Samuel Ross

          A polymathic creative force, Hublot Award-winning British designer, creative director and artist, Dr. Samuel Ross, deftly mines the cross-sections of socio-geographic relationships, enlisting rhizomatic micro and macro references in the formulation of his works. Navigating themes located in anthropology, sociographic tendencies and 20th–21st Century industrialized societies, Ross’ output offers a commentary on equality, engagement and collective experience. At the nexus of these concerns lies a continuous relationship with civility, and the civic duty of not only the artist, but design, itself. 

          Born in Brixton in 1991, Ross graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design and Illustration at De Montfort University, Leicester. Upon graduation, Ross embarked on a career as a product designer, working for a number of high-profile brands, advertising agencies and industrial design practices, while concurrently focusing on his own creative endeavors spanning experimental film, street art and garment design.

          He soon transitioned into fashion, working for Virgil Abloh; first as Virgil’s First Assistant for Design, encompassing OFF-WHITE and various installations, then subsequently with Kanye West’s creative content agency, DONDA.

          In 2015, at just 25-years-old, Ross self-funded his label, A-COLD-WALL*– renowned for its material investigation and innovation, married with incisive explorations of Brutalist and abstract forms and precise execution. Emblematic of Ross’ expansive creative scope, each A-COLD-WALL* collection is launched in unison with ambitious performance and installation art elements. Through this holistically pioneering approach, Ross’ A-COLD-WALL* is credited as redefining the parameters of streetwear and high fashion.

          During the Hublot Prize exhibition at London’s Serpentine Gallery in 2019, Ross launched his latest venture – SR_A (Samuel Ross & Associates). SR_A is an industrial design studio operating within the fields of interior installation, architecture, furniture design, sound design and sculptural/visual communication, described by Ross as a vehicle for “…the progressive study of design and practical experience creation.”

          For his partnership with the gallery, Ross has set out to build a pluralistic visual and material language that maps a nuanced narrative landscape. Artfully intertwining formal references from West African furniture archetypes and Euro-centric Brutalist tropes, Ross’ works propose a projected post-Atlantic Black-futurity – one where the intellectual dominance of Modernism has been splintered, expanded, redirected and reconfigured. Across all, ritual is a keystone, evident even in the material processes through which the works are realized.

          Ross’ accolades include being named the British Fashion Awards’ Emerging Menswear Designer (2018) and receiving the Hublot Design Prize (2019). In 2020, he was named as one of Forbes’ 30 under 30 [Europe] and won both the GQ USA Fashion Award and People of the Year British Fashion Award, the latter specifically for his philanthropic endeavors. He has also been a finalist for both the LVMH Prize and ANDAM Award.

          He has collaborated with brands, including Converse,Dr Marten’s, Mercedes-Benz, Nike,and Oakley, as well as noteworthy artists Virgil Abloh, Daniel Arsham, Futuraand Takashi Murakami. Specific SR_A partnerships include those with Apple, Beats, Nike, Medicom, Hublot LVMH, Kohler, and Acqua Di Parma.   

          Ross lives and works in London, UK.

 

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ANAESTHESIA II, 2022

Glass fiber reinforced concrete, fired OSB, stainless steel, turmeric, acrylic, acrylic lacquer, polyurethane
39.5 x 70.75 x 18.75 inches
100 x 180 x 47.5 cm
Edition of 8
FB38424

FIRE OPENS STONE, 2022

Nero Africa granite, glass fiber reinforced concrete, fired OSB, fired honey and milk patina, painted steel, polyurethane
18 x 73.75 x 19.75 inches
46 x 187 x 50 cm
Edition of 8
FB38448

BORDER, 2022

Fired wenge, planished aluminum, powder-coated steel, melamine lacquer
14.25 x 74.75 x 30 inches
36 x 190 x 76 cm
Edition of 8
FB34722

BIRTH AT DAWN, 2022

Nero Africa granite, glass fiber reinforced concrete, fired OSB, fired honey and milk patina, painted steel, polyurethane
16.5 x 17 x 17.5 inches
42 x 43 x 44.5 cm
Edition of 8
FB38529

ANAESTHESIA I, 2022

Glass fiber reinforced concrete, OSB, fired OSB, aluminum, stainless steel, Abidjan clay, turmeric, acrylic, acrylic lacquer, polyurethane
30 x 68 x 22 inches
76 x 173 x 56 cm
Edition of 8
FB34725

SLAB, 2022

Verde Marina granite, painted steel
18 x 76 x 22.75 inches
46 x 193 x 58 cm
Edition of 8
FB38514

SIGNAL-3, 2020

Steel, mdf
21.25 x 17.75 x 33.25 inches
54 x 44.7 x 84.2 cm
Edition 0f 8
FB31878

ANAESTHESIA II, 2022

Glass fiber reinforced concrete, fired OSB, stainless steel, turmeric, acrylic, acrylic lacquer, polyurethane
39.5 x 70.75 x 18.75 inches
100 x 180 x 47.5 cm
Edition of 8
FB38424


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BIRTH AT DAWN, 2022

Nero Africa granite, glass fiber reinforced concrete, fired OSB, fired honey and milk patina, painted steel, polyurethane
16.5 x 17 x 17.5 inches
42 x 43 x 44.5 cm
Edition of 8
FB38529


INQUIRE ABOUT THIS WORK

ANAESTHESIA I, 2022

Glass fiber reinforced concrete, OSB, fired OSB, aluminum, stainless steel, Abidjan clay, turmeric, acrylic, acrylic lacquer, polyurethane
30 x 68 x 22 inches
76 x 173 x 56 cm
Edition of 8
FB34725


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