RIP Kenneth Grange HST Designer

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Surprised this hasn't made more impact in the wider news media. The HST is an iconic design and he always came across as an interesting and pleasant bloke.

In Memory of Sir Kenneth Grange, 1929-2024

The celebrated designer and co-founder of Pentagram has passed away at age 95.

www.pentagram.com

 

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Oh, missed that info.

RIP KG

The HST was most certainly an iconic design ... and one that I really liked.
May have mentioned this several times before - I had a look in the cab of the prototype when it was put in the sidings at Chippenham one afternoon during testing [sometime in mid-1975, IIRC]. My even more railway made little brother was somewhat ticked off about that !

 

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Shamesly knocked from wiki and wow

Grange's career spanned more than half a century, and many of his designs became – and are still – familiar items in the household or on the street. These designs include the first UK parking meters for Venner, kettles and food mixers for Kenwood, razors for Wilkinson Sword, cameras for Kodak, typewriters for Imperial, clothes irons for Morphy Richards, cigarette lighters for Ronson, washing machines for Bendix, pens for Parker, bus shelters, Reuters computers, and regional Royal Mail postboxes.