Whether he is working with inexpensive materials like polystyrene vending machine cups or exquisite hand-made glass, Paul Cocksedge designs and produces visually arresting lights in surreally sculptural forms that often engage the user by enabling them to switch the light on or off by placing a flower in or out of a vase or joining up the pencil strokes on a piece of paper.

Born in London in 1978, Cocksedge studied industrial design at Sheffield Hallam University and product design under Ron Arad at the Royal College of Art in London. While studying there he met his business partner Joana Pinho and was introduced by Arad to the Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake and German lighting designer Ingo Maurer, both of whom have staged exhibitions of his work.

Since graduating from the RCA in summer 2002, Cocksedge has emerged as one of the UK’s most prolific young designers. He has exhibited at the Design Museum and Powerhouse Museum and his work is part of the Victoria & Albert Museum and Pinakothek der Moderne Die Neue Sammlung permanent collections.

He has lectured and exhibited in major international cities, such Sidney, Tokyo, Milan, Moscow, Istanbul, Cologne, Miami and Toronto.

Cocksedge was nominated for the Design Museum’s Designer of the Year prize in 2004 and in 2006 was invited to become a member of 100% Light advisory panel.