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1957
1973
Bridges
1977
1983
Product
1981
1995
Engineering Design
2006
2017
Interior Design
2005
2011
Exhibitions
1961
1969
General
1944
1951
Textiles
1962
1987
Graphic Design
1994
2005
New Media
2000
2013
Stamps
1970
1989
General
1947
1959
General Design
1969
1985
Packaging
1937
1955
Engineering
1983
1991
Furniture Design
1978
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1947
1967
Packaging + Graphics
1959
1971
Glass + Stained Glass
1936
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Products + Industrial
1961
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Ceramics + Glass
1981
2001
Films
1939
1963
Fashion Design
1988
2015
Ceramics + Glass
1995
2009
Product Design
2008
2021
Designing with Light
2012
2019
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Mark Major trained and practised as an architect prior to focusing on the unique relationship between light and architecture. He co-founded the award-winning international lighting practice Speirs + Major in 1995. He has worked on a wide range of projects including the Millennium Dome, 30 St. Mary Axe, Beijing International Airport and the re-lighting of the interior of St. Paul’s Cathedral. He is a specialist in the field of urban lighting and acted as the Lighting Design Advisor to the Olympic Delivery Authority for London 2012. With an active interest in design education Mark has lectured in the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, U.S. and Australia. He is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a Fellow of the International Association of Lighting Designers and a Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. He was created a Royal Designer for Industry in 2012.

RDInsights: Mark Major
This RDInsight features lighting designer Mark Major RDI in conversation with Mike Dempsey RDI
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Photo of  Mark Major
Millennium Dome, 1999
Millennium Dome
1999
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 2012
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
2012
The Macallan, 2019
The Macallan
2019
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Mandy Reynolds
James Newton
James Newton
Naval Architecture
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1997
Typography
1940
1953
Engineering Product
1968
1981
Dress
1972
1993
Goldsmithing
1936
1937
Glass, Pottery + Silver
1936
1945
Theatre Design
1991
1999
Interiors
1939
1961
Engineering Design
2012
2023
Commercial Art
1936
1939
Light Fittings
1940
1949
Furniture
1940
1947
Furniture
1944
1957
Lettering
1940
1943
Typography
1965
1979
Aircraft
1943
1965
Interior + Ships
1971
1977
Structural Engineering Design
1998
2007
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