Joy de Gruchy b. 1922

  • Designer
De Gruchy established a design studio "Craftsman's Market", Toowong, QLD in 1962 offering design goods such as Marimekko & Danish-inspired furniture. Her husband, Graham de Gruchy also designed furniture for the shop. In the 1970s, she began supplying interior design services, later serving on the Crafts Board of the Australia Council. She and her husband established the Darnell-de Gruchy Art Prize, University of Queensland.
Tags: interior design consultant, furniture importer, design retailer

Citations

  • anon (25 January 2011), 'Joy de Gruchy (1922-2011)’.

  • Exhibitor in the Society for Interior Designers of Australia exhibition “25 Years of Design”. Work illustrated in catalogue, 1973, unpaginated. (illustrated)

  • Joy de Gruchy. “INTERIOR DESIGN – ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION AND TO THE PUBLIC.” Address to the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Queensland Chapter, October 1968.

  • Rayne de Gruchy, Career resume: “JOY DE GRUCHY AND CRAFTSMAN’S MARKET 1963-1988 AN ICONIC BRISBANE BUSINESS FOR 25 YEARS.” n.d., unpublished.