Douglas William Scott (1913–1990) was a British industrial designer, best known for his work on the AEC Routemaster[1] bus and the AGA cooker.[2]
He also designed the GPO Pay On Answer STD equipment,[3] which started replacing the old Button A and Button B equipment in UK phoneboxes when STD was launched in 1959
He was a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers and winner of the prestigious Minerva Medal in recognition of this outstanding contribution to the design industry.[4]
References
edit- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ AGA living - From the Routemaster to AGA: Unsung Hero Douglas Scott
- ^ UK Payphones POA page
- ^ "Chartered Society of Designers". Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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