Frederick Scott (14 July 1942 – 31 January 2001)[1] was a British designer who was best known for creating the Supporto chair.

Scott began his career as an apprentice at the G Plan factory, before going on to study furniture design at the Royal College of Art in 1963.

The company was keen to develop its range by commissioning designers to work with new plastics, following its success with Robin Day's polypropylene chair.

[1] Scott also worked on a new design for a wheelchair for disabled people, and this work inspired him to design an ergonomic aluminium office chair, the Supporto office chair, in 1976.

It became an internationally successful product, and the chair was soon complemented by other seating and tables in the Supporto range.