David Carter (industrial designer)

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David Carter, CBE born in Leicester in 1927, is an industrial designer and educator. Carter is a member of the Royal Society of Arts, the Design Council, the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers and the Royal College of Art. Carter’s work has won numerous awards, including the Prince of Wales Award for Industrial Innovation (1981-85), the Duke of Edinburgh Prize for Elegant Design (1967), and numerous Design Council awards.

Carter was President of Society of Industrial Artists & Designers during 1974-75, appointed Royal Designer for Industry (1974), was a trustee of the Conran Boilerhouse Foundation, chairman of the Design Museum, and chairman of the Royal Society of Arts Design Board (1983). Carter was appointed a commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1980.

David Carter was also the main man who invented the Stanley Knife.^{[citation needed]} Carter's career also led him to design many different trains, most notably for the Jubilee line.^{[citation needed]}