Rick Dickinson

Rick Dickinson

Rick Dickinson was the in-house industrial designer of Sinclair Research Ltd. In 1986, he founded Dickinson Associates, an industrial design consultancy.

He designed the ZX80 and ZX81 home computers, including the touch-sensitive keyboard, as well as the rubber keyboard of the ZX Spectrum. He also designed the TV80 casing and Sinclair QL. Dickinson is a graduate of Newcastle Polytechnic, and joined Sinclair before he had completed his degree.

He was also the designer of the Gizmondo handheld console (originally the Gametrac).

External links and references

* [http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/sinclair/dickinson.htm Planet Sinclair - Rick Dickinson]
* [http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/sinclair/dickinson_su0882.htm Sinclair User magazine, "Modest award winner sets the pace in micro design", August 1982]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/9574086@N02/ Rick Dickinson's photos on Flickr]
* [http://www.delphion.com/details?pn=USD0266848__ ZX80 patent]
* [http://www.delphion.com/details?pn=USD0272349__ ZX81 patent]


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