Allen Boothroyd is an industrial designer. He trained as a mechanical engineer and went on to study industrial design

Industrial design

Industrial design is the use of a combination of applied art and applied science to improve the aesthetics, ergonomics, and usability of a product, but it may also be used to improve the product's marketability and production...

 at the Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...

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He is Managing Director of Cambridge Product Design Ltd and Co-founder & Design Director of Meridian Audio, Ltd.

Meridian Audio, Ltd.

Boothroyd Stuart Meridian is a British manufacturer of high-performance, high-fidelity audio and video components and systems. Founded in 1977 by Bob Stuart and Allen Boothroyd, its products have proved popular among music and movie enthusiasts, and more recently in the lifestyle technology and...

Products

An early landmark in Boothroyd's career was his cabinet designs for the Lecson AC1 pre-amp and AP1 power amplifier.

Some products designed by Boothroyd:

For Acorn Computers Ltd

External links

• Cambridge Product design Ltd
• Boothroyd Stuart Meridian