Barry Hudson b. 1 January 1935

  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
Hudson studied Mechanical Engineering at the Melbourne Technical College (MTC), later joining the industrial design practice Rosenfeldt, Gherardin and Associates. He established Barry Hudson Industrial Design by the 1980s and began a teaching career at the former MTC, now known as RMIT.

From NGV catalogue by Anne Carew.
https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5a656cf290751a1ab4c1d4ff

The GE12 Electric Kettle was designed by Barry Hudson for General Electric and in 1978won the Australian Design and the Prince Philip Prize awards for Australian Design. The kettle was innovative in many ways; it was an early example of an all plastic electric kettle with a single-handed opening-spout. According to design historian Ian Wong ‘The use of an integral hinge for the spout opening mechanism utilised the unique live hinge property of polypropylene, now common but at the time a novel use and very efficient to manufacture.’

Barry Hudson (1935-2008) studied Mechanical Engineering at the Melbourne Technical College (MTC). In the 1970s he was Research and Development Manager at General Electric, and he also worked with the industrial design practice Rosenfeldt, Gherardin and Associates. He established Barry Hudson Industrial Design in the 1980s and began a teaching career at the former MTC, now known as RMIT University.

Ann Carew, 2020

Writers:

Michael Bogle
Date written:
2021
Last updated:
2021