Lester Bunbury

  • Designer
Bunbury was active in the mid-20th century. In the late 1940s, he was described as a furniture designer and lectured on industrial design. He worked with Fred Ward for the Myer Emporium in-house studio, was the interior designer for the Atomic Age exhibition, Sydney (1947) and the chief designer of the Australian Fashion Fair, Melbourne Exhibition Bldg (1950). A founder member of the Society of Designers for Industry on 1948.
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Citations

  • “Industrial Design.” The Argus, 26 August 1947. (Bunbury lecture)

  • “FASHION FAIR IN MELBOURNE NEXT YEAR .” The Mercury, Hobart, 25 May 1949. (Bunbury appointed exhibition designer)

  • “The Herald Atomic Age and Industrial Exhibition.” January-February 1948 (catalogue of exhibition), see also Sydney and Brisbane exhibitions.

  • Kirsty Grant, et al. Mid-Century Modern. Australian Furniture Design. Natl Gallery of Victoria, 2014.

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