Tim Prentice (designer)

Tim Prentice (born c. 1964) is an American industrial designer and president of Motonium Design in California.^[1] Prentice holds a B.S. in industrial technology from California State University, Chico (1987) and is a graduate of Art Center College of Design's transportation program (1990).^[2] He has also been an instructor at Art Center for industrial design and illustration, as well as a guest lecturer at Stanford University.^[2]

Prentice was motorcycle designer of the 2009 Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle,^[3][4][5] Mission Motors' 2010 Mission R electric motorcycle,^[6] and the 2011 Triumph Speed Triple.^[7] Prentice and his firm won the Red Dot and Core77 industrial design awards in 2011 (respectively) for the Mission R.^[8][9][10]

References

1. "1960s Norton Atlas 750 / The Bike That Changed My Life", Motorcyclist, April 2011, retrieved 2013-12-11
2. "Member profile: Prentice, Timothy", Designers directory, Motorcycle Design Association, retrieved 2013-12-12
3. "The best bikes and experiences of the year", The Irish Times, via HighBeam (subscription required), December 16, 2009
4. Ash, Kevin (22 May 2009), Triumph Thunderbird review, Daily Telegraph, retrieved 2013-12-11
5. Winfield, Barry (October 2009), "2-wheel lowdown", Autoweek, 59 (20): 40
6. "Mission Motors reveals race-ready Mission R", Autoblog, AOL, December 17, 2010, retrieved 2013-12-11
7. Taylor, Paul (October 2010), Speed Triple brochure (PDF), Triumph/Platinum Communications, p. 6
8. Core77 Design Awards — 2011 Recipients, Core77, retrieved 2013-12-11
9. David Salguero (September 1, 2011), Mission R wins Core77 Design Award; Tim Prentice Describes the Industrial Design, Mission Motors, retrieved 2013-12-11
10. "Red Dot awards 2011 — Category: Mobility", Surface Asia Magazine, November 25, 2011

External links

• Motonium Inc.