Mark Champkins
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Mark Champkins | |
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| Born | 25 April 1977 |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge, Royal College of Art |
| Occupation | Product designer |
Mark Champkins (born 25 April 1977) is a product designer best known for his 2007 appearance on Dragons' Den.[1][failed verification]
Career[]
Champkins studied manufacturing engineering at the University of Cambridge and industrial design engineering at the Royal College of Art in London.[2] He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts[3] and an industrial advisor to Cambridge University Engineering Department.[4][failed verification]
Champkins' design for a line of "self-heating" crockery was awarded British Invention of the Year at the British Invention Show.[when?][5] [6][failed verification][7][failed verification]
In 2004, Champkins won a business award from NESTA[8] and founded Concentrate Design, a company that develops products intended to help pupils to concentrate at school.[citation needed] Champkins pitched the enterprise on Dragons' Den in 2007, winning an investment from Peter Jones.[9]
In 2011, Champkins was named inventor-in-residence at the London Science Museum and tasked with designing products inspired by the museum collection.[10]
Champkins is the author of The Big Book of Celebrity Inventions.[11]
References[]
- ^ BBC Dragons' Den Website
- ^ Biography on Smarter Products Website Archived 1 November 2007 at archive.today
- ^ RSA Fellows Profile[dead link]
- ^ Cambridge University Engineering Department Website
- ^ Royal College of Art Innovation Unit Website Archived 20 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tomorrow's World". Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- ^ "Discovery Channel". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
- ^ Independent Newspaper[dead link]
- ^ Simply Business[dead link]
- ^ "Science Museum Website". Archived from the original on 18 December 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-big-book-of-celebrity-inventions-mark-champkins?variant=32554720821326
- 21st-century British inventors
- Living people
- 1977 births