David Phillips Foulkes-Taylor was born in 1929. He was designer, art connoisseur and entrepreneur, working from a studio (after 1957) in Crawley, WA. He was a member of the Weld Club, The Art Gallery Board, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, the Fabian Society and the Labor Party. In 1960, he established the Triangle Gallery. His furniture designs were manufactured by Charles and Roy Catt.