David Trubridge
David Geoffrey Trubridge is a furniture designer based in Whakatu, New Zealand. Background Trubridge graduated from Newcastle University in England in 1972 with a degree in Naval Architecture (Boat Design). Working as a forester in rural Northumberland for the next ten years, he taught himself to make furnitures. His carefully crafted designs were shown all over the UK, including at the Victoria and Albert Museum and St. Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh. Awards and exhibitions Trubridge has exhibited his work extensively throughout the world, and it can be found in private and public collections, key design stores and museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 2012, the Pompidou Centre in Paris acquired two elements of the Icarus Light installation, Wing and Sola, for their permanent collection. The company exhibited at Dwell on Design (LA) and Wanted Design (NY) in 2011. It was also a part of the 2010 Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Design National Design Triennial, one of America's most prestigious collections of innovative designs. This international presence has been consolidated by the company's involvement with the Milan Furniture Fair since 2006. In conjunction with the Natural Art Museum and the UN, Trubridge exhibited "On Thin Ice" in 2007 at the