Showing posts with label 1950s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1950s. Show all posts
Monday, 16 February 2015

BlackBOX - Design and Innovation I Melbourne Australia

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David Warren designed the black box flight recorder while working at the Aeronautical Research Laboritories (ARL)in Melbourne in the 1950s. ...
Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Decor - Habana beaker set

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A modest but important addition to my collection of Victorian industrial design arrived in the post today. Decor have manufactured million...
Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Be Seated - Mid Century furniture

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The Danish Deluxe Inga arm chair was manufactured in Victoria in the 1960s. Danish Deluxe was a major Victorian furniture manufacturer from ...
Sunday, 26 August 2012

Kjell Grant - Dave Brubeck Timeout Album

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The cover of Dave Brubeck 's classic album Time Out features a painting by industrial designer and Melbourne Movement President Kjell Gr...
Monday, 28 November 2011

Clement Meadmore - Stool

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RMIT University industrial design alumnus Clement Meadmore designed this simple stool in the 1950s in Melbourne. Sold under the brand MEADMO...

Grant Featherston - Mitzi chair

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The Mitzi chair designed for Aristoc Industries by Grant Featherston in 1957 featured in the Exhibition 175 years of Design in Victoria . ...
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Sunday, 13 November 2011

Duperite - Dad's Day 1953

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The local Church Fete provided a jewel for my collection of Victorian designed products in the form of a set of carpet bias bowls. Piled am...
Friday, 4 November 2011

Grant Featherston - Contour two seater

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The Boyd House II at 290 Walsh Street South Yarra is home to this classic Grant Featherston contour two seater. Iconic Grant Feathe...
Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Pioneer - Joyce Coffey

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Joyce Coffey was a pioneer in industrial design in Victoria. Joyce studied mechanical drafting at Melbourne Technical College (RMIT Univers...
Thursday, 7 July 2011

Willow - Prints

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Willow Ware tins celebrated the Melbourne Olympics in 1956 and through our history have reflected the style and design of life in Victoria. ...
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Saturday, 11 June 2011

Habana - Decor number one

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The Habana beaker set is the first product designed and manufactured by Australian plastics industry pioneer Brian Davis. Designed in the la...
Sunday, 22 May 2011

Nylex Clock - History

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The Nylex Clock is a Melbourne icon. Why is it there? Beginning as Moulded Products in North Melbourne the business established by John De...
Friday, 20 May 2011

Kjell Grant - Raymond Lowey office

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A recent chat with Kjell Grant about his early career took us on a journey back to 1955, but with modern tools, not to the time, but the pla...
Sunday, 8 May 2011

Clement Meadmore - Telephone Table

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Clement Meadmore was one of the first individuals to study industrial design in Victoria. Early work in furniture branded "Meadmore Ori...