{{Short description|American motorcycle designer (born 1964)}} {{Other people|Tim Prentice}} '''Tim Prentice''' (born c. 1964) is an American industrial designer and president of Motonium Design in California.<ref name=Motorcyclist2011/> Prentice holds a B.S. in industrial technology from California State University, Chico (1987) and is a graduate of Art Center College of Design's transportation program (1990).<ref name=designersdirectory/> He has also been an instructor at Art Center for industrial design and illustration, as well as a guest lecturer at Stanford University.<ref name=designersdirectory/>

Prentice was motorcycle designer of the 2009 Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle,<ref name=IrishTimes2009/><ref name=Ash2009/><ref name=Autoweek2009/> Mission Motors' 2010 Mission R electric motorcycle,<ref name=Autoblog2010/> and the 2011 Triumph Speed Triple.<ref name=triplebrochure/> Prentice and his firm won the Red Dot and Core77 industrial design awards in 2011 (respectively) for the Mission R.<ref name=core77/><ref name=Mission2011/><ref name=SurfaceAsia2011/>

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<ref name=Motorcyclist2011>{{citation|title=1960s Norton Atlas 750 / The Bike That Changed My Life|date=April 2011|journal=Motorcyclist|url=http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/me_and_my_bike/122_1104_1960s_norton_atlas_750/|accessdate=2013-12-11}}</ref> <ref name=designersdirectory>{{citation|title=Member profile: Prentice, Timothy|publisher=Motorcycle Design Association |work=Designers directory|url=http://www.motorcycledesign.com/site/index.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=14&sobi2Id=38&Itemid=28|accessdate=2013-12-12}}</ref> <ref name=Autoblog2010>{{citation|title=Mission Motors reveals race-ready Mission R|date=December 17, 2010|journal=Autoblog|publisher=AOL|url=http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/17/mission-motors-reveals-race-ready-mission-r/|accessdate=2013-12-11}}</ref> <ref name=IrishTimes2009>{{citation|title=The best bikes and experiences of the year|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=December 16, 2009|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-21021149.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610083423/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-21021149.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 10, 2014|via= HighBeam }}</ref> <ref name=triplebrochure>{{citation|title=Speed Triple brochure|last=Taylor|first=Paul|publisher=Triumph/Platinum Communications|date=October 2010|page=6|url=http://www.platinumcommunication.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2011-Triumph-Speed-Triple.pdf}}</ref> <ref name=Ash2009>{{citation| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motorbikes/5357085/Triumph-Thunderbird-review.html | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090524200708/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motorbikes/5357085/Triumph-Thunderbird-review.html | url-status= dead | archive-date= 24 May 2009 | title= Triumph Thunderbird review | last= Ash | first= Kevin |authorlink=Kevin Ash | publisher= Daily Telegraph | date= 22 May 2009 | accessdate=2013-12-11}}</ref> <ref name=Autoweek2009>{{citation|title=2-wheel lowdown|last=Winfield|first=Barry|journal=Autoweek|page=40|volume=59|number=20|date=October 2009}}</ref> <ref name=core77>{{citation|title=Core77 Design Awards – 2011 Recipients|publisher=Core77|url=http://www.core77designawards.com/2011/recipients/|accessdate=2013-12-11}}</ref> <ref name=Mission2011>{{citation|title=Mission R wins Core77 Design Award; Tim Prentice Describes the Industrial Design|author=David Salguero|date=September 1, 2011|publisher=Mission Motors|url=http://ridemission.com/mission-r-wins-core77-design-award-tim-prentice-describes-the-industrial-design/|accessdate=2013-12-11|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308213125/http://ridemission.com/mission-r-wins-core77-design-award-tim-prentice-describes-the-industrial-design/|archivedate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> <ref name=SurfaceAsia2011>{{citation|title=Red Dot awards 2011 – Category: Mobility|date=November 25, 2011|journal=Surface Asia Magazine|url=http://surfaceasiamag.com/read-news-2-0-465-red-dot-awards-2011-category--mobility.surfaceasia.magz}}<!--retrieved 2013-12-11 from Google cache--></ref>

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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.motoniumdesign.com/|Motonium Inc.}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prentice, Tim}} Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:American motorcycle designers Category:California State University, Chico, alumni Category:ArtCenter College of Design alumni Category:ArtCenter College of Design faculty