Industrial Design Council of Australia, 1959-93

Component identifier:

Series 9

Content Summary:

The Industrial Design Council of Australia arose out of a concern amongst Australian designers for the lack of recognition and use of Australian design in industry. In 1957 Ross Hohnen and Frederick Ward (furniture designer for ANU's University House and head of the ANU Design Unit) brought together people from industry, government and the design profession to form the Council. Financial assistance was procured by John Crawford from the Commonwealth Govenment, matching funds raised from industry and other sources on a dollar for dollar basis. Ross Hohnen was a deputy chairman and chairman of the Council, a recipient of the Essington Lewis Award (1971) and was made an honorary Fellow of the Design Institute of Australia. The organisation ceased operating in 1976, its ideals amd initiatives largely subsumed by Standards Australia. This series contains correspondence files maintained by Hohnen, meeting papers, annual reports, speeches, photographs and other papers.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were donated to the Library by Mr Hohnen in two instalments in 1997.

Names:

Ross Hohnen

Contents

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