Grant Featherston b. c.1922

  • Designer (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker),
  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Designer (Glass & metal Artist / Designer)
A pioneer of industrial design in Australia. Featherston helped to form the Society of Designers for Industry (now the Design Institute of Australia) in Melbourne in 1948.
Tags: Furniture, Lighting
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Name
Grant Featherston
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Designer (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Designer (Glass & metal Artist / Designer)
Other Occupation
  • Serviceman c.1939 - c.1945
Tags:
Furniture
Lighting
Birth date
c.1922
Birth place
Geelong, VIC
Death date
c.1995
Active Period
  • c.1947-
Residence
  • Melbourne, Vic.
Training
  • Unnamed course

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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.>]
Related people
  • Featherston, Mary (spouse of)
  • Boyd, Robin (Gerard Penleigh) (commissioned by)
  • Lane, Terence (associate of)
  • Featherston, Mary (spouse of)
  • Boyd, Robin (Gerard Penleigh) (commissioned by)
Related events
  • Featherston Chairs (exhibited at)