Worthington was born in the UK in i969 where she studied Art and Design at the Cumbria College of Art & Design and thereafter at the De Montfort University in Leicester, England %1/4 here she graduated in 1990 with a B.A. (Honors) degree in Industrial design & engineering. Upon graduating she was recruited by Philips Design at their headquarters in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, here she remained until 1995. Her strategic/creative design ability gained her a place on the team responsible for the initial start up phase of product creation for many of the Philips main Fires ( Phil shave, lady shave, household appliances, multi media to name a few). The most noteworthy project being with Alexandro Mendini at his studio in Milan on the project" Television at the crossroads" for this she designed the first ever wall mounted / back lit television. This was in 1992. The working prototype was exhibited worldwide in culture temples such as the Pompidou Centre Paris, MAK (museum fur Angewandte Kunst) Vienna and DAZ (Deutsches Architektur Zentrum) Berlin. Next to this whilst at Philips Worthington was responsible for the design of the complete headphone range where she subsequently received a design prize for the SBC333 headphone series. She also designed a remote control ( RC75) which Philips patented and made a world standard, it was produced from 1993 -2007 in this period it production exceeded more than 10 million pieces.
Jane Worthington
Designer Maasticht / Netherlands
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Worthington was born in the UK in i969 where she studied Art and Design at the Cumbria College of Art & Design and thereafter at the De Montfort University in Leicester, England %1/4 here she graduated in 1990 with a B.A. (Honors) degree in Industrial design & engineering. Upon graduating she was recruited by Philips Design at their headquarters in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, here she remained until 1995. Her strategic/creative design ability gained her a place on the team responsible for the initial start up phase of product creation for many of the Philips main Fires ( Phil shave, lady shave, household appliances, multi media to name a few). The most noteworthy project being with Alexandro Mendini at his studio in Milan on the project" Television at the crossroads" for this she designed the first ever wall mounted / back lit television. This was in 1992. The working prototype was exhibited worldwide in culture temples such as the Pompidou Centre Paris, MAK (museum fur Angewandte Kunst) Vienna and DAZ (Deutsches Architektur Zentrum) Berlin. Next to this whilst at Philips Worthington was responsible for the design of the complete headphone range where she subsequently received a design prize for the SBC333 headphone series. She also designed a remote control ( RC75) which Philips patented and made a world standard, it was produced from 1993 -2007 in this period it production exceeded more than 10 million pieces.
