Richard William Seymour; Dick Powell

by Steve Speller
archival inkjet print, 19 May 2004
11 in. x 16 1/2 in. (280 mm x 420 mm)
Commissioned, 2004
Photographs Collection
NPG x126790

Sittersback to top

Dick Powell, Product designer and founder, Seymour Powell Designs. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Richard William Seymour (1953-), Product designer; Founder and Director, Seymour Powell Design. Sitter in 2 portraits.

Artistback to top

Steve Speller (1961-), Photographer. Artist associated with 43 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

This portraitback to top

Seymour Powell was formed in 1984. The company has a prominent position on the international stage, and Richard Seymour (left) and Dick Powell (right) have appeared in numerous TV and radio programmes on the subject of design. Clients of the product design consultancy have included Ford, Nokia, Renault, Yamaha, Casio and BMW. Both Seymour and Powell are widely sought after as speakers, and their studio has won many awards. Products include a children's holographic book and a televised project for Channel 4 charting the development of the Bioform bra, a toilet and an electric car. Photographed in their Hammersmith studio in May 2004.

Placesback to top

Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (sitters' studio, Hammersmith, London)

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

A Blueprint for Life: Designers photographed by Steve Speller (17 September 2004 - 30 March 2005)

Subjects & Themesback to top

Events of 2004back to top

Current affairs

Armed robbers raid the Northern Bank in Belfast, stealing £26.5 million. Gunmen entered the homes of two bank officials, kidnapping their families and forcing them to let them into the bank, before loading cash into vans and driving away. Police and the British and Irish governments claimed that the Provisional IRA was responsible and several of the people arrested had PIRA, Real IRA and Sinn Féin connections.

Art and science

A fire at Charles Saatchi's art warehouse destroys some of the icons of Brit Art. Hell by Jake and Dinos Chapman, Everyone I Have Ever Slept With and The Hut by Tracey Emin and works by Damien Hirst, Chris Ofili, Sarah Lucas, Gavin Hume and Rachel Whiteread were among the casualties.

International

An earthquake in the Indian Ocean on Boxing Day causes a tsunami that kills nearly 230,000 people when it hit the coasts of Southeast Asia. The earthquake itself was the second most powerful ever recorded on a seismograph and waves from the tsunami - the most devastating in history - were up to 30 metres high.

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