David Carter

Education

Central School of Art and Design.

Career

He trained at the Leicester College of Art (now DeMontfort University), simultaneously spending a good part of 2 years in an engineering works. He served in the Navy, where he was in radar, and in 1948 returned to full-time study in the industrial design (engineering) department of the Central School of Art and Design. he went on to a variety of industrial design positions and then in 1960 he set up on his own as a consultant, going on to employ a growing team of engineers, designers, model-makers and assistants as David Carter Associates. Under Carter’s continued leadership the David Carter Associates became DCA Design Consultants in 1975 and later renamed itself as DCA Design International Limited in 1986.

He retired from DCA in 1992, though the company continues to trade to this day from its traditional home and headquarters on Church Street, Warwick in the United Kingdom. Design Centre Award (1961) for the Orbit castors, for Joseph Gillot & Sons Limited.

The Prince of Wales Award for Industrial Innovation (1981-1985)

The Duke of Edinburgh Prize for Elegant Design (also known as the Prince Philip Designers Prize) for a Gas-Flo system for the Wales Gas Board (1967)

Carter was president of the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers during 1974-1975, was appointed Royal Designer for Industry in 1974 and was a trustee of the Conran Boilerhouse Foundation, chairman of the Design Museum and chairman of the Royal Society of Arts Design Board in 1983.

He was appointed a commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1980.

Achievements

• Carter’s industrial design work has won many prizes including:.

Membership

Carter established himself as a renowned industrial designer, becoming a member of the Royal Society of Arts, the Design Council, the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers and the Royal College of Artist