Hulme Chadwick (1910-1977) was an architect and industrial designer. He first studied at the Manchester School of Art followed by the Royal College of Art from 1931 to 1934. After the RCA he was an architectural assistant in Manchester and London until 1938 when he was appointed Chief Camouflage Officer to the Air Ministry; an appointment he held until 1944. Some of his ten dummy aircraft factories were so convincing they were heavily bombed during the war. He was also responsible for the concealment of radar stations. After the war he established his own practice. His commissions included aircraft interiors for BOAC and A.V. Roe, exhibition design for Shell Chemicals and the Festival of Britain, interior design for the Daily Mirror, the International Wool Secretariat and British Rail. He was particularly active in the field of industrial design where he was most famous for a range of gardening products for Wilkinson Sword. In 1974, he was made a Royal Designer for Industry.

Wilkinson Sword is a brand for razors and other personal care products sold in Europe, owned by Edgewell Personal Care. The company was founded as a manufacturer of guns made in Shotley Bridge in County Durham, by Henry Nock in London in 1772.

Besides guns, the company has also produced swords, bayonets and products such as typewriters, garden shears, scissors and motorcycles.[1] Gardening equipment is still made under the Wilkinson Sword name by E.P. Barrus under a licensing arrangement.[2] Wilkinson Sword has manufactured its products in three UK locations over the years: in London (Chelsea and Acton), Cramlington in Northumberland, and Bridgend in Wales, where it made gardening tools. The home and gardening tools division was sold to Fiskars in 1988. In 2000, the company closed its razor plant in the UK and consolidated production in Germany. In 2014, the company further moved most of its production to Czech Republic.