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The Anglepoise family say farewell and a heartfelt thank you to the legendary Sir Kenneth Grange, who has died at the age of 95. As Design Director from 2003 to 2024, Sir Kenneth re-defined the archetypal task light, while his work over the past 70 years helped shape the domestic life and public realm of modern Britain; the way we cook, create, consume, groom and travel \u2013 in his own words, \u201cthe sculpture of the everyday object\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kenneth\u2019s career was unparalleled in its breadth and longevity. Starting out as a young draughtsman working on the 1951 Festival of Britain \u2013 that great rebirth of the arts and industry, in a nation scarred by the Second World War \u2013 and continuing well into the 21st century, he was still restlessly designing as a nonagenarian, in the era of AI and net-zero.<\/p>\n

Along the way, creating the Intercity 125 train, London taxicab, postboxes, pens, cameras, bus shelters, speakers, razors and kitchen appliances. Just some of the 10,000+ products that left his drawing board, many of which genuinely deserve the overused moniker, \u2018iconic\u2019. He even found time to co-found Pentagram, in 1971, the first \u2018supergroup\u2019 partnership of multi-disciplinary designers, and template for the modern creative agency.<\/p>\n

While other industrial designers may have attracted a cult following and fawning fandom for products defined by a particular aesthetic, Kenneth had no rigid ideology or manifesto. He was guided instead by a curiosity, generosity and wit that endeared him to all. His was a playful take on modernism, which captured something of the eccentricity and innate visual language of these islands.<\/p>\n

Adept at imaginatively interpreting a brief, and intuitive in understanding user experience, he often developed deep and long-lasting friendships with clients; from Kenwood to Kodak, British Rail to Royal Mail. Anglepoise was no exception \u2013 as testament to this, his graceful Type 75<\/a> (launched in 2004) remains our best-selling model to this day, while our latest product, the Type 80<\/a>, was launched in his 90th year (2019).<\/p>\n

As a fifth-generation family business, people are at the centre of all that Anglepoise does. Sir Kenneth was not just a part of that wider family, he was in so many ways at the head of it \u2013 providing certainty in a world where so much seems out of balance. As the old proverb says, \u2018If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together\u2019. What a journey Kenneth, the honour and the pleasure was all ours.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Anglepoise is a minor miracle of balance\u2026a quality in life we do not value as we should\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Sir Kenneth Grange (1929-2024)<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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