Derek Wrigley b. 1924

  • Architect (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Wrigley practiced architecture in the UK and Australia. Formerly employed as a lecturer Manchester College of Art, UK, lecturer at NSW University of Technology (now UNSW). He had several domestic architecture commissions in NSW. As an exhibition and furniture designer, he designed the UNIVER chair and settee for Aristoc. He was an original member of the Australian National University's Design Unit initiated by Fred Ward.
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Name
Derek Wrigley
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Architect (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Other Occupation
  • architect (ANZSIC code: 6921) 1945 -
Birth date
1924
Birth place
United Kingdom
Arrival
  • 1947
Training
  • architecture course, Manchester Regional College of Art, 1940 - 1945 Manchester, England, UK

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References [<ExternalResource: anon. Biographical summary (1956), 'Arts Festival ("industrial design" section)', Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Derek Wrigley (1 January 1958), 'Represented in Design in Australian industry : papers presented at the Symposium, held at the University of N.S.W., 2nd-3rd December, 1958.'.>, <ExternalResource: Derek Wrigley (1 January 2012), 'Enviro Friendley World'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Furniture Designs'.Identifies and illustrates Aristoc furniture designed by Wrigley. Architecture Today, November 1964, p.25 >, <ExternalResource: Derek Wrigley profile and portrait. Architecture and Arts and the Modern Home, February 1955>, <ExternalResource: Peter Stewart. "Interview with Derek Wrigley – architect and solar energy activist." February 2012>, <ExternalResource: Obituary in Tone on Tuesday: The four lives of Derek Wrigley "Formidable designer Derek Wrigley, passed away last month, aged 97. You can find his obituary on the ArchitectureAU website and the DIA’s (Design Institute of Australia) website. I knew and worked with Derek for some years in Canberra and I think his design interests were so broad and deep that his exploits could have filled four lives.">] [<ExternalResource: anon. Biographical summary (1956), 'Arts Festival ("industrial design" section)', Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Derek Wrigley (1 January 1958), 'Represented in Design in Australian industry : papers presented at the Symposium, held at the University of N.S.W., 2nd-3rd December, 1958.'.>, <ExternalResource: Derek Wrigley (1 January 2012), 'Enviro Friendley World'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Furniture Designs'.Identifies and illustrates Aristoc furniture designed by Wrigley. Architecture Today, November 1964, p.25 >, <ExternalResource: Derek Wrigley profile and portrait. Architecture and Arts and the Modern Home, February 1955>, <ExternalResource: Peter Stewart. "Interview with Derek Wrigley – architect and solar energy activist." February 2012>]