George Kral b. 1 January 1929

  • Designer
Kral was a designer initially active in Melbourne where he was a founder member of the Gallery A commercial design team. He carried out exhibition work for the Commonwealth Department of Trade (Tokyo 1961) and undertook commercial interior design and display work in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and internationally. He was also active in the graphic arts. Active member of AIDIA, ACIAA.
Tags: Australian Commercial and Industrial Artists Association (ACIAA), Industrial Design Institute of Australia (IDIA)
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Name
George Kral (Also known as Jiri Vaclav Kral)
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Designer
Other Occupation
  • window dresser, John Browning, Opticians (ANZSIC code: 6924) c.1952 - Melbourne, Victoria
Tags:
Australian Commercial and Industrial Artists Association (ACIAA)
Industrial Design Institute of Australia (IDIA)
Birth date
1 January 1929
Birth place
Prague, Czech Republic
Death date
1 January 1978
Arrival
  • 1951

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References [<ExternalResource: "AGDA Salutes George Kral" career summary>, <ExternalResource: "Three Coffee Lounges." Profile of Caprice, Melbourne, Architecture and Arts, December, 1957, p.43>, <ExternalResource: Harriet Edquist. "George Kral Graphic designer and interior designer." RMIT Design Archives Journal, 3:2, 2013, pp.13-21>, <ExternalResource: "Dining Room for Dame Zara Holt." (designed by George Kral), Architecture Today, August 1968, p.33, illus.>, <ExternalResource: Harriet Edquist, "George Kral and Bernard Joyce's Australian Trade Pavilion in Japan...". RMIT Design Archives Journal, 12:2, 2022, p.8-23.>] [<ExternalResource: "AGDA Salutes George Kral" career summary>, <ExternalResource: "Three Coffee Lounges." Profile of Caprice, Melbourne, Architecture and Arts, December, 1957, p.43>, <ExternalResource: Harriet Edquist. "George Kral Graphic designer and interior designer." RMIT Design Archives Journal, 3:2, 2013, pp.13-21>, <ExternalResource: "Dining Room for Dame Zara Holt." (designed by George Kral), Architecture Today, August 1968, p.33, illus.>]