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Last updated on December 3, 2024.
David Trubridge

David Geoffrey Trubridge is a furniture designer based in Whakatu, New Zealand.

Born: 1951
I work within the limits of what I have and know, simplicity and low impact, natural materials and processes, leaving a delicate footprint. — © David Trubridge
I work within the limits of what I have and know, simplicity and low impact, natural materials and processes, leaving a delicate footprint.
I have been called an eco-designer simply because I use wood. But I am not an eco-designer, nor does the use of wood make me one. I am a designer who cares about the effect of what I do, and about making good things for people to keep and cherish - that, surely, is simply the basic condition for 'good design'?
I got my career start by first creating my own free, independent lifestyle in my own house out in the country. There I taught myself to make and later design furniture. I have continued to go my own way, always consciously needing to feel that I am moving forward.
I have always been fascinated by structure and by exploring its possibilities. Throughout my life as a designer and maker, my structures have progressively become lighter and lighter, to the point now where I wonder how I can just sell the idea without any physical form. This seems to parallel human development where, as our bodies age, physicality is replaced by conceptualising and spirituality.
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