Fred (Frederick C.) Ward b. 26 July 1900

  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
Ward was a designer who studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne and began a design career in the 1920s, later working for Myer Emporium. He was the design consultant to the Australian National University, Canberra working with architect Brian Lewis and Derek Wrigley. In the 1960s he was a Commonwealth design consultant. Ward was also a key figure in the establishment of what became the Design Institute of Australia.
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Canberra Furniture Manufacturers, ACT
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Related collections
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • RMIT Design Archives (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • RMIT Design Archives (collected in)