Grant Featherston b. c.1922

Also known as Featherston Contract Furniture , Featherston Contract Interiors (FCI)
  • Designer (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker),
  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Designer (Glass & metal Artist / Designer)
Featherston was an Industrial design and design industry leader. Recognised for his furniture and exhibition work in partnership with Mary Featherston, he helped to form the Society of Designers for Industry (now the Design Institute of Australia) in Melbourne in 1948.
Tags: Furniture, Lighting, interior design, photographer
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spouse of
Mary Featherston
1943
Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
commissioned by
Robin (Gerard Penleigh) Boyd
1919
Architect
Boyd commissioned Featherson to create the Talking Chair for the Australian Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal.
associate of
Terence Lane
Curator
employee of
Max Hutchinson
1925
Curator (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
associate of
Frances Burke
1922
Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
associate of
David Davenport
1922
Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Industrial Design Council of Australia Federal Vice-President, Victoria
associate of
Beryl Guertner
1922
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  • Furniture
  • Lighting
  • interior design
  • photographer
  • Furniture
  • Lighting
References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '89/539 Chair, R152 Contour Chair, plywood / fibre horsehair / wadding / rubber / hardwood / calf skin, designed by Grant Featherston, Melbourne, c. 1951', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Featherston, G in John Button (ed) (1968), ''Product Design'. Look Here. Considering the Australian Environment.'.>, <ExternalResource: Lane, Terence (1988), 'Featherston Chairs', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '89/539 Chair, R152 Contour Chair, plywood / fibre horsehair / wadding / rubber / hardwood / calf skin, designed by Grant Featherston, Melbourne, c. 1951', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '86/1308 Chair, "Expo Sound", polystyrene foam / polyurethane foam / Dunlopillo foam rubber / Pirelli webbing / fibreglass / hardwood / wool / sound equipment, designed by Grant and Mary Featherston, Melbourne, 1966, made by Aristoc Industries Pty Ltd, Mel', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'A10980 Chair, 'Poli', fibreglass reinforced polyester, designed by Grant and Mary Featherston, Victoria, made by Polyfibre Products, Hawthorn, Victoria for Module Furniture Co, Melbourne, Australia, 1971', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Stem' dining setting by Grant and Mary Featherston', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Mark I Sound Chair designed by Grant and Mary Featherston', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Kirsty Grant, et al. Mid-Century Modern. Australian Furniture Design. Natl Gallery of Victoria, 2014.>, <ExternalResource: Denise Whitehouse. "Design for Life. Grant and Mary Featherstone." Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2018 [Exhibition catalogue, 181 pps]>] [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '89/539 Chair, R152 Contour Chair, plywood / fibre horsehair / wadding / rubber / hardwood / calf skin, designed by Grant Featherston, Melbourne, c. 1951', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Featherston, G in John Button (ed) (1968), ''Product Design'. Look Here. Considering the Australian Environment.'.>, <ExternalResource: Lane, Terence (1988), 'Featherston Chairs', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '89/539 Chair, R152 Contour Chair, plywood / fibre horsehair / wadding / rubber / hardwood / calf skin, designed by Grant Featherston, Melbourne, c. 1951', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '86/1308 Chair, "Expo Sound", polystyrene foam / polyurethane foam / Dunlopillo foam rubber / Pirelli webbing / fibreglass / hardwood / wool / sound equipment, designed by Grant and Mary Featherston, Melbourne, 1966, made by Aristoc Industries Pty Ltd, Mel', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'A10980 Chair, 'Poli', fibreglass reinforced polyester, designed by Grant and Mary Featherston, Victoria, made by Polyfibre Products, Hawthorn, Victoria for Module Furniture Co, Melbourne, Australia, 1971', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Stem' dining setting by Grant and Mary Featherston', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Mark I Sound Chair designed by Grant and Mary Featherston', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Kirsty Grant, et al. Mid-Century Modern. Australian Furniture Design. Natl Gallery of Victoria, 2014.>]
Related collections
  • National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • RMIT Design Archives (collected in)