George Kral b. 1 January 1929

  • Designer
Kral was a designer initially active in Melbourne where he was a founder member of the Gallery A commercial design team. He carried out exhibition work for the Commonwealth Department of Trade (Tokyo 1961) and undertook commercial interior design and display work in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and internationally. He was also active in the graphic arts. Active member of AIDIA, ACIAA.
Tags: Australian Commercial and Industrial Artists Association (ACIAA), Industrial Design Institute of Australia (IDIA)
creator of
Esquire Coffee Shop
Date

Kral designed the Esquire Coffee Shop, Garema Place, Canberra ACT. The interior included a sculpture by Clement Meadmore.

Note: Esquire Coffee Shop
 
creator of
Design of La Caprice Café - Collins Street, Melbourne, c1956.
Date

Kral is credited with the design of La Caprice Café – Collins Street, Melbourne, c1956. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp, negative number “2307D”, titled and annotated “George Kral” in pencil by Sievers and numeric annotations in pencil in various hands verso, 19.4 × 24.6cm. Minor stain and crease to lower left corner of image.
Stamp includes “Wolfgang Sievers Photographer, 9 Collins St, Melbourne.”

Note: see image at http://www.joseflebovicgallery.com/catalogue/cl_131_2008/pages/pg04.html