John Rodriquez b. 1929

  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Rodriquez is a textile designer and manufacturer with training at Melbourne Technical College (later RMIT). He studied industrial design and begun making greeting cards in 1952, later moving into textile printing with his wife Nan in the Melbourne suburb of Highett. From a base in Victoria, he began manufacturing in 1957, later expanding to two factories by 1972.
Tags: Industrial design, Textile design

Citations

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’95/137/1 Textile length, 'Florentine’, cotton, d. John Rodriquez, m. Rodriquez Fabrics, Melbourne, c. 1956-1960’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/142907

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’95/137/2 Textile length, 'Suma’, cotton, d. John Rodriquez, m. Rodriquez Fabrics, Melbourne, c. 1956-1960.’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/142908

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’95/137/3 Textile length, 'Yachts’, cotton, d. John Rodriquez, m. Rodriquez Fabrics, Melbourne, c. 1956-1960.’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/142909

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’95/137/4 Cards (6), greeting cards, paper, John Rodriquez, Melbourne, c. 1954-1960.’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/142910

  • anon (1 January 2012), 'John Rodriquez Textile Collection’.

  • Colin Barrie (1 January 1962), 'Design, Arts in Australia series’.

  • anon (1 January 1956), '“Industrial Design.”’.

  • “Success came in 3 years.” The Argus, 17 February 1955, page 24 (summary of career to date)

  • (1956), 'The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games’, Olympic Organising Committee , Melbourne, VIC.

  • Summary of practice given in Nanette Carter & Robyn Oswald-Jacobs. Frances Burke, Designer of Modern Textiles. Melbourne Univ. Press, 2021, 221 pages, illustrated, p.68

See also

Initial data sources

  • Powerhouse Museum