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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spouse of
Mary Featherston
1943
Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
commissioned by
Robin (Gerard Penleigh) Boyd
1919
Architect
Boyd commissioned Featherson to create the Talking Chair for the Australian Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal.
associate of
Terence Lane
Curator
associate of
Frances Burke
1922
Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
associate of
David Davenport
1922
Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Industrial Design Council of Australia Federal Vice-President, Victoria
associate of
Beryl Guertner
1922
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References [<ExternalResource: 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.>, <ExternalResource: Featherston, G in John Button (ed) (1968), ''Product Design'. Look Here. Considering the Australian Environment.'.>, <ExternalResource: Lane, Terence (1988), 'Featherston Chairs', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.>] [<ExternalResource: 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.>]
Related people
  • Featherston, Mary (spouse of)
  • Boyd, Robin (Gerard Penleigh) (commissioned by)
  • Lane, Terence (associate of)
  • Featherston, Mary (spouse of)
  • Boyd, Robin (Gerard Penleigh) (commissioned by)
Related events
  • Featherston Chairs (exhibited at)