-initiated project where he made in depth research into the issues of table manners in society today which resulted in a take away food packaging system that aims to encourage families to eat together at a table rather than around the television. His Liberty project involved being tasked to design a piece of furniture or product that Arthur Liberty would have been thrilled to commission were he alive today. His answer - a fantastically fun vase that seeks to find beauty and order amongst the chaos of stacked plates and dishes. James exhibited at the Central Saint Martins annual degree show in June and has since been shortlisted for two design competitions run by Oakley and BIC respectively.

In September 2008 James was selected as one of only 12 designers across the UK to participate in a new BBC TV series tentatively called Philippe Starck's School of Design. This saw the 12 young designers being whisked off to Paris where they were set challenges by Starck in a bid to win a placement in his Paris based studio. Look out for 'Design For Life' on BBC2 in April 2009 to see James in action.

Since returning from Paris, James has thrown himself into the design industry, working for Carpenters Workshop Gallery and taking on a number of freelance commissions and opportunities worldwide. He is currently involved with a number of charities as well as designing for several London based companies and is resolutely looking forward to seeing where 2009 will take him next.