ROBERT WELCH/ DESIGN

Trained at the Royal College of Art in London where he was a contemporary of David Mellor, Robert Welch was one of the leading Briti sh designers of the twentieth century. Strongly influenced both by the artisanal tradition of the Arts and Crafts movement and by Sc andinavian Design, he set up his own studio in the mid-1950s, initially working on silverware but then branching out into broader pr oduct design.