Peter Wylly born in Leicester 1967, studied fashion design in London but moved on to designing lighting, products and interiors. A life long fascination with travelling, languages, symbols and pictographs led to the development of Pictalk a picture language concept. Now an iPhone and Facebook app.
Wylly started sculpting in 2002 and in Jan 2010 showed his first works in Paris.
Wylly always had a hands on approach to design. He built his own prototypes, form and feeling were much more important than function for his clothing, lighting and accessories. His design had a sculptural approach.
The abstract side of nature, spirals, layers, waves, branching, natural patterns are Wylly's inspiration. He feels that he was always able to understand a good shape, whether it is a Miyake dress, a Nogucci light, an Eames chair, a Brancusi sculpture or the natural erosion of rocks.
1989 Graduated from Middlesex University art school with a BA hons in Fashion Design.
1990 Started first business In London, designing and hand crafting lighting for Romeo Gigli, The Conran Shop, Habitat, Heals, Gallerie Lafaiyette etc.
1997 Co created Babylon Design ltd. A lighting and accessories design and production company, selling classic, modern, designs to Collette in Paris, CorsoComo in Milan, Moss in New York, Takishimya in Tokyo, the Body Shop Worldwide, etc.
1999 Wylly took a break from product design to research and develop Pictalk. An internationally, understandable, picture language concept.
2001 Wylly, Co-bought and designed and transformed the Hip, Boutique, Tablet Hotel Chateau de Massillan in Provence. Hot listed by Traveller Magazine.
2005 Started develping the technique for sculpting and finishing Thermobloc.
2007 Took a two year sabatical travelling to Japan, China, Thailand and India backpacking. Then a six month 40'000km Panamerican Highway motorbike trip from Canada to the tip of Argentina .
2009 Development of Pictalk as an iPhone app called Picto-mail and a free Facebook app called Pictalk.
2010 First solo sculpture exhibition at the Bel-Ami Hotel in Paris.
