Canberra Furniture Manufacturers, ACT

  • Maker (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
A group of European-trained furniture designers and makers based in the Canberra suburb of Fyshwick, ACT. It included Alfons Stuetz, Oswald Paseka, Hans Pillig and others. The group executed many of the designs developed by Fred Ward and the ANU Design Unit. They were also known colloquially as "Jennings Germans", a group of Europeans recruited for the A.V. Jennings corporation's building programme.

Citations

  • Derek Wrigley. Fred Ward. Australian Pioneer Designer. Publ. Derek Wrigley, ACT, 2013.