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Bill Moggridge

1943 - 2012

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William Grant Moggridge, RDI (25 June 1943 – 8 September 2012) was an English designer, author and educator who cofounded the design company IDEO and was director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. He was a pioneer in adopting a human-centred approach in design, and championed interaction design as a mainstream design discipline (he is given credit for coining the term, together with Bill Verplank). Among his achievements, he designed the first laptop computer, the GRiD Compass, was honoured for Lifetime Achievement from the National Design Awards, and given the Prince Philip Designers Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Moggridge is the 86th most popular designer, the 4,673rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 15th most popular British Designer.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Bill Moggridge ranks 86 out of 104. Before him are Philipp Plein, Robert Kalina, Chiara Ferragni, Norman Bel Geddes, Yvonne Blake, and Matthew Carter. After him are Virgil Abloh, Fumito Ueda, Jenny Beavan, Jean Louis, Yusaku Maezawa, and Luc Luycx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Bill Moggridge ranks 596. Before him are Don Stroud, Eduardo Nascimento, Jim Risch, Ignacio Calderón, Isabel-Clara Simó, and John Oliver Creighton. After him are Wilhelm Genazino, Erwin Huber, Pelle Svensson, Catherine E. Coulson, Mick Abrahams, and Dickey Betts. Among people deceased in 2012, Bill Moggridge ranks 390. Before him are Luke Askew, Vasily Belov, Doc Watson, Turhan Bey, Juan Lezcano, and Corrie Sanders. After him are Ralph McQuarrie, Slater Martin, István Csurka, Jorge Manicera, Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, and Joel Goldsmith.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Moggridge ranks 4,673 out of 8,785. Before him are John Roebuck (1718), David Hampshire (1917), Charles Kent (1852), John McNally (1932), Stephen Leacock (1869), and Lilian Gibbs (1870). After him are Michael Howard (1941), Bunny Austin (1906), Jocelyn Pook (1960), Peter Warlock (1894), Martin Fowler (1963), and Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736).

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Among DESIGNERS In United Kingdom

Among designers born in United Kingdom, Bill Moggridge ranks 15. Before him are Paul Smith (1946), Laura Ashley (1925), Storm Thorgerson (1944), Jony Ive (1967), Yvonne Blake (1940), and Matthew Carter (1937). After him are Jenny Beavan (1950), Sandy Powell (1960), Thomas Heatherwick (1970), Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones (2002), and Jacqueline Durran (2000).

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