Allen Boothroyd

Allen Boothroyd is a British industrial designer.

Career

Boothroyd trained as a mechanical engineer and went on to study industrial design at the Royal College of Art. He is currently the Managing Director of Cambridge Product Design Ltd and is the co-founder and Design Director of Meridian Audio (Previously known as Boothroyd-Stuart).[1] Meridian, established in 1977, won the Design Council Award for Outstanding British Product an unprecedented three times.[2]

Designs

An early landmark in Boothroyd's career were his cabinet designs for the Lecson AC1 pre-amp and AP1 power amplifier which he produced in 1974.[3] The Lecson hi-fi is now in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.[4][5] The Lecson Audio System was selected as one of the important representations of British technological and design innovation to have taken place between two London-hosted Olympic Games.[5]

When the BBC wanted to brand a computer, as part of its Computer Literacy Project in 1981, he designed the BBC Micro in a few days.[4][6] He also worked on the design for the RiscPC computer.[7]

Pioneer commissioned Boothroyd to produce a unique appearance for its new surround-sound speaker system. His design was used in the Pioneer Elite Reference speaker system.[8]

Acorn products

Functions as keyboard for the Acorn System 2 and as case for the Acorn Atom. 
The BBC Micro. 

References

  1. RV Veera (21 July 1999). "Continuous Quality Boost at Meridian". New Straits Times. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. "Premier Products from Britain". New Straits Times. 6 May 2004. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. "Lecson". www.thevintageknob.org. July 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  4. 1 2 Warman, Matt (21 Apr 2012). "The great sound of Britain". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  5. 1 2 Osborn, George (3 April 2012). "Meridian founders and Sinclair graduate to the V&A". cabume.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  6. Erol Gelenbe and Jean-Pierre Kahane (16 March 2009). "Fundamental Concepts in Computer Science". Imperial College Press. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  7. Burley, Ian (June 1994). "Acorn RISC PC 600" (PDF). Personal Computer World. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  8. Thomas J. Norton (19 March 1999). "Pioneer Elite Reference Loudspeaker System". Stereophile. Retrieved 25 April 2012.

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