Douglas_Scott_(designer)

Douglas Scott (designer)

Douglas Scott (designer)

British industrial designer (1913–1990)

Douglas William Scott (1913–1990) was a British industrial designer, best known for his work on the AEC Routemaster[1] bus and the AGA cooker.[2]

He also designed the GPO Pay On Answer STD equipment,[3] which started replacing the old Button A and Button B equipment in UK phoneboxes when STD was launched in 1959

He was a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers and winner of the prestigious Minerva Medal in recognition of this outstanding contribution to the design industry.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. [2]
    AGA living - From the Routemaster to AGA: Unsung Hero Douglas Scott
  3. [3]
    UK Payphones POA page
  4. [4]
    "Chartered Society of Designers". Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.


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