Joyce Coffey b. 1918

  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
Designer for Kempthorne Lighting along with her husband Selwyn Coffee. Kempthorne began in 1931 as Kempthorne Lighting Works. Coffey also worked as a mechanical and engineering draughting teacher as well as a commercial artist.
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  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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    Forming the foundation of the Martin Grant exhibition are works from the generous donation of 217 works by the designer in 2023. The gift comprises designs spanning the early 1990s, when he established his eponymous label in Paris, through to his recent and acclaimed autumn-winter 2019 collection. [...] the gift also includes a large gift of archival material; press clippings, runway footage, sketches and photographs.(NGV)

  • RMIT Design Archives
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    The RMIT Design Archives actively collects material relating to Melbourne design from the twentieth century onwards. These Archives are both digital and material, representing historical and contemporary practices which together tell the story of Melbourne as a design city.

    The archives hold a unique collection of material representing diverse design disciplines.

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    http://www.rmit.edu.au/designarchives

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