--- title: "David Trubridge" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/david-trubridge" language: "en" type: "designer" description: "Individual designer items from David Trubridge ✓ Wide range of products & designs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2001-05-01T00:00:00+02:00" modified: "2026-04-26T17:15:01+02:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # David Trubridge Whakatu, New Zealand, - [Biography](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/david-trubridge) - [Products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/david-trubridge) - [Manufacturer](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/david-trubridge/manufacturer) - [Articles](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/david-trubridge/contributions) - [Website](http://www.davidtrubridge.com) Address: ## David Trubridge Station Rd E 4172 Whakatu, New Zealand T: +64 6 650 0204 [www.davidtrubridge.com](http://www.davidtrubridge.com) Products by David Trubridge [![Sling](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/b/boffi/produkte/sling/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/sling-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/boffi/sling) [Boffi Sling](https://www.stylepark.com/en/boffi/sling) [All products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/david-trubridge) Biography English now living in New Zealand. He graduated in Naval Architecture in 1972 at Newcastle University. His track record in the UK includes prestigious collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum, St. Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh and the Shipley Gallery in Newcastle. After sailing to New Zealand, he began designing furniture that was strongly influenced by his Pacific voyages (chairs like canoes) and by the landscape of his new home. In 2004 he was selected as a NZ Antarctica Arts Fellow and went to Antarctica. From this experience he is developing a new creative vein with a high environmental content. In 2002 the Designers Institute (NZ) awarded Sling first prize in the product category. Sling is now a Boffi catalogue item. Recently he has developed a range of lights made from intricately cut pieces of thin plywood, which have won awards in Japan and New Zealand, and can be seen in the Vitra Design Museum shop. He regularly teaches at the Vitra Museum summer Design School in France, focusing on sustainability. Articles about David Trubridge [FAIRS & EVENTS Shows us your light 3/18/2016 Numerous innovative products are on show in the “Trendspot Design” in Hall 1 of the Light + Building in Frankfurt. We checked out some of the highlights from all categories specially at the booths.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/shows-us-your-light)