Charles Rothauser b.

  • Architect (Industrial / Product Designer)
Rothauser, an architecture-trained designer, working in injection-moulded plastics developed a range of toys, a disposable syringe c.1948. In 1956, he renamed his Adelaide factory Caroma developing a wide range of plastic bathroom accessories including the pioneering Caroma dual-flush toilet.
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Name
Charles Rothauser
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Architect (Industrial / Product Designer)
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industrial designer
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Birth place
Hungary
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  • Powerhouse Museum

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References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Caroma 'Utility' bathroom stool', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: "World-first dual-flush toilet developed in 1980 by Bruce Thompson, head of award-winning Adelaide Caroma design.">, <ExternalResource: Charles Rothauser, "Approach to Design of Plastic Articles", in Know your Plastics, Paper no.2, Plastics Institute of Australia, 1961, 7 pps.>] [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Caroma 'Utility' bathroom stool', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: "World-first dual-flush toilet developed in 1980 by Bruce Thompson, head of award-winning Adelaide Caroma design.">]