Norman Arthur Potter (17 April 1923 – 22 November 1995) was a cabinetmaker, political dissident, poet and author of What is a Designer?
[1][2] By trade, Potter was a cabinetmaker and designer, a minimalist decades before the term became fashionable.
In the late 1950s, Potter attained a full-time position teaching design at the Royal College of Art.
In 1964, Potter, along with several colleagues, established a Construction School at the West of England College of Art and Design in Bristol.
Potter sustained his political activism through this period, joining the student revolts of 1968.