In 1940, the Design and Industries Association (DIA), was announced in Sydney. Its earliest members included Sydney Ure Smith (President), R. Haughton James (Secretary), Russell ...
Women’s Industrial Arts Society (WIAS), one of the earliest groups organised around the concept of industrial and graphic design. The WIAS was formed in 1935 ...
The first professional design organisation begins in 1947-48 when design professionals Grant Featherston; fabric designer and design retailer Frances Burke; graphic specialist R. Haughton James; ...