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Below are a variety of past and present designers and design companies who have become known for a particular style or approach to design:

Alessi

During the 1970s, Alberto Alessi began employing product designers to make original and fun designs for everyday kitchen equipment. The bright colours and stylish designs were mass produced and affordable to everyone.

Apple

Jonny Ive led the design team at Apple who took the existing ‘less but better’ ethos to create the iPod and iPhone. Their concentration on intuitive design combined with sleek edges has become instantly recognisable.

Heatherwick Studio

Heatherwick Studio was established in 1994 in the UK by Thomas Heatherwick. It comprises a group of designers and architects who have worked on projects from The Rolling Bridge in London to perfume bottles.

Joe Casely-Hayford

Joe Casely-Hayford was a British fashion designer with an international reputation for British tailoring.

Pixar

Pixar Computer Animation Film Studios was one of the first to develop new computer technology to produce well-known animated films.

Raymond Loewy

Raymond Loewy was a French industrial designer whose concept of ‘beauty through function and simplification’ resulted in many designs that are still recognisable today, such as the Coca Cola bottle and the Le Creuset Coquelle dish.

Tesla

Tesla is an automotive and energy storage company specialising in the manufacture of electric vehicles, lithium battery energy storage and solar panels.

Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid was a British-Iraqi architect who promoted architecture as a visual art form, integrating geometric and sweeping fluid forms.