Mark Champkins
British product designer
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Mark Champkins FRSA (born 25 April 1977) is a product designer best known for his 2007 appearance on Dragons' Den.[1][failed verification]
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| Born | 25 April 1977 |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge, Royal College of Art |
| Occupation | Product designer |
Career
Champkins studied manufacturing engineering at the University of Cambridge and industrial design engineering at the Royal College of Art in London.[2] He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an industrial advisor to Cambridge University Engineering Department.[3][failed verification]
Champkins' design for a line of "self-heating" crockery was awarded British Invention of the Year at the British Invention Show.[when?][4] [5][failed verification][6][failed verification]
In 2004, Champkins won a business award from NESTA[7] and founded Concentrate Design, a company that develops products intended to help pupils to concentrate at school.[citation needed] Champkins pitched the enterprise on Dragons' Den in 2007, winning an investment from Peter Jones.[8]
In 2011, Champkins was named inventor-in-residence at the London Science Museum and tasked with designing products inspired by the museum collection.[9]
Champkins is the author of The Big Book of Celebrity Inventions.[10]