was born in london in 1959. He received his bachelor of design degree from kingston school of art in 1982, and his master's degree in design from the royal college of art in 1985.

In 1984 he received a berlin scholarship to study in germany at the hochschule der künste. 1986, set up the office for design in london. Reuters news centre installation included in the documenta 8 exhibition in kassel in 1987. Began designing products for aram & SCP, for the german door handle producer FSB for cappellini, alias and vitra.

1988-1992: accepts offer of three months in berlin to take part in design werkstatt berlin. Forms 'utilism international' with andreas brandolini and axel kufus which concerns itself with the improvement of public spaces. Projects include design for the frankfurt art fair and town planning in vienna, graz and berlin. In 1994 began a consultancy with üstra, the hannover transportation authority, designing a bus stop for the city.

In 1995 the office was awarded the contract to design the new hannover tram. Further collaboration began around this time with the italian companies magis, alessi, flos and the german porcelain manufacturer rosenthal.

Morrison reduces things to essentials. he designs things that are so quietly functional that, to an untutored eye, they can look as if nobody designed them at all. There's one thing he likes doing above all: designing for mass production. He's a designer, not a craftsman... (biography courtesy of designboom.com)