Designer David Lewis has passed away

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It is with great sadness that we have learned that Bang & Olufsen designer David Lewis died last night.  His persistance, eye for even the smallest detail will be duely missed - an era is over:-(

Very, very sad news.

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He designed many of my least favourite B&O pieces - but equally many of the absolute highlights. It's a remarkable life's work to leave behind.

Wonder if we will ever see another head designer with such a long time commitment and a grasp of the whole process as Jensen and Lewis... or will B&O consign individual projects to different designers - or have the work done more anonymously by design offices?

Source???

May his soul come to peace in his Beolounge... He was a very good designer, and with almost the same pedigree as Jacob Jensen and engineer Subir Pramanik...

Sad times indeed. Thoughts are with his family.

Sign of a good designer that he was still creating modern products up until very recently. He was involved with the BV10, BL11!

RIP Davi Lewis, Some of my most favourite Bang and Olufsen Products were desidned by him.

Very sad to hear, condolances to the family.

R--I--P

It's a very sad news.

I had the opportunity to meet him a few times and have had some good times with him chatting about design but different things too (life, love, passion, politics, food...etc).

He was a very gentle and clever person.

I will keep the catalogues he signed for me very preciously.

I loved his work and unfortunatly there won't be anymore B&O stuffs designed by him...

Hope his designing studio will go on working with B&O with the same vision, credo and energy as when he was still alive.

 

 

RIP Mr. Lewis!


B&O should make a condolence note on their website to show the respect for one of their best designers. 

😉This is terrible news.

RIP Mr. Lewis

Location: San Francisco

I'm an automotive audio and acoustic engineer. I design loudspeakers and full sound systems for new automobiles. I also dabble with studio, consumer and pro audio projects from time to time.
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