James Orrom

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Arriflex 765 film camera (1987)
Arriflex 535 (1988)
Arriflex 435 (1993)
Arrilaser (1998)
Arriflex 235 (2002)
Arriscan (2003)
Arriflex 416 (2005)
Arriflex Alexa (2010)

James Orrom (born February 27, 1958 in Kendal , Great Britain ) is a British designer and professor of product design . His design for film cameras and film equipment for the Arri Group has received multiple awards.

Career

Orrom studied from 1977 at London Guildhall University and from 1978 at Middlesex University in London , where he obtained a diploma in 3D design with a focus on furniture design . In 1981 he began studying industrial design at the Royal College of Art in London, where he graduated in 1984 with a Master of Design, M. Des. RCA. In 1984 he moved to Munich and worked at Schlagheck & Schultes Design .

In 1987 he founded the studio for industrial design Umlauf & Orrom with his wife Ulrike Umlauf- Orrom. From 1987 Orrom designed various film cameras and film equipment for the Arri Group (1987-89 the Arri projects were realized together with Reinhard Segers, from 1990 together with Jupp Ostermann). He applied for several patents in this area. He also designed plastic products and furniture series for children.

From 1989 to 1995 he was visiting professor and visiting professor at the University of the Arts in Berlin and in 1999 he was visiting professor at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Dessau . From 2003 to 2019 he was professor for product and furniture design at the Technical University of Rosenheim .

Private

James Orrom is married to Ulrike Umlauf-Orrom . The couple have lived in Dießen am Ammersee since 1990 and have a son (* 1989) and a daughter (* 1994). Orrom is the founder of the Ammersee - Windermere Circle of Friends .

Product design (selection)

  • 1987–2010: Various film cameras from the Arriflex series for the Arri Group
  • 1992–2002: Plastic products such as the Yam Yam baby tableware series for Julius Zöllner GmbH
  • 1998: Arrilaser film setter for Arri
  • 2000: Arrimotion Motion Control System for Arri
  • 2001–2002: Children's furniture series for Julius Zöllner GmbH
  • 2003: Arriscan film scanner for Arri
  • 2006–2010: Arrilite and Arri True Blue film spotlights for Arri

Awards (selection)

  • 1990: Arriflex 765: Design selection 90, Design Center Stuttgart.
  • 1995: Arriflex 435 : Red Dot Design Award , Design Center North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 2000: Yam-Yam , baby tableware series: Red Dot Design Award, Design Center North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 2002: Arricam film camera system: Red Dot "Best of the Best" Design Award, Design Center North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 2002: Arrilaser 35mm laser film recorder: Red Dot Design Award, Design Center North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 2004: Arricam film camera system: Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany , nomination
  • 2009: Arri True Blue headlight series: IF Product Design Award 2009, International Forum Design Hannover
  • 2009: Arriflex 416 Plus HS film camera, Focus Open 2009 Silver, International Design Award Baden-Württemberg, Design Center Stuttgart
  • 2010: Arri True Blue headlight series: Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany , nomination
  • 2011: Arriflex 416 HS film camera: Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany , nomination
  • 2017: Arri Alexa Digital Camera System: Academy Scientific and Engineering Award ( Oscar for technical merits ) "To ARRI for the pioneering design and engineering of the Super 35 format Alexa digital camera system"

Publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography - Rosenheim University - Faculty of Interior Design. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Film cameras - Umlauf & Orrom - Studio for Industrial Design. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ James Orrom Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Plastic products Umlauf & Orrom - studio for industrial design. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
  5. ^ Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences - Faculty of Interior Design. June 7, 2020, accessed June 11, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Profile Umlauf & Orrom - studio for industrial design. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
  7. ↑ A friendship against Brexit. July 11, 2018, accessed June 14, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Close friends for 20 years. July 9, 2018, accessed June 14, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Design Center Stuttgart (ed.): Design selection 90 . Stuttgart 1990, p. 125 .
  10. ↑ Peter Zec (Ed.): Design Innovations Yearbook 1995 . Red Dot Edition Verlag, Essen 1995, ISBN 3-929227-21-5 , p. 263 .
  11. ↑ Peter Zec (Ed.): Design Innovations Jahrbuch 2000 . Red Dot Edition Verlag, Essen 2000, ISBN 3-929638-47-9 , p. 151 .
  12. ↑ Peter Zec (Ed.): Design Innovations Yearbook 2002 . Red Dot Edition Verlag, Essen 2002, ISBN 3-929227-64-9 , p. 60-61 .
  13. ↑ IFInternational Forum Design GmbH (Ed.): IF Yearbook Product 2009 . Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-7643-8981-9 , pp. 394 .
  14. ^ Design Center Stuttgart (Ed.): Focus Open 2009, International Design Prize Baden-Württemberg . avedition GmbH, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-89986-118-1 , p. 166-167 .
  15. ^ German Design Council (ed.): Design Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany, Volume 2, nominations . Gestalten, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-89955-349-9 , pp. 386 .
  16. ↑ 18 Scientific and technical achievements to be honored with academy awards. January 4, 2017, accessed June 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Orrom, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British designer and professor of design
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Kendal