Sue Timney has worked in Britain, USA, Europe and Japan and in 1980 co-founded Timney-Fowler, an interior product company.
10 Facts About Sue Timney
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Sue Timney's father, Major Alexander Lockhart Carruthers, was born in British India, and her mother, Jetta Hutton, in Scotland.
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The family moved to Great Britain in 1965 after Sue Timney had attended 12 schools abroad.
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Sue Timney studied Fine Art at Northumbria University, gaining a First Class Honours degree.
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Sue Timney was made a visiting professor in 2000 and Honorary Fellow in 2007 at the RCA.
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Sue Timney's designs featured in the exhibition and in that titled "175 years at the RCA", held at the Royal College of Art during the same year.
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Sue Timney was President of the BIID for the period 2012 to 2014 and as of May 2021 is a director of it.
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Sue Timney was presented with the Merit Award from the BIID Institute in 2022 for excellence in interior design practice; a contribution to the development of the Institute and a commitment to the wider field of design education.
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In 2007, Sue Timney married British businessman, manager and photographer, Justin de Villeneuve.
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Sue Timney has four children that work in the arts and design industry.