| 词条 | Tom Karen |
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| name = Tom Karen | post-nominals = OBE | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Thomas Josef Derrick Paul Karen | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1926|03}} | birth_place = Vienna, Austria | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | residence = Cambridge, England | nationality = British | education = | alma mater = Loughborough College | occupation = industrial designer | known for = | salary = | networth = | title = managing director and chief designer of Ogle Design | term = 1962-99 | predecessor = | successor = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relations = | website = }} Thomas Josef Derrick Paul Karen {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born March 1926)[1] is a British industrial designer of Czech descent. He was managing director and chief designer of Ogle Design from 1962 until 1999. He oversaw design of the Bush Radio TR130 radio, the Raleigh Chopper, the Bond Bug, the Reliant Scimitar GTE, the Anadol A1 (FW5), a series of lorry cabs for Leyland, and the Marble Run toy (sold by Kiddicraft). Early lifeHe was born in Vienna in 1926, but went to school in Brno. The family left Czechoslovakia in 1939 and Karen reached England in 1942. He studied aeronautical engineering at Loughborough College. CareerHe worked for Hunting Percival, makers of the Proctor and the Provost trainer, then the Air Registration Board. He enrolled at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. He joined the Ford design studio in 1955. He then worked briefly for David Ogle before moving to Hotpoint and to Phillips where he set up their studio for white goods. In 1962, Karen was invited to take charge of Ogle Design following the death of David Ogle in a car accident. He was managing director and chief designer until 1999. While there, he designed Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder for the Star Wars films; the Landspeeder was built around the chassis of a Bond Bug.[2][3] HonoursIn 2001, Karen received an honorary degree from Loughborough University.[4] In 2018, Karen was awarded an OBE in the 2019 New Year Honours for his services to design. Karen on fastbacksIn March 1969, shortly after the launch of the Reliant Scimitar GTE which he had designed and of the Ford Capri (which he did not design), Karen had the opportunity to give his opinion on fastback designs. He claimed to be "baffled" by "the case for fastbacks" because he thought there was "nothing good to be said for them except that some people think they look all right". "Aerodynamically they're lousy, headroom in the back is lousy, for visibility they're lousy, with a lot of glass they're lousy from a weight point of view and they give no boot access".[5] BookIn 2010 Karen published a book, Ogle & The Bug.[6] Personal lifeKaren lives in Cambridge.[7] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/JSRFiAo1LUlzHvqy3dGmJsVMAVs/appointments|title=Thomas Josef Derrick Paul KAREN - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|author=|date=|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|accessdate=19 October 2017}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=The Force is strong with this three-wheeler from Preston|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/the-force-is-strong-with-this-threewheeler-from-preston-2002249.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=17 June 2010}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.starwars.com/community/fanclub/mag/news20071204.html|title=Star Wars Insider #98 Excerpt: Roger Christian|accessdate=2007-12-05|publisher=Lucasfilm|date=2007-12-04 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071206071029/http://www.starwars.com/community/fanclub/mag/news20071204.html |archivedate = 2007-12-06}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/publicity/degree_days/degree_2001/karen.html|title=Dr Tom Karen|author=|date=|website=www.lboro.ac.uk|accessdate=19 October 2017}} 5. ^{{cite magazine | authorlink = Anthony Curtis & Brian Hatton|title = British in style: The Ogle design studios show the way.|magazine=Motor| volume = nbr 3483 | pages =26–32| date = 22 March 1969}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tkbooks.co.uk|title=children books cartoon books|author=|date=|website=www.tkbooks.co.uk|accessdate=19 October 2017}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/interiors/10698219/My-space-Tom-Karen-inventor.html|title=My space: Tom Karen, inventor|first=Maria|last=Fitzpatrick|date=16 March 2014|publisher=|accessdate=19 October 2017|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}} External links
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