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Geoff Lawson (designer)

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He won numerous awards for his designs at Jaguar and also led a major expansion of the company’s styling resources and facilities at their Whitley Engineering Centre. In June 2000, Jaguar opened the Geoff Lawson Studio in his memory in Whitley,
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as Director of Styling, where he arguably produced his best known and most influential work. He joined at a time when Jaguar was in financial trouble and it was losing its reputation for design and manufacturing excellence.
267:, which is responsible for producing future Jaguar concept cars. In addition, Jaguar endowed a scholarship at the RCA, The Geoff Lawson Jaguar Scholarship, in his honour to celebrate his achievements at Jaguar. 156:. A man of diverse hobbies and interests, he was interested in American cars, guns and shooting, model making, guitar playing and guitar design, mountain biking, abstract art and sculpture. 177:, as a designer, where he worked on various passenger cars and commercial vehicles. His work included many European and American projects and he progressed to Chief Designer level. 45: 427: 238:, made record sales and a new-found reputation for good quality. This turnaround led to parent-company Ford and Jaguar's then chairman, 368: 313: 422: 242:, to set ambitious sales targets in the belief that Jaguar could become a major luxury car manufacturer in the mould of 234:
Lawson played a role in the commercial revival of the company, which in the last decade, and under new owner
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During his 15 years at Jaguar he was responsible for shaping the entire Jaguar line up, including the 1992
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mid-size saloon. Before his death, he also supervised the styling of the 2001
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from 1989 until his death in June 1999. He was succeeded at Jaguar by
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After graduating from the RCA, he joined the British subsidiary of
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before completing a master's degree in furniture design at the
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compact saloon and the completely new aluminium-bodied 2004
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