Barber Osgerby is a London-based industrial design studio founded in 1996 by British designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby. Historically named variously Barber Osgerby Associates, BOA, Barber & Osgerby and BarberOsgerby, the practice has been called Barber Osgerby since 2008. Barber and Osgerby's work encompasses interiors, furniture, lighting and product design as well as art and architectural-scale projects. They are both Royal Designers for Industry (RDI) and are past recipients of the Jerwood Applied Arts prize. Both are Honorary Doctors of Arts, and Osgerby is an Honorary Fellow of Ravensbourne. The pair have lectured internationally and their work is held in permanent collections around the world including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; London's Design Museum; and the Art Institute of Chicago; the Olympic Museum in Switzerland; the Vitra Design Museum in Germany; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Barber and Osgerby have developed collections for B&B Italia, Flos, Vitra, Magis, Cappellini, Swarovski, Venini and Established & Sons, and Knoll among others. They have also designed works for private commissions, and for public spaces such as the De La Warr Pavilion, The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), and the Portsmouth Cathedral. Significant projects include the Tip Ton chair for Vitra in 2011, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic torch and a £2 coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of the London Underground in 2013. Barber and Osgerby are also founders of Universal Design Studio, a London-based architecture and interior design studio, and Map, a London-based industrial design consultancy focused on design strategy. Background Edward Barber, born in Shrewsbury in 1969, studied interior design at Leeds Polytechnic. Jay Osgerby, born in Oxford in 1969, completed a foundation art program at Oxford Brookes University and studied product design at Ravensbourne College in London. The two met while studying for their Master's degrees in Architecture at London's Royal College of Art. After graduating, in 1996 they set up their studio Barber Osgerby Associates. Early architecture and furniture Barber Osgerby Associates was originally based out of Barber and Osgerby's flat in Trellick Tower. The studio moved to the Isokon workshops in Turnham Green, Chiswick and worked on variety of hospitality, residential and office architectural projects, their architectural work supporting their furniture design during this period. Close to wood workshops, Barber & Osgerby learned a lot about furniture making and particularly about plywood.