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Max Clendinning
Architect and designer from Northern Ireland (1924–2020)
Max Clendinning (26 September 1924[1] in County Armagh, Northern Ireland – 4 June 2020) was an architect and interior designer.[2]
Clendinning is best known for his 1965 design of the "slot-together but sturdy looking" Maxima chair, inspired in part by computer lettering.[3] This design was featured in an exhibit at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 2012.[3] He also created designs for Christian Dior and Liberty & Co[2] and, for London Midland Region of British Railways, the laminated wooden roofs at Manchester Oxford Road railway station (1960).[4][5]
He lived in Islington with partner Ralph Adron for forty years.[3]