Rick Dickinson

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Dickinson designed the ZX81 personal computer, and holds a patent for its design.

Rick Dickinson was the in-house industrial designer of Sinclair Research Ltd. In 1986, he founded Dickinson Associates, an industrial design consultancy.

He designed the ZX80 and ZX81 home computers, including the touch-sensitive keyboard, as well as the rubber keyboard of the ZX Spectrum. He also designed the TV80 casing and Sinclair QL. Dickinson is a graduate of Newcastle Polytechnic, and joined Sinclair before he had completed his degree.

He was also the designer of the Gizmondo handheld console (originally the Gametrac).

[edit] External links and references

• Planet Sinclair - Rick Dickinson
• Sinclair User magazine, Modest award winner sets the pace in micro design, August 1982
• Rick Dickinson's photos on Flickr
• ZX80 patent
• ZX81 patent

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