Matthew Hilton
Born in 1957, Hilton studied at Portsmouth College of Art and then at Kingston Polytechnic. After graduating he worked for Capa as an industrial designer and model maker. He then set up his own design studio/workshop 1984. SCP was the first manufacturer to produce Hilton’s work; the Bow shelves, which were launched by SCP at the Milan Furniture Fair in 1986.
Fourty years on, SCP and Matthew Hilton continue to collaborate, producing seminal furniture such as the iconic Balzac armchair, launched in 1991, and the Trieste collection and the hugely popular Oscar collection. Matthew Hilton has become one of SCP’s most celebrated upholstery designers
