Mark Wilkinson (designer)

Mark Wilkinson OBE
Born 1950
London, England
Residence Wiltshire
Occupation designer

Mark Wilkinson OBE, OLM (born 1950) is an English furniture designer.

Background

Wilkinson is the founding designer of Mark Wilkinson Furniture and Smallbone of Devizes.

He is a visiting lecturer in Design Creativity, at the University of the West of England (UWE) and also contributes to the design teaching at the Rotherham College of Arts and Technology, Rycotewood College, and the Chelsea-based KLC Design School.

Awards and recognition

Wilkinson has been described by Eliot Nusbaum, writing in the Sunday Times, as the "Mozart of Kitchen Cabinet Makers" while the Editor of the key publication for interior designers and product designers, idFX, called him the "Finest Designer of our Time". He received the kitchen industry's inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004, and the T at the industry awards ceremony in 2007. His furniture too is award winning, every range carrying the Guild Mark of the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers, while the company that bears his name was awarded the Employer of the Year Award for the work it has been doing over the past ten years in providing apprenticeships for young furniture makers.[1] The apprenticeship scheme saw Wilkinson working with the local Wiltshire College to adapt an existing course to suite the specific needs of cabinet making. In 2008, he opened a showroom in New York City.[2]

He was honoured with an OBE for services to the Furniture Industry and to Charity in the 2010 New Year Honours.

Wilkinson is a Founding Fellow of the Society of British Interior Design (SBID); a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA),[3] Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers (FCSD) and Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute (FCGI).[4]

In 2010, Wilkinson was awarded the Medal of the Order of the League of Mercy (OLM) at a ceremony held at the Mansion House, in the City of London.[5] The medal, awarded for his support of the specialist teaching charity Dyslexia Action, was presented by the chairman of the League of Mercy, and Knight Principal, Lord Lingfield.

References

  1. ↑ Apprenticeships.org.uk
  2. ↑ "Eco-Chic Furniture Designer Mark Wilkinson Opens a Showroom in New York". TreeHugger. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  3. ↑ The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)
  4. ↑ "Annual Review 2008/2009 Fellowships", The City and Guilds of London Institute
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 59475. p. 12365. 30 June 2010.
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