Clement Meadmore b. 9 February 1929

  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Well known as a sculptor, Meadmore began his career as a designer. His furniture was sold at Marion Hall Best’s showrooms and his lighting design shown at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics Arts Festival alongside the work of designers such as Grant Featherston. Meadmore ran Max Hutchinson's Gallery A, Melbourne, in the late 1950s. In 1963 he moved to New York, where he concentrated primarily on his work as a sculptor.
  • received
    Balustrade for the Town House Hotel, Canberra, ACT
    Dates
    1960
    Recognition type
    Commission
  • received
    Legend Espresso and Milk Bar Commission
    Dates
    1956
    Recognition type
    Commission
    Description

    Ion Nicolades commissioned Meadmore to design a new interior for the egend Espresso and Milk Bar. Meadmore invited Leonard French to paint seven panels for the Milk Bar on the theme of the Legend of Sinbad.

  • received
    Good Design Award
    Dates
    1953
    Recognition type
    Award
    Description

    In 1952, the SIDA announced the “Good Design” label. The Sydney Morning Herald reported “The Society proposed to select each month some Australian-made article of furnishing of which the committee approves and hopes by use of the label to stimulate manufacturers to good work and consumers to appreciate good when it is seen.”