David Mellor is perhaps best known for his ranges of knives, forks and spoons some of which were designed in the 1960s and 1970s and have become modern classics. For example, 'Pride' was designed in 1953 when he was still a student and has been in continuous production ever since. (Mellor also designed disposable plastic cutlery in 1969 for Cross Paperware which sold in its millions.)