Obituary of Sir Kenneth Grange

Kenneth Grange, who has died aged 95, was the most important British product designer of the second half of the 20th century. Even if they don't know his name, most people in Britain are familiar with his work: the Kenwood Chef food processor, the Kodak Instamatic camera, the Ronson Rio hairdryer, the Morphy Richards iron. These everyday objects are part of all our histories. Grange was also responsible for the redesign of the InterCity 125 high-speed train and the TX1 version of the London taxi in 1997.

He was a tall, handsome, effusive man, a joker with that element of ...