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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 77th most popular designer (up from 86th in 2019), the 4,190th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,673rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Designer.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Bill Moggridge ranks 77 out of 104. Before him are Paul Smith, Ruth St. Denis, Alan Freed, Lia van Leer, Robert Kalina, and Ollie Johnston. After him are Erik Spiekermann, Catherine Martin, Max Miedinger, Norman Bel Geddes, Colleen Atwood, and Yvonne Blake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Bill Moggridge ranks 523. Before him are He Guoqiang, Charles Hallahan, Kenny Barron, Art LaFleur, Christopher Cazenove, and Little Eva. After him are Norman Hunter, Gayle Hunnicutt, Ivan Davidov, Roberto Telch, Philippe Séguin, and Heide Simonis. Among people deceased in 2012, Bill Moggridge ranks 327. Before him are Dara Singh, Carmen Basilio, Keith Campbell, Zalman King, Zig Ziglar, and Humayun Ahmed. After him are Valeri Vasiliev, Lyudmila Kasatkina, Chikage Awashima, Barry Commoner, Sergey Nikolsky, and Sergio Livingstone.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Moggridge ranks 4,191 out of 8,785. Before him are Christopher Cazenove (1943), Bruno Heller (1960), Mary Beard (1955), Bob Houghton (1947), Alan Bennett (1934), and Christopher Cradock (1862). After him are Benjamin Glazer (1887), Norman Hunter (1943), John Hoppner (1758), Callum Keith Rennie (1960), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), and Joseph Noel Paton (1821).

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Among DESIGNERS In United Kingdom

Among designers born in United Kingdom, Bill Moggridge ranks 13. Before him are Beau Brummell (1778), Alexander McQueen (1969), John Baskerville (1706), Storm Thorgerson (1944), Laura Ashley (1925), and Paul Smith (1946). After him are Yvonne Blake (1940), Matthew Carter (1937), Jenny Beavan (1950), Sandy Powell (1960), Thomas Heatherwick (1970), and Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones (2002).

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