Michael Young (industrial designer)

Young was born in Sunderland, England.{{Cite web |date=2016-02-09 |title=Michael Young: Passion for Aluminium |url=https://tlmagazine.com/michael-young-passion-for-aluminium/ |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=TLmagazine |language=en-US}} He studied at Kingston University and graduated in 1993.{{Cite web |title=Michael Young |url=https://www.design-burger.com/media/michael-young/ |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=www.design-burger.com |language=en}} Early in his career, he worked with the designer Tom Dixon in London.{{cite web |url=http://designmuseum.org/design/michael-young |title=Michael Young / Designing Modern Britain – Design Museum : – Design/Designer Information |publisher=Design Museum |date=2006-11-26 |accessdate=2012-08-09 |archive-date=1 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701064025/http://designmuseum.org/design/michael-young |url-status=dead }}Works in China by John Heskett 2011{{Cite web |date=2020-11-10 |title=CHELSEA BOY – WonderGlass |url=https://wonderglass.com/design/chelsea-boy/,%20https://wonderglass.com/design/chelsea-boy/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=wonderglass.com |language=en-GB}} A grant from the Crafts Council in 1994 enabled him to produce his first collection.{{Cite web |title=MICHAEL YOUNG {{!}} DESIGNERS {{!}} E&Y |url=https://www.eandy.com/en/designers/michael_young/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.eandy.com |language=en}} In 1997 he was selected by Sir Terrance Conran as the "Most Inspirational British Designer".{{cite web |title=Designers |url=http://www.nativeunion.com/us/designers/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812091301/http://www.nativeunion.com/us/designers/ |archivedate=12 August 2012 |accessdate=2012-08-09 |publisher=Nativeunion.com |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |date=2011-07-15 |title=Reed Exhibitions Unveils Stellar Panel of Design Experts for 100% Design Shanghai & IHDD 2011 |url=http://enews.100percentdesign.com.cn/2010/VP20110715001.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130101191836/http://enews.100percentdesign.com.cn/2010/VP20110715001.html |archivedate=1 January 2013 |accessdate=2012-08-09 |publisher=Enews.100percentdesign.com.cn |df=dmy-all}}

In 1994 he started his own studio and operated in England, Iceland, Taiwan before settling in Hong Kong in 2006 to avoid becoming a "European design casualty, wandering from trade fair to trade fair."{{Cite web |last=Craswell |first=Penny |date=December 1, 2023 |title=Profile: Michael Young & China |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/michael-young-china-1/ |access-date=June 26, 2023 |website=Architecture Media (ArchitectureAU)}}{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Bridging to the Future of Design |url=https://gba.investhk.gov.hk/sites/default/files/2020.09-michael-young-en.pdf |access-date=June 29, 2023 |website=gba.investhk.gov.hk}}{{Cite news |last=Blanchard |first=Tamsin |date=2000-04-16 |title=Young and gifted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/apr/16/features.magazine27 |access-date=2024-04-17 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}} Young has been the creative director for 100% Design Shanghai (2010, 2011, 2012),{{cite web |title=Creative Director – 100 Percent Design Shanghai |url=http://www.100percentdesign.com.cn/en/About/Creative_Director/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429175859/http://www.100percentdesign.com.cn/en/About/Creative_Director/ |archive-date=29 April 2012 |accessdate=2012-08-09 |publisher=100percentdesign.com.cn |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web |title=Michael Young — GrantOnDesign |url=https://grantondesign.com/Michael-Young |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=grantondesign.com |language=en}} prior to which he was the creative director for 100% Design Tokyo (2008), and creative director of the Asian Aerospace show (2009). He is a frequent public speaker, panellist, and design award jury member.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-12 |title=Dezeen launches China edition of Dezeen Awards in partnership with Bentley |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2023/06/12/dezeen-awards-china-launch/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=The jury -Annual Contests – Award – ASIA PACIFIC DESIGNERS FEDERATION |url=http://en.iai-ap.org/Design-Contests/Prize-Winners-Detail.asp?id=170&c_id=14&class_id=5 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=en.iai-ap.org}}{{Cite web |title=Michael Young |url=https://www.designshanghai.com/speakers/michael-young |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Design Shanghai |language=en-GB}}

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Young has designed a wide variety of objects such as headphones, glassware, watches, bicycles, furniture, lighting, suitcases, as well as limited edition experimental furniture.http://www.michael-young.com/ Michael Young official website{{cite web|url=http://www.home-review.com/2012/07/michael-young-product-designer/ |title=Michael Young – Product Designer |publisher=Home Review |date=2012-07-05 |accessdate=2012-08-09}} He is interested in combining design with technical abilities of the local industry and often works directly with Chinese manufacturers and industrialists.{{cite web |url=http://www.eoq-design.com/designer.htm |title=eoq – about the designer |publisher=Eoq-design.com |accessdate=2012-08-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115090249/http://eoq-design.com/designer.htm |archivedate=15 November 2012 |df=dmy-all }} Throughout his career, he worked with clients such as Bacardi, Cathay Pacific, Coalesse, Coca-Cola, Emeco, Giant Bicycles, Gufram, M2O, {{ill|Magis (company)|lt=Magis|it|Magis}}, Georg Jensen, Trussardi, Schneider Electric, Steelcase, Swedese, and WonderGlass.{{Cite web |title=Designer |url=https://www.brionvega.it/design/designer.html |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Brionvega |language=it-it}}{{Cite web |title=Emeco – Michael Young |url=https://www.emeco.net/about/design/michael-young |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.emeco.net}}{{Cite web |date=2008-08-15 |title=Cityspeed by Michael Young |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2008/08/15/cityspeed-by-michael-young/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2011-04-13 |title=Salone del Mobile: Trussardi / Michael Young |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/10170/1/salone-del-mobile-trussardi-michael-young |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dazed |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Neira |first=Juliana |date=2017-03-08 |title=clipsal iconic by michael young features customizable switches + sockets |url=https://www.designboom.com/design/michael-young-clipsal-iconic-schneider-electric-03-08-2017/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Burgos |first=Matthew |date=2023-08-08 |title=michael young shapes M2O water bottle with round lid and off-centered cap for easy pouring |url=https://www.designboom.com/?p=1009369 |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Michael Young |url=https://www.swedese.se/designers/michael-young |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Swedese |language=}} The historian and curator Maria Cristina Didero described "his continuous testing of new technologies to push boundaries" as "a means [...] not an end", saying that "Michael is special in everything he does."{{Cite web |last=Carnick |first=Anna |title=Scene Maker: An interview with sought-after curator Maria Cristina Didero |url=https://www.pamono.it/stories/scene-maker-maria-cristina-didero-interview |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=pamono.it}}File:MOKE - Military Collection.png recreational vehicle designed by Young ({{circa|2022}}){{Cite web |last=Bell |first=Jonathan |date=2024-10-08 |title=We make off with a MOKE and experience the cult EV on the sunny backroads of Surrey |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/transportation/moke-electric-review |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Wallpaper}}]]

In 2012, Young was approached by Chery subsidiary MOKE International to design a 21st-century version of the Moke (styled MOKE).{{Cite news |date=2012-10-18 |title=Moke car by Michael Young |language=en-US |work=Dezeen |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2012/10/18/moke-by-michael-young/ |access-date=2022-05-26}} Young has said he considered this project a "call of duty".{{Cite web |last=Ernst |first=Kurt |title=Chinese automaker Chery restarts Moke production |url=https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2013/10/10/chinese-automaker-chery-restarts-moke-production |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=www.hemmings.com}} In 2018 Young re-engineered a continuation model, which is also used as the basis for the Electric Moke.{{Cite web |title=MOKE Story |url=https://mokeinternational.com/about-us/ |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=MOKE® {{!}} Living The Dream {{!}} Since 1964 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-24 |title=from gasoline to electric: MOKE auctioned off last petrol vehicle for charity |url=https://www.designboom.com/?p=902570 |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine |language=en}}

His work has been exhibited the Design Museum in London, the Pompidou Centre and the Louvre Museum in Paris, and at solo exhibitions in Kyoto, Miami, Hong Kong, Milan, Paris and Belgium in 2016 for an exhibition curated by Didero called Al(l) Projects with Aluminum at the Centre d'Innovation et de Design at Grand-Hornu.{{Cite web |last=Sammicheli |first=Marco |date=2016-02-24 |title=Michael Young, projects in aluminium |url=https://www.abitare.it/en/events/2016/02/24/michael-young-projects-in-aluminium/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Abitare |language=en-GB}}{{cite web |date=3 February 2016 |title=Michael Young Exhibition at Grand Hornu is Al(l) About Aluminum |url=http://www.designboom.com/design/michael-young-grand-hornu-aluminium-exhibition-02-03-2016/ |accessdate=25 October 2016 |website=Designboom}}{{Cite news |date=2016-03-30 |title=Michael Young, designer de l'aluminium |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/m-design-deco/article/2016/03/30/michael-young-designer-de-l-aluminium_4892526_4497702.html |access-date=2024-04-28 |work=Le Monde |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=30 January 2016 |title=al(l) Projects in aluminum |url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/2016/02/22/al_l_projects_in_aluminum_by_michael_young.preview.html |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=www.domusweb.it |language=en-gb}}

File:Blossom Links by Nambu Tekki x Michael Young 02.jpg (2024){{Cite web |title=Craft x Tech Tohoku Project, Prince Consort Gallery, V&A South Kensington |url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/lEewgBJ93P/ldf-craft-x-tech-sept-2024 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Victoria and Albert Museum}}]]

In 2024, Young's collaboration with Japanese master craftsmen Nambu Tekki was included in an exhibition at Kudan House in Tokyo called Craft x Tech Tohoku Project (also curated by Didero).{{Cite web |last=Yamada |first=Mio |date=2024-05-18 |title=A new initiative rethinks old Tohoku crafts |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/05/18/style-design/craft-x-tech-tohoku/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}} The work, titled Blossom Links, was described as an exploration of "heritage and contemporary technology [with a] history dating back centuries", the pieces in the exhibition seek to "[bring] Japan’s traditional crafts to a new, contemporary audience."{{Cite web |last=Demetriou |first=Danielle |date=2024-06-02 |title=Craft x Tech elevates Japanese craftsmanship with progressive technology |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/craft-x-tech-debut-japanese-craft-contemporary-design |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=wallpaper.com |language=en}} The show included works by Sabine Marcelis, Studio Swine, Ini Archibong, Yoichi Ochiai, and Hideki Yoshimoto.{{Cite web |last=Akkam |first=Alia |date=2024-05-20 |title=Tohoku Project presents inaugural Craft x Tech exhibition |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/studio-aheads-warm-new-wine-bar-sothebys-unveils-tamotsu-yagi-collection-and-more-news |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Architectural Digest |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-04-24 |title=Craft x Tech Tohoku Project 2024 Exhibition to be Held at kudan house |url=https://www.adfwebmagazine.jp/en/design/craft-x-tech-tohoku-project-2024-exhibition-to-be-held-at-kudan-house/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=ADF Web Magazine |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=CRAFT X TECH – An initiative to unify traditional Japanese craft and contemporary technology. |url=https://craft-x-tech.com/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=CRAFT X TECH |language=en}} The work was subsequently exhibited at the Victoria and Albert museum in London during the London Design Festival.{{Cite web |title=Craft x Tech Tohoku Project – Display at V&A South Kensington · V&A |url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/lEewgBJ93P/ldf-craft-x-tech-sept-2024 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Victoria and Albert Museum |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=London Design Festival — Craft x Tech |url=https://londondesignfestival.com/activities/craft-x-tech |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=londondesignfestival.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-09-05 |title=CRAFT x TECH. El poder transformador de la colaboración entre artesanía y diseño contemporáneo. |url=https://www.dximagazine.com/2024/09/05/craft-x-tech-el-poder-transformador-de-la-colaboracion-entre-artesania-y-diseno-contemporaneo/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=DXI magazine |language=es-ES}}{{Cite web |last=Zeitoun |first=Lea |date=2024-09-16 |title=craft x tech exhibition spotlights collaborative craftsmanship at the V&A museum |url=https://www.designboom.com/design/craft-x-tech-exhibition-collaborative-craftsmanship-va-museum-london-design-festival-09-16-2024/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Designboom |language=en}}

Also in 2024, Young's extruded aluminium Totem light sculptures were exhibited at Gallery ALL in Shanghai.{{Cite web |title=Gallery All stages art and design that harnesses 'Illumination as Prelude' |url=https://www.stirpad.com/news/stir-news/gallery-all-stages-art-and-design-that-harnesses-illumination-as-prelude/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=www.stirpad.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Gallery All – Shanghai – Los Angeles |url=https://galleryall.com/collections/w4julHYLaQ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=galleryall.com}}{{Cite web |title=Michael Young – Gallery ALL |url=https://galleryall.com/artists/0r5dTIUkvH |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=galleryall.com}}

Pieces designed by Young are in the collection of the Design Museum and the V&A in London, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the M+ museum in Hong Kong, which includes 14 of his works.{{Cite web |year=1994 |title=Sofa, 1994 (made), Michael Young |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1227036/sofa-michael-young/ |access-date=May 19, 2023 |website=Victoria and Albert Museum}}{{Cite web |title=Michael Young; born 1966, United Kingdom |url=https://www.mplus.org.hk/en/collection/makers/michael-young/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=M+ Museum |language=en-GB}}

The Hanger Tree by Katrin Olina Petursdottir and Michael Young was featured on a series of Icelandic postage stamps celebrating contemporary design.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-24 |title=Icelandic Contemporary Design – Furniture – Iceland 2010 |url=https://stampdigest.in/2020/07/24/icelandic-contemporary-design-furniture-iceland-2010-2/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Stamp Digest |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Katrin Olina |url=https://www.swedese.se/designers/katrin-olina |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Swedese |language=}}

Young has spoken openly about growing up with dyslexia and how this impacted his education and career, stating "Dyslexia very much prevented me from becoming an academic. Every day in class I was left in my own imagination. I didn't really absorb any information from mathematics, English, geography, history […] I made my own universe and kind of built my own way."{{Cite web |title=Michael Young — Material Matters |url=https://materialmatters.design/Michael-Young |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=materialmatters.design |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ayala |first=Adriana |date=2020-06-08 |title=The transcendental work of Michael Young |url=https://designwanted.com/michael-young-interview/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=DesignWanted |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Zohra |date=June 4, 2021 |title=UNSCRIPTED with Michael Young: Welding Wonders with Naivety |url=https://www.stirworld.com/inspire-people-unscripted-with-michael-young-welding-wonders-with-naivety |access-date=July 25, 2023 |website=www.stirworld.com |language=English}}

He has 3 sons, Freddy Mars, Jasper Wilde, and Ruben Michael.

• 2008 Winner of Eurobike Awards{{CN|date=June 2024}}
• 2009 Best of dining chair by Wallpaper Design Award{{cite web |url=http://www.wallpaper.com/design/young/ |title=Young | Home | Wallpaper* Magazine |publisher=Wallpaper.com |date=1970-01-01 |accessdate=2012-08-09 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• 2009 Red Dot Award{{CN|date=June 2024}}
• 2010 Red Dot Award{{CN|date=June 2024}}
• 2011 Japanese Good Design Award{{CN|date=June 2024}}
• 2012 Red Dot Design Award, Oregon Scientific RA9000{{Cite web |title=Sport Profile Watch |url=https://www.red-dot.org/project/app-in-sport-profile-watch-29448 |website=Red Dot Design Award}}
• 2014 Silver Award at the 2014 NeoCon World's Trade Fair for the LessThanFive chair, manufactured by Coalesse{{cite web|title=Best of NeoCon 2014 Winners|url=https://designapplause.com/editors-pick/best-of-neocon-2014-winners/42102/|website=DesignApplause|accessdate=25 October 2016|date=16 June 2014}}
• 2013 D&AD Award, Product Design, EOQ{{Cite web |title=Bramah Pendant {{!}} EOQ {{!}} EOQ {{!}} D&AD Awards 2013 Pencil Winner {{!}} Industrial Product Design {{!}} D&AD |url=https://www.dandad.org/awards/professional/2013/product-design/19888/bramah-pendant/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=www.dandad.org}}
• 2015 Red Dot Design Award, Winner, TST Sofa{{Cite web |title=TST Sofa by Michael Young |url=https://www.red-dot.org/project/tst-33062 |website=Red Dot Design Award}}
• 2016 Red Dot Design Award, Winner, Jougor MY Faucet{{Cite web |title=Bath Tub Faucet – MY31A |url=https://www.red-dot.org/project/my31a-33773 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=Red Dot Design Award}}
• 2017 iF Design Award, Gold Award, Master Series Michael Young Watch{{Cite web |title=iF Design – Master Series Michael Young Watch |url=https://ifdesign.com/en/winner-ranking/project/master-series-michael-young-watch/204705 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=ifdesign.com |language=de}}
• 2017 iF Design Award, Gold Award, LessThanFive Chair{{Cite web |title=iF Design – LessThanFive |url=https://ifdesign.com/en/winner-ranking/project/lessthanfive/208357 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=ifdesign.com |language=de}}
• 2017 Good Design Award, Gold Winner, Clipsal Iconic{{Cite web |title=Clipsal Iconic™ |url=https://good-design.org/projects/clipsal-iconic/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=Good Design |language=en-US}}
• 2017 Red Dot Design Award, Winner, LessThanFive Chair{{Cite web |title=Less Than Five Chair by Michael Young |url=https://www.red-dot.org/de/project/lessthanfive-10966 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=Red Dot Design Award}}
• 2019 Design Anthology Awards, Finalists, Templates Watch{{Cite web |title=Design Anthology Awards 2019: Announcing the Winners |url=https://design-anthology.com/story/awards-2019-winners |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=Design Anthology |date=25 February 2019 |language=en-AU}}
• 2019 German Design Award, Winner, Templates Watch{{Cite web |title=CIGA Design Michael Young Watch – Winner – Luxury Goods – German Design Award |url=https://www.german-design-award.com/en/the-winners/gallery/detail/22629-ciga-design-michael-young-watch.html |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=www.german-design-award.com |language=en-US}}
• 2022 Good Design Award, Winner, Omura Series X{{Cite web |title=The Good Design Awards |url=https://www.good-designawards.com/award-details.html?award=37975 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=www.good-designawards.com}}
• 2022 Design Guild Mark Award, Joseph Collection for EOQ{{Cite web |title=Joseph Collection by Michael Young for EOQ |url=https://www.designguildmark.org.uk/project/joseph-collection-by-michael-young-for-eoq |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=Design Guild Mark |language=en-US}}
• 2024 DESIGN MIAMI.BASEL Best Curio Presentation: Craft x Tech{{Cite web |title=Best of Show at DESIGN MIAMI.BASEL 2024 |url=https://designmiami.com/article/best-of-show-at-design-miami-basel-2024 |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=Design Miami}}

• Al(l) Projects in Aluminium by Michael Young (Stichting Kunstboak, 2016). Borka, Max; Chen, Aric; Didero, Maria Cristina; Pok, Marie. {{ISBN|978-90-5856-540-2}}.{{Cite book |title=Al(l) : projects in aluminium by Michael Young |date=2016 |author=Maria Cristina Didero |author2=Marie Pok |author3=Max Borka |isbn=978-90-5856-540-2 |location=Oostkamp |oclc=944160332 |publisher= Stichting Kunstboak}}
• 100 Best Bikes (Laurence King Publishing, 2012) {{ISBN|978-1-78067-396-7}}.{{Cite book |last=Sardar |first=Zahid |title=100 Best Bikes |date=2012 |publisher=Laurence King Publishing |isbn=978-1-78067-396-7 |location=London |oclc=1314620554}}
• Works in China by John Heskett (2011){{Cite web |last=designboom |first=andrea chin I. |date=2011-07-05 |title=michael young: works in china |url=https://www.designboom.com/design/michael-young-works-in-china/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine |language=en}}{{Cite web |author1=Malaika Byng |date=2011-06-29 |title=Michael Young: Works in China – Part 1 Design Art |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/michael-young-works-in-china-part-1-design-art |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=wallpaper.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2011-06-30 |title=Competition: five signed copies of Michael Young: Works in China to be won |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2011/06/30/competition-five-signed-copies-of-michael-young-works-in-china-to-be-won/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}
• 1000 New Designs and Where to Find Them (Laurence King Publishing, 2010) {{ISBN|1-85669-466-6}}.{{Cite book |last=Hudson |first=Jennifer |title=1000 new designs and where to find them : a 21st century sourcebook |date=2006 |publisher=Laurence King |isbn=1-85669-466-6 |location=London |oclc=64747663}}
• The International Design Yearbook (Laurence King Publishing, 2007) {{ISBN|978-1-85669-516-9}}.{{Cite book |last1=Urquiola |first1=Patricia |title=The international design yearbook 2007 |last2=Hudson |first2=Jennifer |date=2007 |publisher=Laurence King |isbn=978-1-85669-516-9 |location=London |oclc=271087769}}
• Design Now! (TACHEN, 2007) {{ISBN|978-3-8228-5267-5}}.{{Cite book |last=Fiell |first=Charlotte |title=Design now! |date=2007 |publisher=Taschen |others=Peter Fiell |isbn=978-3-8228-5267-5 |location=Köln |oclc=214284239}}
• Desire, the Shape of Things to Come (Gastalen, 2008) {{ISBN|978-3-89955-218-8}}.{{Cite book |title=Desire : the shape of things to come |date=2008 |publisher=Gestalten |isbn=978-3-89955-218-8 |location=Berlin |oclc=228358619}}
• Modern Furniture, 150 Years of Design (Trandem Verlag GmbH, 2009; H.F. Ullmann. 2012) {{ISBN|978-3-8480-0030-2}}{{Cite book |title=Modern furniture : 150 years of design = Meubles modernes : 150 ans de design = Moderne Möbel : 150 Jahre Design |date=2012 |publisher=H.F. Ullmann |author=Volker Albus |author2=Andrea Mehlhose |author3= Martin Wellner |display-authors=etal |isbn=978-3-8480-0030-2 |edition=Updated |location=Potsdam |oclc=760978529}}

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File:Dog House - Magis - Michael Young 2.jpg|Dog House - Magis - Michael Young 2

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File:EOQ-8241 R s.jpg|Chair-4a for Works in China collection (2009){{Cite web |date=2009-11-04 |title=Chair-4a by Michael Young |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/04/chair-4a-by-michael-young/ |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=Dezeen}}

File:MYS Oxygen Chair prep 2 2014.jpg|MYS Oxygen Chair prep 2 2014

File:MY Coalesse lessthanfive Sanding1.jpg|MY Coalesse lessthanfive Sanding1

File:Craft x Tech exhibition at V&A 2024 - 17.jpg|Nambu Tekki by Michael Young - Blossom Links

File:Blossom Links, V&A London 01.jpg|Blossom Links by Nambu Tekki x Michael Young

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• [https://www.steelcase.com/asia-en/research/articles/topics/in-the-creative-chair/conversation-michael-young/ Steelcase Interview]
• [https://www.designburger.com/design-dialogues/michael-young/ Visual interview with Young] on Design Burger (original drawings)
• [https://www.domusweb.it/en/design/2010/11/17/michael-young-nomadic-design.html Michael Young: Nomadic Design] (Domus magazine)

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