John Andersson attended the Academy of Fine Art In Copenhagen under renowned Professor Kaare Klint. In a detailed eight year course from 1950 to 1958, he qualified as a furniture designer, cabinet maker, and chair maker from A. I. Iversen, and from the Academy of Arts and Crafts as a qualified Interior and Product designer with the Silver Medal.
In Copenhagen he worked in the design practice of the great Finn Juhl, where he designed projects including the Danish Embassy in Washington; the exhibition of 'Arts of Denmark’ in New York and Chicago; the Church of David in Copenhagen; the offices for SAS Airlines in Paris, Nice Berlin and Copenhagen and on interiors of two DC7 aircraft interiors for SAS.
He came to Australia in May 1962 to head the Interior Design Unit for architects Peddle Thorpe and Walker. In 1965 he established his own practice and during his life worked on around 105 projects in Australia and overseas,
involving interior design, furniture design, textile and product design.
His hotel clients included Noahs Hotels, Surfrider Motelf Dee Why, Crest Hotel and Hyatt Kingsgate Hotel Sydney, Georgian House, Town House Hotel and Collins Place Hotel, Melbourne
The list of business clients is a long one and some of which include –
Dalgety Australia offices
Constable and Bain city office
North Sydney Club interiors
CCH Australia NZ and UK furniture, textiles and interiors Tooheys offices
Tabma interiors
CSR graphic design
Manly Waringah and Wollongong Club interiors
Seabridge Australia new office
Nedlloyd office interior
HBS Canberra Exhibition Home lighting layout, furniture details, kitchen details.
John had many private clients for whom he designed their houses, furniture, interiors and products.
He taught design at the East Sydney Technical College from 1963 and in the 1990s was an examiner at the Sydney School of Arts.
- Writers:
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Michael Bogle
Copenhagen
- Date written:
- 2012
- Last updated:
- 2019
