Sir Kenneth Henry Grange CBE RDI (17 Yuli 1929 - 21 Yuli 2024) wani mai zanen masana'antu ne na Biritaniya, wanda ya shahara da kewayon ƙira don saba, abubuwan yau da kullun.

Kenneth Grange
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Landan, 17 ga Yuli, 1929
ƙasa Birtaniya
Mutuwa 21 ga Yuli, 2024
Karatu
Harsuna Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a designer (en) Fassara da product designer (en) Fassara
Kyaututtuka

An haifi Kenneth Henry Grange a ranar 17 ga Yuli 1929, a gabashin London. Mahaifiyarsa, Hilda (née Long), mashin injiniya ce kuma mahaifinsa, Harry, ɗan sanda.[1]Iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa Wembley da ke arewacin Landan a lokacin barkewar yakin duniya na biyu, inda mahaifinsa jami'in zubar da bama-bamai ne. Bayan tafiyar, Grange ya canza makarantu daga makarantar biyan kuɗi (inda ya sami malanta) a cikin birnin London yana ba da ilimin gargajiya, zuwa wanda aka ba da fifikon "yi da ƙirƙira". A cikin 1944 an ba shi tallafin karatu don nazarin fasahar kasuwanci a makarantar Willesden na Art da Crafts.[2] Bayan ɗan gajeren aiki a matsayin mai zanen yanayi tare da BBC a ɗakin studio ɗinsu na gidan talabijin na Alexandra Palace, an kira Grange don hidimar ƙasa kuma tsakanin 1948 zuwa 1949 an buga shi a cikin Injiniyoyi na Royal a matsayin mai zanen fasaha yana yin zane-zanen koyarwar kayan aikin soja. Daga baya ya rubuta cewa wannan aikin shine gabatarwarsa ga aikin injiniya da kuma sha'awar yadda inji ke aiki.[3]

Aikin zane na Grange ya fara ne a farkon shekarun 1950, yana aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar zayyana ga jerin gine-gine: Arcon, Bronek Katz da R Vaughan, Gordon da Ursula Bowyer kuma, daga 1952, tare da mai tsara gine-gine da masana'antu Jack Howe.[4]A cikin 1951, Grange ya shiga cikin bikin na Biritaniya, yayin da yake aiki da Gordon da Ursula Bowyer a kan Pavilion na Wasanni don nunin Bankin Kudu.[5] A cikin 1956, Grange ya kafa nasa shawarwarin ƙira, tare da yawancin kwamitocinsa na farko da suka fito daga Majalisar Zane-zanen Masana'antu, kamar, a cikin 1958, ƙirar ƙirar motar farko ta Biritaniya, Venner. Sannan a cikin 1972, Grange, tare da Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Theo Crosby da Mervyn Kurlansky, abokin haɗin gwiwa ne a Pentagram, mai ba da shawara kan ƙira.[6]

A cikin kafofin watsa labarai

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A cikin Afrilu 2022, an nuna Grange a cikin jerin Sirri guda biyu na BBC na Gidan Tarihi (Victoria da Albert).[7] Ya haɗu da rubuta littattafai guda biyu, Rayuwa ta Ƙirƙira da Ƙarfafawa kuma ya rubuta maƙalar zuwa 125 - Alamar Dorewa, Kenwood: Jagorar Ƙarfafa zuwa Tech Tech: Sashe na Farko: 1947-1976 da Ƙwararrun Masana'antu: Sabon tunani akan samfurin madauki mai rufewa. zane da masana'antu.[8]

MANAZARTA

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  1. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/sir-kenneth-grange-obituary-death-cxbzt9286
  2. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/07/23/sir-kenneth-grange-industrial-designer-kenwood-intercity/
  3. "Kwafin ajiya". Archived from the original on 2007-11-17. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  4. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/07/23/sir-kenneth-grange-industrial-designer-kenwood-intercity/
  5. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/jul/26/sir-kenneth-grange-obituary
  6. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/jul/26/sir-kenneth-grange-obituary
  7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000f1xt/secrets-of-the-museum
  8. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/sir-kenneth-grange-obituary-death-cxbzt9286