Conrad Rodd

Also known as Rodd Design, Danish Modern Furniture, Dansk Collection, Rodd & Philipp, Con Rothenberg
  • Designer (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
Conrad Rodd, a Berlin-born designer working as Rodd Design and other trade names was a furniture designer and maker in a sawn-timber style as well Scandinavian style in tea, using Australian blackwood, black bean, myrtle and other timbers. Finishes are often oil-based. [information provided by Geoffrey Clarke]
Tags: furniture maker, furniture designer

Citations

  • Rodd Design, advertisement, Architecture, Arts and the Modern Home, March, 1955, p.13

  • “Flight from Hitler ended at Melbourne designing board.” The Argus, 2 September 1954, p.31.

  • Rodd & Philipp, Melbourne advertisement, The Australian Home Beautiful, January 1955, p.87.

  • “New Furniture can change with seasons.: The Argus, 29 June 1955, p.11 (illust.)