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 and undertook commercial interior design and display work in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and internationally. He was also active in the graphic arts.
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creator of
Esquire Coffee Shop
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Kral designed the Esquire Coffee Shop, Garema Place, Canberra ACT. The interior included a sculpture by Clement Meadmore.

Note: Esquire Coffee Shop
 
creator of
Design of La Caprice Café - Collins Street, Melbourne, c1956.
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Kral is credited with the design of La Caprice Café – Collins Street, Melbourne, c1956. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp, negative number “2307D”, titled and annotated “George Kral” in pencil by Sievers and numeric annotations in pencil in various hands verso, 19.4 × 24.6cm. Minor stain and crease to lower left corner of image.
Stamp includes “Wolfgang Sievers Photographer, 9 Collins St, Melbourne.”

Note: see image at http://www.joseflebovicgallery.com/catalogue/cl_131_2008/pages/pg04.html
 

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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: "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>]