David Mellor is one of the best known 20th century British designers. The new museum shows the full historic collection of his work and that of his son, Corin Mellor, extending from marvellous examples of Mellor’s handmade silver to the traffic lights we stop at every day.

David Mellor is internationally famous for his cutlery design, from the 1950s to the present. The museum shows exactly why he is so often referred to as ‘the cutlery king’. This wide-ranging exhibition is an eye-opener for anybody with an interest in design.

Examples of David Mellor's influential key designs can be viewed as part of a timeline under 'About David Mellor'.

View a guide to David Mellor's key designs.

 

		1953 'Pride' cutlery Silver plate Designed when David Mellor was still a student at the Royal College of Art and in production ever since.
		1963 Embassy Silver teapot Part of a large scale government commission to Mellor for handmade silver tableware for British embassies.
		1966 Square pillar box for the Post Office Mellor's functional design aroused public controversy as a departure from the traditional round pillar box.
		1966 National traffic light system Commissioned by the Department of the Environment. Mellor's design is still in use throughout the UK.