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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Citations

  • anon. Biographical summary (1956), 'Arts Festival (“industrial design” section)’, Australia.

  • 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.’.

  • Derek Wrigley (1 January 2012), 'Enviro Friendley World’.

    http://www.enviro-friendly.com/derek-wrigley.shtml

  • 'Furniture Designs’.Identifies and illustrates Aristoc furniture designed by Wrigley. Architecture Today, November 1964, p.25

  • Derek Wrigley profile and portrait. Architecture and Arts and the Modern Home, February 1955

  • Peter Stewart. “Interview with Derek Wrigley – architect and solar energy activist.” February 2012

    http://www.anu.edu.au/emeritus/ohp/interviews/derek_wrigley.html

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  • Architect (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Architect (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)