Bruce Anderson b. 1926

  • Designer
Anderson is described as a University of Melbourne graduate active in design. He worked with the Council of Industrial Design, London and was active in the design work for the Festival of Britain. He later became a principal of Andersons Ltd, a Chapel Street, Prahran retailer specialising in modern furnishings beginning in the mid-1950s.

Citations

  • Advertisement. “Furniture Manager.” Apply Bruce Anderson, 332 Chapel St, Prahran, The Argus, 9 October 1954, p.29

  • anon. Biographical summary (1956), 'Arts Festival (“industrial design” section)’, Australia.

  • Kirsty Grant, et al. Mid-Century Modern. Australian Furniture Design. Natl Gallery of Victoria, 2014, p.18

  • Robert Bell, Nordic Wave, a Study of the Reception and Influence of Scandinavian Design In Australia, ANU PhD thesis, 2007 (summary)