Paul Brooks

Paul Brooks became interested in chair design as a student at Ravensbourne College of Design in England. He continued to develop this interest during his postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Art in London, where he gained a Master's degree in Furniture Design. Brooks maintained close contact with Ravensbourne College, having served as a visiting lecturer for ten years, passing on his skills to new generations. After graduating from the RCA in 1983, Paul Brooks began working with Robert Heritag, Professor of Furniture Design at the Royal College, at his design studio in London. Two years later he joined Stephen Hall Consultancy, where he worked on furniture and lighting projects. In the late 1980s and early 1990s Brooks then decided to work as a freelance designer in the UK.

Since 2006, Paul Brooks has been working from his studio in Kehl, Germany and living just across the border in Strasbourg, France. As a specialist in office seating design, Paul Brooks Design creates refined design solutions for furniture companies and suppliers in Europe and America. Products have won international design awards including IF, GIO, C2C Silver Award, IIDES Gold Award and the prestigious Red Dot Award. In 2008, Paul Brooks was voted British Designer of the Year at the MIX design awards in London. His collaborations include LD Seating, with whom he created the EVERYDAY collection, and the Profim brand, for which he designed the original MY TURN, NU, ZOO and SOFTBOX ranges.