| 词条 | Mark Wilkinson (designer) |
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| name = Mark Wilkinson OBE | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1950 | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{Death date and given age|2017|7|5|66|df=yes}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = Wiltshire | education = | occupation = designer | employer = | known_for = }} Mark Roger Wilkinson OBE, OLM (1950 – 5 July 2017)[1] was an English furniture designer. CareerWilkinson was the founding designer of Mark Wilkinson Furniture and Smallbone of Devizes. Both companies make fitted furniture and became divisions of Canburg Ltd.[2] He was a visiting lecturer in Design Creativity at the University of the West of England (UWE) and contributed to design teaching at the Rotherham College of Arts and Technology, Rycotewood College, and the Chelsea-based KLC Design School. Awards and recognitionWilkinson was described by Eliot Nusbaum, writing in the Sunday Times, as the "Mozart of Kitchen Cabinet Makers"{{cite quote|date=April 2015}} while the Editor of the key publication for interior designers and product designers, idFX, called him the "Finest Designer of our Time".{{cite quote|date=April 2015}} 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 its work in providing apprenticeships for young furniture makers.[3] The apprenticeship scheme saw Wilkinson working with the local Wiltshire College to adapt an existing course to suit the needs of cabinet making.[4] In 2008, he opened a showroom in New York City.[5] He was honoured with an OBE for services to the furniture industry and to charity in the 2010 New Year Honours.[6] Wilkinson was 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);[7] a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers (FCSD) and Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute (FCGI).[8] 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.[9] 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. References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/15405785.Popular_designer_dies_after_cancer_battle/|title=Popular designer dies after cancer battle|last=Blanchard|first=Sam|date=12 July 2017|website=The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald|language=en|access-date=13 July 2017}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/15320119.Kitchen_boss_says_Devizes_factory_not_for_sale/|title=Kitchen boss says Devizes factory not for sale|last=Moore|first=Joanne|date=31 May 2017|website=The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald|language=en|access-date=1 June 2017}} 3. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20101017192743/http://apprenticeships.org.uk/Employers/Employer-Case-Studies/Engineering-and-Manufacturing-Technologies/Mark-Wilkinson-Furniture.aspx Apprenticeships.org.uk] 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfm.org.uk/trade/news/news/mwf.html|title=Mark Wilkinson Furniture wins Apprenticeship Awards|last=|first=|date=2009|website=British Furniture Manufacturers|access-date=1 June 2017}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/sustainable-furniture-ny.php |title=Eco-Chic Furniture Designer Mark Wilkinson Opens a Showroom in New York |publisher=TreeHugger |date= |accessdate=2011-02-12}} 6. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 59282| date = 31 December 2009| page = 12| supp = y}} 7. ^The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) 8. ^"Annual Review 2008/2009 Fellowships"{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, The City and Guilds of London Institute 9. ^{{London Gazette |issue= 59475 |date=30 June 2010 |page=12365}} External links
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