Multi Prismatic Table / La Source Garouste

Pilotis Candelabra and Candlesticks / Puiforcat

Hakone desk / Galerie kreo

Plan Armchair / Fredericia

Bellhop Glass / Flos

Still Life / Blēo

Mikado chair / Vitra

BetteSuno collection / Bette

Razor Handle / Wilkinson Sword

Plan chair and table / Fredericia

Rivington tables / Mutina

Button Tables Outdoor / B&B Italia

Hotaru paper lantern family / Ozeki & Co Ltd

BetteSuno collection / Bette

Island to Island / Studio Casoli Filicudi

Largo tables / Marsotto

Island to Island / Studio Casoli Filicudi

Tortello sofa and armchair / B&B Italia

Paddle door knob / Olivari

Red Auction 2012 Olympic Torch prototype / LOCOG

YO YO ladder / Galerie kreo

Axor One / Axor

Como mirror / Glas Italia

Tobi-Ishi 10th Anniversary Special Edition / B&B Italia

Charlotte Road studio

Alpina chair / Magis

Signals Exhibition in London and Paris / Galerie kreo

Soft Wait System / Vitra

Suitcase industrial design and colour work / Rimowa

Signals Exhibition in London and Paris / Galerie kreo

Paddle door and window handle / Olivari

Suitcase industrial design and colour work / Rimowa

Sling and Clutch / Rimowa

Loop table / Isokon Plus

Hotaru paper lantern family / Ozeki & Co Ltd

Tip Ton chair / Vitra

On & On seating family / Emeco

Soft Work system / Vitra

Tip Ton miniature chair / Vitra

Axor One / Axor

Suitcase industrial design and colour work / Rimowa

Tip Ton RE chair / Vitra

Olio / Royal Doulton

Bellhop lamp / Supreme Flos collaboration

The Design Work of Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby book / Rizzoli

Puzzle tile / Mutina

Loop table / Isokon Plus

Halo lamp / Hermès

Olympic torch 2012 / LOCOG

Piton side table and stool / Knoll

Brea furniture family / Dedon

One by One exhibition / Josée Bienvenu Gallery

Double Space at the V&A / BMW

Bottle table / Cappellini

Designers of the Year Installation / Maison et Objet

Lanterne Marine vase / Venini

Ballot chair / Isokon Plus

Iris table / Established & Sons

On & On seating family / Emeco

Sony exhibition at Salone del Mobile / Sony

Tibbo furniture family / Dedon

Poppins umbrella stand / Magis

Hotaru paper lantern family / Ozeki & Co Ltd

Olympic torch 2012 / LOCOG

Tip Ton chair / Vitra

Tab lamp / Flos

Saturn coat stand / ClassiCon

Bellhop lamp / Flos

Zero-In table / Established & Sons

Triptych Guest of Honour Installation / Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair

Tip Ton chair / Vitra

Flight stool / Isokon Plus

Bellhop lamp / Flos

Sofa collection / Knoll

Lane tile / Mutina

One by One exhibition / Josée Bienvenu Gallery

Collector cabinet / Glas Italia

Axor One shower control unit / Hansgrohe

Hula stool / Cappellini

Wood table and bench / Vitra

Saturn stool / Classicon

Charlotte Road studio

Watering Can / Wallpaper*

Pilot table / Cappellini

Soft Work system / Vitra

Stencil screen / Cappellini

Bellhop lamp / Flos

Smalto table / Knoll

Port vase / Venini

Portsmouth bench / Isokon Plus

Cidade candelabra / Meta

Aes table / Hermès

Charlotte Road studio

RIBA desk / Royal Institute of British Architects

Birds on a Wire hanging system / Magis

£2 coin / The Royal Mint

Clothes hanger / Levis

Pilot chair / Knoll

Charlotte Road studio

Hakone table and bench

Barber Osgerby, Projects book / Phaidon

Stella McCartney tile / Cappellini

Halo and Hécate lamps / Hermès

Barber Osgerby stamped logo for Hotaru lanterns

Planophore bookcase / Vitra

Primavera tile / Mutina

Shell table and chair / Isokon Plus

Fluke sculpture / London Design Festival

Map table / Vitra

Mariposa Club sofa and armchair / Vitra

Syke fabric / Bute Fabrics

Portfolio box / Toluca Editions

Pantone stool / Isokon Plus

Tobi-Ishi table family / B&B Italia

Pacific chair / Vitra

Bell lamp / Louis Vuitton

Retail facade LA, H&M

Carbon fibre table / Private Commission

Lunar home accessories / Authentics

Loop desk / Cappellini

Forecast installation / London Design Biennale

De La Warr Pavilion chair / Established & Sons

Marker, plus twenty exhibition / Twentytwentyone

Paris shelves and room divider / ClassiCon

Four Leaves coat stand / Magis

Pilot chair / Knoll

Home table / Isokon Plus

Charlotte Road studio

Hexagon tile - prototype / Established & Sons

Bodleian Libraries chair / Isokon Plus

Ascent exhibition / Haunch of Venison

Zeb stool / Vitra

Charlotte Road studio

Mobile phone - prototype / Panasonic

Mews tile / Mutina

In the Making / Design Museum

Ecco mirror / Glas Italia

Nova pendant light / Swarovski

Mariposa sofa / Vitra

The Jerwood exhibition / The Jerwood Applied Art prize for Design

On & On seating family / Emeco

Soft Work system / Vitra

Western Facade bench / London Design Festival

Filo sofa / Private Commission

Button table / B&B Italia

Home Grown rug / The Rug Company

One by One book

Ipsei bottle / Coca-Cola

In the Making exhibition book

On & On seating family / Emeco

Bodleian Libraries chair

Year 2014
Manufacturer Isokon Plus

First opened to Oxford scholars in 1602, the Bodleian Library was expanded in the 1930s with the addition of a new building designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. In 2014 Scott's New Bodleian was remodelled by Wilkinson Eyre Architects to create a state-of-the-art facility, with increased storage, enhanced public access, improved provision for readers and a specially commissioned chair from Barber Osgerby.

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The earlier Tip Ton chair (2011) provided the idea for a sled base, three uprights connect to the armrest and backrest – the rear-facing upright referencing the spine of a book. The circular seat is mirrored by the arms and base. Tip Ton research into the physiology of sitting and studying inspired the chair’s tipping function, allowing the reader to move effortlessly back and forth between desk, notebook and laptop.

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The Bodleian Libraries Chair is now in the permanent collection of the V&A.

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  • 1. Bodleian Libraries chair, oak, leather, Isokon Plus, 2014 / © György Kórössy
  • 2. Bodleian Libraries chair, oak, leather, Isokon Plus, 2014 / © György Kórössy
  • 3. Isokon Plus workshop, London, 2014 / © Barber Osgerby Studio
  • 4. Jay Osgerby, Isokon Plus workshop, London, 2014 / © Barber Osgerby Studio
  • 5. Bodleian Libraries chair, oak, leather, Isokon Plus, 2014 / © David Brook
  • 6. Bodleian Libraries chair, oak, leather, Isokon Plus, 2014 / © David Brook
  • 7. Bodleian Libraries chair at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford / © David Brook