Cressida Granger

Cressida Granger (born July 17, 1963 ) is a British entrepreneur. She is the owner and director of the lighting company Mathmos , which was founded by the inventor of the lava lamp , Edward Craven Walker .

Career

Cressida Granger acquired Mathmos in 1989 and increased lava lamp sales from nearly £ 0 million to £ 18 million in ten years. As one of several managing directors, she has won two Queens Awards for export and various other business awards by increasing sales and marketing activities.

After buying all the company shares from her partner David Mulley in 1998, she founded the Mathmos Design Studio. Under her leadership, the team won various awards for their new lighting products in collaboration with external designers.

Granger graduated from Manchester University with a BA in Art History and worked as a dealer in design objects from the 1960s and early 1970s. Granger is the executive director of the Made in Britain campaign. This campaign advertises a brand for all products made in the UK.

Creative commercial activities

Cressida Granger served on the Government's Innovation Committee in 2003 with James Dyson and Terrance Conran. She was in numerous design competitions such as B. 100% Light, D&AD award ceremony or Design Nation jury member. She also occasionally works as a lecturer for management in design companies at the University of Design in Ravensbourge.

Business & Marketing Awards

Queens Award - Awards for Export 2000 and 1997

Verve Cliquot Woman of the Year - 1999 finalist

Fast Track 100 (3rd fast growing manufacturer in 1999)

Yell Award - Best Commercial Website 1997

Design Week - Best Consumer Website 1998

Design awards

Red Dot Awards: 2006 (Grito), 2002 (Tumbler), 2001 (Bubble)

Gift Magazine Design Homewares - Winner 2005 (Airswitch tc)

Design Week Awards: 2004 (Airswitch Az), 2003 (Aduki), 2002 (Tumbler), 2001 (Fluidium)

House and Garden Best Consumer Product 2004 (Airswitch Az)

Form 2001 Award (Tumbler)

Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) 2001 (Bubble)

D&AD Award 2001 (Bubble)

Light Magazine Decorative Lighting Award 2001 (Bubble)

FX Magazine - Finalist in the category Best Lighting Product 2000 (Fluidium)

credentials

• Made in Britain Campaign appoints CEO to push British manufacturers further Business Matters, April 22, 2015
• How I Beat The Odds: Cressida Granger of lava lamp pioneer Mathmos, Management Today, October 2013
• The Secret History Of: The Lava lamp The Independent
• Dyson to advise government BBC
• My new media - The Guardian
• The Times
• Modern retro - Design Week
• British manufacturing Renaissance - ICON Magazine
• Mathmos story
• BBC News (English) On Mathmos 50 Years
• Euronews - The lava lamp has been bubbling for 50 years
• Far out, man: world's largest lava lamp on show at the South Bank, Time Out, September 11, 2013
• Lava Lamp's 50 Years of Gooey Light, Wired, September 2013
• Lava lamp creators mark 50 years of 1960s icon, ITV, September 2013
• The Lava Lamp: 1960s Psychedelic Icon Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary, Artlyst Aug 2013
• Lava lamps flow back into fashion, The Times, September 2013