Martin Wharmby studied product design in the late fifties and worked as a designer in industry for several years before founding Wharmby Associates, a specialist product design consultancy. In 2014 he completed a masters in drawing at UAL Wimbledon and since then has continued to draw, paint and make things, reflecting his interest in accessible art and expressing ideas in a 'getable', almost commercial way. How objects are designed and constructed are (unfashionably) important to him. A working life as a product designer has been a strong influence.