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.

    http://from.ph/97939

  • 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.

  • 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.

    http://from.ph/97939

  • 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.

    http://from.ph/55635

  • 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.

    http://from.ph/172286

  • Powerhouse Museum, ''Stem’ dining setting by Grant and Mary Featherston’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/345955

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Mark I Sound Chair designed by Grant and Mary Featherston’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/379571

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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)
  • 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 (creator of)
  • 'Stem' dining setting by Grant and Mary Featherston (creator of)
  • Talking Chair (creator of)
  • Mark I Sound Chair designed by Grant and Mary Featherston (creator of)
  • Contour Chairs (creator of)
  • 89/539 Chair, R152 Contour Chair, plywood / fibre horsehair / wadding / rubber / hardwood / calf skin, designed by Grant Featherston, Melbourne, c. 1951 (creator of)
  • Relaxation Range (creator of)
  • 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)
  • 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 (creator of)
  • 'Stem' dining setting by Grant and Mary Featherston (creator of)
  • Talking Chair (creator of)
  • Mark I Sound Chair designed by Grant and Mary Featherston (creator of)
  • Contour Chairs (creator of)
  • Relaxation Range (creator of)