Douglas William Scott (1913–1990) was a British

industrial designer Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advance of the manufactu ...

, best known for his work on the

AEC Routemaster The AEC Routemaster is a Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, front-engined double-decker bus that was designed by London Transport Executive, London Transport and built by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and Park Royal Vehicles. The ...

bus and the

AGA cooker The Aga Range Cooker is a Swedish range Kitchen stove, cooker. Invented and initially produced in Sweden, since 1957 most production has been located in the UK. In 2015, the British AGA Cooker manufacturing company, AGA Rangemaster Group, was a ...

. He also designed the GPO Pay On Answer STD equipment, which started replacing the old Button A and Button B equipment in UK phoneboxes when STD was launched in 1959 He was a Fellow of the

Chartered Society of Designers The Chartered Society of Designers (CSD) is a professional body for designers. It is the only Royal Chartered body of experienced designers. Its membership is multi-disciplinary – representing designers in all design, disciplines including I ...

and winner of the prestigious Minerva Medal in recognition of this outstanding contribution to the design industry.

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1913 births 1990 deaths British industrial designers {{UK-engineer-stub