Clement Meadmore b. 9 February 1929

  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Well known as a sculptor, Meadmore began his career as a designer. His furniture was sold at Marion Hall Best’s showrooms and his lighting design shown at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics Arts Festival alongside the work of designers such as Grant Featherston. Meadmore ran Max Hutchinson's Gallery A, Melbourne, in the late 1950s. In 1963 he moved to New York, where he concentrated primarily on his work as a sculptor.
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  • received
    Balustrade for the Town House Hotel, Canberra, ACT
    Dates
    1960
    Recognition type
    Commission
  • received
    Legend Espresso and Milk Bar Commission
    Dates
    1956
    Recognition type
    Commission
    Description

    Ion Nicolades commissioned Meadmore to design a new interior for the egend Espresso and Milk Bar. Meadmore invited Leonard French to paint seven panels for the Milk Bar on the theme of the Legend of Sinbad.

  • received
    Good Design Award
    Dates
    1953
    Recognition type
    Award
    Description

    In 1952, the SIDA announced the “Good Design” label. The Sydney Morning Herald reported “The Society proposed to select each month some Australian-made article of furnishing of which the committee approves and hopes by use of the label to stimulate manufacturers to good work and consumers to appreciate good when it is seen.”

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References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '91/1326 Chair, 'Michael Hirst' Chair, plastic-coated steel, designed by Clement Meadmore (1959), made by Michael Hirst Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1959-1965', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1984), 'Some Other Dream. The Artist, the Art World and the Expatriate.', Hale & Iremonger.>, <ExternalResource: (1952), 'Architecture and Art'.>, <ExternalResource: (July 1953), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (April 1954), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (June 1954), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (June 1955), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (September 1955), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (1956), 'The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games', Olympic Organising Committee , Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: (1997), 'information supplied by Michael Hirst'.>, <ExternalResource: Chamberlain, Sheila (September 1994), '"The History of the Legend of Sindad Mural."', The Melburnian, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Grishin, Sasha (1995), 'Leonard French', Craftsman House.>, <ExternalResource: De Groen, Geoffrey (1984), '"Max Hutchinson." Some Other Dream.', Hale & Iremonger.>, <ExternalResource: (25 August 1959), 'Boyd Turner & Clement Meadmore.'', Gallery A, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: (1 January 1961), 'Advertisement appearing in "The Bauhaus. Aspects and Influence."', Gallery A, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Meadmore, Clement (1974), 'The Modern Chair', Van Nostrand Reinhold.>, <ExternalResource: (January 1954), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (September 1955), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '91/1326 Chair, 'Michael Hirst' Chair, plastic-coated steel, designed by Clement Meadmore (1959), made by Michael Hirst Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1959-1965', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '91/1326 Chair, 'Michael Hirst' Chair, plastic-coated steel, designed by Clement Meadmore (1959), made by Michael Hirst Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1959-1965', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1984), 'Some Other Dream. The Artist, the Art World and the Expatriate.', Hale & Iremonger.>, <ExternalResource: (1952), 'Architecture and Art'.>, <ExternalResource: (July 1953), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (April 1954), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (June 1954), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (June 1955), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (September 1955), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (1956), 'The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games', Olympic Organising Committee , Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: (1997), 'information supplied by Michael Hirst'.>, <ExternalResource: Chamberlain, Sheila (September 1994), '"The History of the Legend of Sindad Mural."', The Melburnian, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Grishin, Sasha (1995), 'Leonard French', Craftsman House.>, <ExternalResource: De Groen, Geoffrey (1984), '"Max Hutchinson." Some Other Dream.', Hale & Iremonger.>, <ExternalResource: (25 August 1959), 'Boyd Turner & Clement Meadmore.'', Gallery A, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: (1 January 1961), 'Advertisement appearing in "The Bauhaus. Aspects and Influence."', Gallery A, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Meadmore, Clement (1974), 'The Modern Chair', Van Nostrand Reinhold.>, <ExternalResource: (January 1954), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (September 1955), 'Architecture and Arts'.>]
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