David Watkins (designer)

David Watkins is a British artist who has designed the medals for the London 2012 Olympics.

[1] Watkins was also a special effects maker for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[2] Watkins was born in Wolverhampton in 1940 and he is a graduate of the University of Reading (1963 Fine Arts) where he met his lifelong partner Wendy Ramshaw.

[4] National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C960/74) with Watkins in 2006 for its Crafts Lives collection held by the British Library.

[5] In 2009 Graham Hughes wrote a joint biography of Watkins and his wife and fellow designer Wendy Ramshaw.