B &W Bowers & Wilkins

Kenneth Grange
Our homes are full of boxes. Kenneth Grange believes that a speaker doesn’t have to be one of them. “Perhaps it’s selfish, but I think every designer should want to own and live with what he or she designs. So I started to think about my own home, which is a funny mixture of old and new, furniture and function. And within that space I could visualise an object that would satisfy my chums in the sound laboratory, but would also be a statement of extraordinary excellence in manufacture. That was my inspiration for the Signature Diamond speaker.”

Kenneth Grange, architect of the Signature Diamond’s sculptural simplicity, is one of the world’s most accomplished product designers.

Originally a draughtsman in an architect’s office and briefly an exhibition designer, his career took off when Kodak asked him to design their Instamatic camera.

Many of his designs became familiar items, such as his food mixers for Kenwood, razors for Wilkinson Sword, pens for Parker and British Rail’s InterCity 125.

Since designing the ultra-distinctive DM6 in 1976, Kenneth has designed numerous speakers for B&W, of which the latest is the Signature Diamond.

Kenneth was a co-founder and partner of Pentagram, an enormously influential multi-discipline graphic, product, and architectural design company.

B&W's Signature Diamond Speaker, Designed by Kenneth GrangeB&W's Signature Diamond Speaker, Designed by Kenneth GrangeClick to enlarge
Wilkinson Swords' Razors designed by Kenneth GrangeWilkinson Swords' Razors designed by Kenneth GrangeClick to enlarge
I could visualise an object that would satisfy my chums in the sound laboratory, but would also be a statement of extraordinary excellence in manufacture.|Kenneth Grange|Product Designer

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