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Acton, Prue, b. 1943

Prue Acton is a women’s wear designer. She trained at RMIT beginning in 1958. She established a Melbourne showroom in 1963 later moving to the ...

Updated Aug. 9, 2022

Kngwarreye, Emily Kame, b. 1910

One of the best known desert artists and a senior woman in Utopia (NT), Kngwarreye's work is distinctive for its expressive abstract style. The recipient ...

Updated Aug. 5, 2022

Sawyer, Ralph

Sawyer was a graphic artist and according to the MAAS records was "working as a waterside worker (wharfie) and trade union representative for the Waterside ...

Updated July 10, 2022

Connell, Chris

Chris Connell is one of the principals of the Melbourne design studio Chris Connell Design and the co-founder of MAP International Furniture (MAP: Merchants of ...

Updated May 12, 2022

Henry Ripijingimpi, Nancy, b. 1933

Updated April 17, 2022

Lord, Margaret, b. 1908

Lord was an interior designer, journalist, colour consultant and author. She was an energetic promoter of Australian design and designers through her writings and other ...

Updated April 15, 2022

Rothauser, Charles, b.

Rothauser, an architecture-trained designer, working in injection-moulded plastics developed a range of toys, a disposable syringe c.1948. In 1956, he renamed his Adelaide factory Caroma ...

Updated March 31, 2022

Thompson, Bruce

Thompson is an industrial designer working for Caroma, a plastics manufacturer with a range of products and accessories for bathrooms. Thompson's team at Caroma is ...

Updated March 28, 2022

Bird, Lyndsay Mpetyane, b. 1935

Anmatyerre artist and resident of Akaye Soakage on Utopia Station, NT, who began painting in 1987. His work displays a wide variety of techniques and ...

Updated March 28, 2022

Englund, Ivan, b. 1915

Ivan Englund was one of the founders of the Potters' Society of New South Wales in 1956. He taught at the Wollongong and East Sydney ...

Updated March 23, 2022

Edgoose, Mark, b. 1960

Updated March 22, 2022

Cohn, Susan, b. 1952

Cohn is a designer working in metals, jewellery and the graphic arts. She initially trained at RMIT and has continued her studies at other institutions. ...

Updated March 8, 2022