Australian Furniture Designers 1930-2000

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Segaert, Elsie
Segaert was the founder of Artes Studios in 1945. It formally opened at her Darling Point flat on 21 November 1945 with George Korody in ...
Updated Nov. 18, 2017
Gerstl, Josef , b. 1871
Upholsterer, retailer who ran three furniture stores in Vienna's 7th district. Son Michael worked with him at Mobel Haus Josef Gerstl as a furniture designer ...
Updated Nov. 18, 2017
Gerstl, Michael, b. 1908
Michael Gerstl was a Viennese designer who emigrated to Australia in 1947 to set up Gerstl, a cabinetmaking business with many European immigrant clients. Commissions ...
Updated Nov. 18, 2017
Gerstl, Heinz , b. 1937
Fourth generation Viennese cabinetmaker. Worked with his father at the family furniture factory from a young age, joining full time aged 17. Active role in ...
Updated Nov. 18, 2017
Hayson Furniture Manufacturing Company
Hayson Furniture operated with workshops in South Melbourne, Carlton and West Footscray before 1949. Sold through travelling representatives in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. They began ...
Updated Oct. 12, 2017
Hayton, Cliff
Cliff Hayton was one of the principals of Hayson Furniture Manufacturing Company (others un-named) with workshops in South Melbourne, Carlton and West Footscray operating before ...
Updated Oct. 12, 2017
William Bedford Ltd
William Bedford Ltd was a furniture designer and maker, 490 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. The firm specialised in chromed steel furniture, advertising in 1938. The ...
Updated Oct. 4, 2017
G.I. Woodhouse Pty Ltd
G. I Woodhouse has been identified as a furniture designer and manufacturer active in Victoria with a factory and showrooms in Ascot Vale, Melbourne.
Updated Sept. 11, 2017
Design Centre (Sydney)
A design studio founded by R. Haughton James (("Jimmy") and Geoffrey and Dahl Collings, 1939. Their work includes a bakelite cabinet radio by A.W.A.
Updated Sept. 11, 2017
Ramler
Ramler is a Victoria-based furniture design and manufacturing company founded by Harry Ramler, an emigre born in Poland and arriving in Australia in 1949. His ...
Updated Sept. 6, 2017
Wallis, Raymond
Raymond Wallis is identified as a painter and the producer of steel-framed furniture in the 1950s, notably the W-WP100 lounge chair, ca.1958.
Updated Sept. 6, 2017
Harvey Lucas, Ruth, b. 1926
(Mary) Ruth Harvey was an architect who worked during the 1950s in London with Frederick Gibberd, then in Helsinki, and later with Tony Moore and ...
Updated Sept. 4, 2017
Grant, Kjell, b. 1927
Grant was an industrial designer with studies at the Royal College of Art, London, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. He designed work for Expo '67 ...
Updated Aug. 7, 2017
T.H. Brown
T.H. (Thomas Howard) Brown is an Adelaide furniture maker founded in 1911. The firm is now known as Workspace Commercial Furniture. Their residential furniture was ...
Updated Aug. 6, 2017
Millington, H.C. , b. 1898
Millington is a commercial furniture designer active in the middle decades of the 20th century. In 1928, he had showrooms at 229 Liverpool Street, Hobart, ...
Updated Aug. 6, 2017
Arkley, Howard, b. 1951
Painter, photographer and sculptor who studied in Melbourne. Using the airbrush as his principal tool, Arkley was heavily influenced by punk culture, suburbia and domesticity. ...
Updated Aug. 4, 2017
Catt, Charles
Catt was a principal of the furniture manufacturing firm Charles Catt &​ Son furniture designers and manufacturers, 20 Gympie Way, Willetton.
Updated July 30, 2017
Natale, Greg, b. 1974
Natale is an interior designer and principal of Greg Natale Design. After studies at the Design Centre Enmore, Sydney College of the Arts and Sydney ...
Updated July 9, 2017
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Andrews, Gordon Arthur, b. 1914
Gordon Andrews was one of Australia's prominent mid-20th century multi-disciplinary designers. While best known for designing Australia's first decimal currency notes (1966), his international career ...
Updated July 8, 2017
Devling, K.R.
K.R. Devling is described as the designer of a cantilevered steel tubing chair (in the Breuer Cesca style), manufactured by Tubesteel Equipment, 14 St Francis ...
Updated June 28, 2017
King, Phillip Parker, b. 1791
Phillip Parker King,an explorer, surveyor and sketcher, was commander of an expedition to explore the coast of New Holland. His journals, sketches and charts appeared ...
Updated June 8, 2017
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Murcutt, Glenn Marcus
Glenn Murcutt (1936–) was one of Australia's most internationally notable architects from 1975 to 2000. He is best known known for leading 'the Australian modern ...
Updated June 8, 2017
Peddle, James, b. 1862
Peddle was one of the principals of the firm later known as Peddle Thorp and Walker (PTW). His early work in Australia was in interior ...
Updated May 24, 2017
Robinson, J.S.
J. S. Robinson is identified as a furniture designer, maker and joinery specialist in 1936. The firm was working from 60 Burwood Road, Belmore and ...
Updated April 24, 2017
Quirk, Philip, b. 1948
Updated April 18, 2017