Harry Allen (designer)
{{Short description|American designer}}
Harry Allen (born 1964) is an American industrial and interior designer. Originally from New Jersey, Allen attended Alfred University and later Pratt Institute, where he received a master's degree in Industrial Design. In 1993, he founded Harry Allen Design, located in New York City’s East Village.{{cite web|url=http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/next-week-offline-harry-allen-118413|title=Next Week Offline: Harry Allen! — New York Design Meetup|work=Apartment Therapy|accessdate=15 January 2015}}
Designs
Allen has designed furniture, lighting, products, and interiors for a variety of international clients.{{cite web|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1727737_1727659_1727032,00.html|title=Harry Allen - The Design 100 - TIME|date=3 April 2008|work=Time|access-date=15 January 2015}} Notable designs include the interior of the design store Moss;{{cite web|url=http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/at-offline-harry-allen-new-yor-119893|title=AT Offline: Harry Allen — New York City 6.9.10|work=Apartment Therapy|accessdate=15 January 2015}} the Reality line for Areaware, including the Bank in the Form of a Pig;{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/garden/furniture-from-harry-allen-with-all-the-right-curves.html|title=Furniture From Harry Allen With All the Right Curves|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=15 January 2015}} and the bottle for Marc Jacobs' Bang perfume.{{cite web|url=http://www.sightunseen.com/2010/11/harry-allen-product-designer-2/|title=Studio : HARRY ALLEN, PRODUCT DESIGNER|date=23 November 2010|publisher=Sightunseen.com|accessdate=15 January 2015}}
Collections and awards
His work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/10505/Harry_Allen|title=Brooklyn Museum: Harry Allen|publisher=Brooklynmuseum.org|accessdate=15 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=119|title=MoMA|work=MoMA.org|accessdate=15 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/results.html?searchTxt=&bSuggest=1&searchNameID=54977|title=Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections : Search Collections|author=Philadelphia Museum of Art|publisher=Philamuseum.org|accessdate=15 January 2015}} His awards include two Industrial Design Society of America IDEA Awards and the Brooklyn Museum of Art’s Modernism/Young Designer Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/next-week-offline-harry-allen-118413|title=Next Week Offline: Harry Allen! — New York Design Meetup|work=Apartment Therapy|accessdate=15 January 2015}}
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Category:American interior designers