Louis van Praag

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(1921–1993) was a British

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and

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designer, described as an influence on a generation of British designers from the 1960s onward. Van Praag played a major role in the development of

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in Britain over several decades. A lecturer at the capital's

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, he was made chairman of the British government's Committee for Managing Design, and awarded the 1989 Bicentenary Medal by the

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. His portrait hangs in Britain's

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pragg, Louis van 1926 births 1993 deaths British industrial designers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire