Donald Shaw

Also known as Donald J. Shaw, Don Shaw
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Shaw was an interior designer and founder of the Colour Studio, Taubman's Colour Service (1952). The colour studio, located in Asbestos House, 65 York St, Sydney, included a "consultation studio of Applied Chromatics". A graduate of the East Sydney Technical College, he worked with Arthur Sanderson, London and was an original member of the Society of Interior Designers of Australia.

Citations

  • “Colour Influence on Health and Happiness.” (est.Colour Studio) The Land, 7 March 1952, p.28

  • “Hotel to be showplace.” (Newport Hotel), Sydney Morning Herald, 9 October, 1953, p.7

  • “Trainees design new film theatre.” (Sydney Technical College) Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, Qld, 26 August 1947, p.3

  • “Gallery of Colour Today.” Building, Lighting, Engineering, 26 April 1955, pp.33-39. Illustrations of Shaw’s interiors work for Taubmans