Laine Furnishings support ORANGE

The iconic Stem chair by Grant and Mary Featherston has a bright orange stage thanks to the generous support by Laine Furnishings.

Iconic Stem chair by Grant and Mary Featherston. Stem chair appears courtesy of Gordon Mather Industries.

ORANGE exhibition supported by Laine Furnishings pure wool fabric - New Aquarius in Circus

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ORANGE - Design Gallery Design Institute of Australia

"ORANGE" currently on show at the Design Gallery features the Grant and Mary Featherston Stem chair, the Aloha chair by Kjell Grant, the Studio K Lamp by Planet and more than forty products designed in Melbourne. 

Aloha and Stem chairs feature in "ORANGE" exhibition curated by Ian Wong.

ORANGE - October 6th - 28th

Design Gallery

10am-4pm Monday-Friday

Design Institute of Australia

Level 1 - 175 Collins Street

RMIT Wacom Lab - Concept sketches

Bernie Walsh continues to provide inspiration to students with projects that demand creativity.

Concept sketch by Ryan Fonceca for desert racer.

Concept sketch by Glen Tay for desert warriors.

Concept sketch by Ryan Fonceca for desert racer jet engine.

Lecturer Bernie Walsh discusses concept sketching in the RMIT Wacom lab with final year student Paul Raikkenen.

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Archive drawing - Grant and Mary Featherston

The pioneering approach to industrial design of Grant and Mary Featherston is well documented. In the late 1960s Grant and Mary worked with Yannis Putnins and Graham Cole at ACI Plastics in Moorabbin on tooling details for the moulds for the innovative iconic Stem chair. The process of rotational moulding plastics was relatively new in Australia and mostly used for large industrial containers. The drawing below is dated 18 September 1969 and was drawn by Bob Watts. The part Number E286 makes it only the 286th item designed and manufactured at the Rotational Mould division. I had the good fortune to work for more than twenty years with Greame Cole and Yannis Putnins at Nylex Rotomould and I learned of this link to the Stem chair from Yannis. He recalls the innovation required at the time and challenge of the project well.

Archive tooling design drawing for the iconic Stem chair by industrial designers Grant and Mary Featherston. 1969

Iconic Australia design the Stem Chair 1969 designed by Grant and Mary Featherston. The chair is a feature of "ORANGE" an exhibition curated by Ian Wong at the Design Gallery - Level 1 175 Collins Street . October 6th-28th.

Link to interview with Mary Featherston about the design of the Stem chair.

Football,Meat Pies, Kangaroos and Holden Cars - Classic 70s

The sighting yesterday of the HX Holden Premier reminded me of this classic 70s Australian advertisement for Holden. The catchy jingle lyrics "Football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars" have become part of the vernacular. Note the Orange HX Kingswood featured. Leo Pruneau was Head of Design at this time with Phillip Zmood Head of the Torana Studio. The LX Torana is also featured.




Classic 1970s Australian television commercial for GMH. Football Meat Pies, Kangaroos and Holden Cars.

HX Premier - Holden at RMIT

All I see at present is orange. Thank you to the owner of this Sebring Orange HX Holden Premier for choosing to park in Franklin Street at the North end of Bowen Street today. All I could see as I snapped away with my iphone was original sketches by RMIT alumnus and DIA Hall of Fame member Phillip Zmood. Phillip is well represented already in the ORANGE exhibition currently at the Design Gallery with images of the taillights of the HK Monaro, early GTRX images and LX Torana renderings. These images may just be for my research archive.

HX Holden Premier badge.

HX Holden Premier outside RMIT University.

HX Holden Premier front on view at RMIT University.

HX Holden Premier front grill.

HX Holden Premier tail light.

HX Holden Premier wheel trim.

HX Holden wheel trim concept sketch by Holden automotive designer Phillip Zmood.

Flower Powered Fler - Fred Lowan

I am yet to confirm this chair as an original Fler by industrial designer Fred Lowan but that is what it is believed to be. In search of an orange Caroma stool I was delighted to meet proud owners of this and another as yet unidentified bright orange Australian 70s chair.

Iconic Australian design the Fler Narvick chair designed by industrial designer Fred Lowan - 1961.