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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Citations

  • 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.

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  • Featherston, G in John Button (ed) (1968), ''Product Design’. Look Here. Considering the Australian Environment.’.

  • Lane, Terence (1988), 'Featherston Chairs’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.

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  • 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 (creator of)
  • 'Stem' dining setting by Grant and Mary Featherston (creator of)
  • Talking Chair (creator of)
  • Contour Chairs (creator of)
  • Relaxation Range (creator of)