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    There is a growing

    self-consciousnessabout the fact that all

    scholarship is implicitly

    a negotiation with,

    an interpretation of,

    and a contribution

    to the archive.

    Marln Mano2004

    RMITDesIgnARCHIVes

    SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

    UPDATE 0109

    [email protected]

    www.rmit.edu.au/ad/designarchives

    DisclaimerTh RMIT Dsgn Ahv has unakn vy navu na h pygh hl hs maal. In h vn yu a h pygh hl maal nan whn hs nRMIT s skng ha m yu n h us hs wk. Plas na RMIT mmaly sussnpmssn las an nsn. Cna: [email protected]

    Design

    DESIGNARCHIVES

    PUBLICATIONS

    clart & Rort Maltus studio-

    waving Australia

    Th la Clln nlus

    ma lppngs, an nman

    ls mpl by h RDA.

    Publan:

    20.5 x 29.5 m, 24 pags

    Th Rb Malus Cllnnlus ma lppngs an

    sls na by Aanus

    Janssns, an nman ls

    mpl by h RDA. Publan:

    20.5 x 29.5 m, 24 pags

    Glowav

    Th Glwav Clln nlus

    ma lppngs, phgaphs, lm

    an pmnal maal na

    by Saul Sam AM, an nman

    ls mpl by h RDA.

    Publan: 33 x 24m, 104 pags.

    Moylans Woollns Copany

    Th Mylan Wllns Clln

    nlus swahbks, ma

    lppngs, phgaphs an

    pmnal maal na

    by F Mylan AM, an nma-

    n ls mpl by h RDA.

    Publan:

    20.5 x 29.5 m, 20 pags.

    Prstig Farics Dsign Studio

    Th Psg Clln nlus

    ma lppngs, awngs, ph-

    gaphs an spnn na

    by Gha Hbs, an nmanls mpl by h RDA.

    Publan:

    20.5 x 29.5 m, 16 pags.

    Pru Acton

    Th Pu An Clln

    nlus ma lppngs, aw-

    ngs, phgaphs, spn-

    n, ls, busnss s, an

    pmnal maal na by

    Pu An OBE, an nman

    ls mpl by h RDA.

    Publan:Exhbn aalgu Prue Acton:

    Racing Ahead. Melbourne Cup

    Outts 1979-1991), 21 x 21m,

    12 pags.

    Hore o Meborne ahon and exe bnee comped rom

    reearch nderaken by he RDA are avaabe. Publans nlu eclart

    (19391962), Gloweave (s 1954),Moylan Woollens Company (19501980),

    Prestige Fabrics Design Studio (19451978),Prue Acton (19631991) xhbn

    aalgu anRobert Maltus (19591968). Thy a avalabl as a s

    a nmnal l plus a hag v h s psag an hanlng.

    F als mal: [email protected]

    letterbox.net.au

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    Sn unng lu n Inusal Dsgn

    a RMIT Unvsy I hav mmn asah pj whh ams umn h

    wk nusal sgns n Va. Sn

    Nvmb 2008 sah has nlu nvws,

    ay vss, alumn s, xamnng ahvs

    an publans a h Sa Lbay Va

    an llan pu mags, msly m

    nln aun ss lk Bay. An mpan

    lln pus sgn an ma n

    Mlbun s als bng assmbl.

    In July as pa Sa Dsgn Fsval a h

    Ryal Exhbn Bulng h s a ss

    xhbns hs wk wll b sag. STILL09

    shwass pus sgn by Van

    nusal sgns ha a sll n pun,

    sm hm 50 yas a h s appa-

    an. Wha s abu hs pus ha sshm sll n pun ay? A vsual mln

    wll umn h wk n pgss wh

    appxmaly 100 pus n m

    v 80 sgns.

    still Pus sgn by Vannusal sgns sll n pun.Ian Wong

    ABOUT THEARCHIVES

    Maln Man, Theories o the Archive rom Across the Disciplines, Pal:Lbas an h Aamy vl. 4, n.1, 2004, pp.9-25; qung Ivng Vly,The Archive and the Human Sciences: Notes towards a Theory o the Archive, Hsy h Human Sns vl. 11 n. 4, Nvmb 1998 an Jaqus Da,

    Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression , ans E Pnwz, Unvsy ChagPss, Chag an Lnn, 1995.

    As h RMIT Dsgn Ahvs layswn h nasuu, sysms,psss an llns ha wllnabl uu gwh an puvsah, w als aknwlg ha nhs aly phas vlpmn h

    s h ppuny f n hnau h ahv sl.

    As Maln Man has nly bsv, h las a s hassn a skng gwh ns n h np h ahv us h lbay an ahval mmuns as hsans, lay s,phlsphs, slgss, anhplgss, ggaphs, plalsnss, an hs all nga s manng an s plal ansal mnsns.

    Sh qus Ivng Vly wh n ha all u appals ulmauh, aquay an plausbly n sah s n ahvalpsuppsns. Th mplans h ahv n h plalpss a als pun as Da has agu, h bng nplal pw whu nl h ahv, n mmy.Ev mazan an always b masu by hs ssnaln: h papan n an ass h ahv, s nsunan s npan.

    W nly hav hnk abu h ahvng unn u swa, pn u xpnnally xpanng galls sa an sunwk unsan h amans h ahv n u pa asaams, sgns an hss. Th s, n, a ga al a sakn h nmpay ahv, an h RDA ss ha n s ls nh Shl an w mmuny s ala sussn an baabu h ahv n all s mans.

    Proessor Harriet Edquist, director

    RESEARCH

    Th xhbn wll au many RMIT Inusal

    Dsgn alumn, splayng xampls hwk ha has nu. Alumn nlu: Lnl

    Su (Lu 1975-1980, 1987-1989), Ewa

    Kays 1958, Rha Calsn 1959, Rb

    Paak 1972, Ga Muss 1978, Phllp

    Slay 1979, an Alphns van Mahn 1984.

    Th s np sgns h baby apsul

    by h way w by Rb Paak an Phllp

    Slay n 1982 bas n a wkng n-pnpl

    np an pyp pv by h ln.

    Rb ha sa Rb Paak & Assas

    n 1977 a lavng a sn psn a Phlps

    CID n Clayn. Th baby apsul was vlp

    by PA Dsgn (Rb Paak Dsgn) an Sa n

    Sun, an wn h Pn Phlp Dsgn Awa

    n 1985.

    In Victoria it is possil to know who playd ack pockt or Collingwood in Round 3 in 1949.It is a littl hardr to fnd out who dsignd th Sa n Sound ay capsul, a local innovativ

    product that has sn illions o ais saly ho ro hospital.

    Covr

    Simone LeAmonLepidoptera,chair, 2009 (detail)

    Photo: Sean Kelly

    Aov

    Gerrard Mussett, Phillip Slattery and Alphons van Maanen,Oates All Australian mop bucket, 1985

    Richard Carlson, Decor BYO wine cooler, 1975

    Edward Kayser, Nylex Six Pack Esky, 1984

    Robert Pataki and Phillip Sl attery (concept sketches byPhillip Slattery), Britax Safe n Sound Baby Capsule, 1985

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    Th Mhal OCnnll Pj

    Harriet Edquist

    In 2008 th RMIT Dsign Archivs acquird y donation ro Christophr Wood (UpDat08)

    a txtil aturing th work o Anglo-Australian txtil dsignr and artist, Michal OConnll.

    Inal sah was unakn pv a nx h xl sgn. In h nvnng

    mnhs h pj has xpan as maal has m lgh n publ an pva llns n

    Ausala an Englan an h xn an sgnan OCnnlls a hav bm la.

    Th sah a has llw sval avnus nlung sah ps publ llns

    ha hl hs wk h Nanal Gally Ausala, h Nanal Gally Va, h

    Va an Alb Musum an h Musum Englsh Rual L Rang, UK. Pva llns

    n Mlbun an Lnn hav als val xampls wk, an w a una n havng

    h supp OCnnlls sn, Samus, n u sah. An qually valuabl su has bn

    h mms an knwlg hs wh knw wk wh OCnnll; hs al hsy has

    pv a usul unwgh h publsh auns hs l an wk an s paulaly

    lvan n nsung h Englsh a.

    In an shlas an uas n Ausala an Englan wh hav wk n OCnnll

    maal h hsy wnh-nuy xl sgn hav bn gnus wh h nsghs

    an nman, suggsng nas an las. OCnnll amly ahvs hav val xampls

    OCnnlls wk as a walu as n Mlbun n h 1920s, a umnan hs

    hus n Baumas, hs xnsv l ns amng mmbs h As an Cas Sy

    Va, an mags aly pun lng gn. Fm hs sus w hav bn abl

    ny h ull pa sgns psn n n agmns hl n h RDA. Famlyahvs hav als val h xn OCnnlls wk as a sgn mn gan

    unu n h la 1920s. Ths supsngly sussul an mpan asp hs a an

    nw b wll umn hugh xan xampls, phgaph s an als. Fuh-

    m, OCnnll nnu pu hs yp wk a Th Chas, hs hus a Py Gn,

    Hsh, UK, pva us an sal.

    Th RMIT Dsgn Ahvs s mplng a aalgu publsh sus whh, paulaly

    hs vng OCnnlls Ausalan yas, na hw wll-knwn an nfunal h was

    as a mns sgn. Hs mpa as a ah n hs nsun n h aly 1930s s als slwly

    bng val. Impanly, h pj s bgnnng lua h vx an as y unslv

    qusn abu Ella OCnnlls nbun h pun Mhal OCnnlls wks.

    Well you ask me bout the clothes I wearDress and Identity in Australian pop and rock1970 2010

    Sue Ryan

    Focusd on Australian pop and rock usic ro 1970 this thsis xplors how usicians us drss to crat and dvlop

    a pulic iag, and uncovrs th Australian dsignrs who assistd th.

    Th hsy Ausalan mus nlus many n gamns ha bam synnymus wh a musan, a ban,

    an a. Ausalan ppula musans hav mnsa h ably ss pj a paula au, play

    wh gn, myhlgs nanals snmns. Thy hav awn n h alns lal sgns an sm hav

    hmslvs bn sgns, an als bn pn nfun by vsas ss an mus ns. Whl many musans

    ap a sp syl ha bam a vual amak, sm Ausalan musans wh lng as mnsa

    an vlun syl smla h mamphss nnanal ass suh as Dav Bw an Manna.

    Rsah hs hss has awn n a vay sus nlung mus an ashn publans, au an v,

    sums, an nvws wh musans, sgns, an ky ma ppl. Clln sus hav nlu h

    Pmng As Clln (Mlbun) an Pwhus Musum (Syny). As wll, h RMIT Dsgn Ahvs

    has Ausalan ssus Vogue, Harpers Bazaar,MODE,Elle, an lss wly publsh magazns suh asAustralian

    Style an Stiletto, bh h sus mags an nvws wh musans. Phgaphs musans ss

    by sgns hav bn la n h Pu An Clln an h Fashn Dsgn Cunl (FDC) Clln.

    Ths nlu a vy aly xampl (1960s) h syngy bwn ashn an mus a phgaph a ml

    wang a Pu An sgn, ps wh w mmbs Ausalan ban The Flies.

    Th phgaphy s m h Mlbun su Hlmu Nwn an Hny Talb. Nwn wn n am as

    a ashn / lby phgaph whs la mus pas wul nlu Mhal Huhn INXS. Th FDC

    Clln als nlus s magazns whh au musans an h sgns h gamns hy a

    wang, whh s nvaluabl as h sgns w n n n mansam magazns. Dsgns au

    nlu Man Gan, wn by Ka Cban, an Ian MMaugh, wn by Man Plaza Mental As Anything.

    Gan wn n sablsh an al n Pas an nnanal gnn, an MMaughs sgns w als

    avu by Kyl Mngu.

    Aov: Australian band Daddy Cool, Sunbury 1974. Photo: Rennie Ellis. Courtesy Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive

    RESEARCH

    In 2011 Harriet Edquist and curator Tansy Curtin will curate a retrospective exhibition of OConnells work at theBendigo Art Gallery.

    Clockwis ro lt:

    Michael OConnellin workshop atBarbizon Beaumaris,c1931. Photo: CourtesySeamus OConnell.

    Michael OConnellwall hanging, fragment,c1931. RDA Collection.Photo: RDA.(c) Michael OConnell.All rights reserved,Viscopy/ DACS 2009

    Michael and SeamusOConnell withMelbourne sculptorOla Cohn at TheChase, Perry Green,c1950. Photo: CourtesySeamus OConnell

    Sunday at The Hoops,Perry Green, MuchHadham, Hertfordshire,c1950s. Let to right:Ella OConnell,Bay Daintree,Henry Moore,Irina Moore,Major Daintree,Cynthia Thompsonwith son, JohnThompson, MichaelOConnell.Photo: CourtesySeamus OConnell

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    RECENTACQUISITIONS

    DESIGNARCHIVE

    Simone LeAmon at Awardpresentation. Photo: Sean Kelly

    Aov: Simone LeAmon, Lepidoptera, drawings, 2008. Photos: Simone LeAmonOpposit (top): Simone LeAmon, Lepidoptera, chair, 2009. Photo: Sean KellyOpposit: Award winning Lepidoptera chair under construction at theworkshop of upholsterer Frederic Bizouard. Photos: Simone LeAmon andChris Buerckner

    Simone LeAmon (b.1971)

    Sion LAon is a dsignr and contporary artist, and winnr o th National Gallry o Victorias2009 Cicly & Colin Rigg Contporary Dsign Award, this yar or sat urnitur. Th RMIT DsignArchivs wlcos LAons initial donation o digital iag fls which will supplntd withphysical artacts ro hr prsonal archiv which dats to hr orativ training at Victorian Collg

    o th Arts (VCA).

    LAmn su sulpu a h VCA whh was llw by m a Wkshp 3000 wkng

    Ausalan sgn lumnay Susan Chn. In h yas llw LAmn was a unng pan n

    n+1 equals n-splnay sgn su n Mlbun. In 2004 sh v a Mas Dsgn n

    Inusal Dsgn m RMIT Unvsys Shl Ahu + Dsgn, hugh whs Gaua

    Rsah Cnns sh nsum nvsans abu sgn lk yu nsum . LAmns sgn an ah, Mhal Tugn; jwll an ablwa sgn, Susan Chn; an

    nusal sgn, Kjll Gan, as pans whs sgn wk an appah hav bn

    nfunal.

    LAmn has vlp pu sgns an nps lghng, unu, n asss,

    gaphs, myl appal, ashn an jwlly. Th ang ma pas by LAmn

    nlus awng, panng, sulpu, pman an gal ma. H lng asnan wh

    h mahsm m ulu, h ansn s an passn pus ha ll a sy

    hugh pss an maal, hav bn nal LAmns pa.

    LAmn nns ha h sgn ps, nlung h awa wnnng ha, Lppa, ngn

    nvl xpns whn h us. In h as Lppa, whh mbs ns a

    bufys wng an h aumv n, as wll as ssus lma hang, hnlgy,

    suu an ashs, LAmn was ns wah a wman vs h Cly Rgg

    xhbn hug hsl an say ha sh ul magn gabbng Lppas ams an pullng hm

    aun an nasng hsl. Ths ps nmpass h lmns a phlsphy ha LAmn

    spuss; ha n mgh ngag wh h sgns n a way ha mvs byn a ypal spns.

    LAmns a an sgn wk hav au n publans an xhbns n Ausala an

    nnanally sn 1995. Exhbns nlu: Cicely and Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award,

    Nanal Gally Va 2009; Australia Indesign , Dsgn T Tky 2008;Freestyle: New Australian

    design or living, Mlan Tnnal 2008;Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Awar , Obj: Ausalan

    Cn Ca an Dsgn 2008;Design in the Fast Lane FORMULA 1 INGAusalan Gan Px

    2007;Anytime Soon.Australia, 1000 Evn Mlan, Saln Mbl 2006, Quiet Collision, Assan

    Vaan Mlan 2005 anMotoShowroom Gu Cnmpay A Spas, Mlbun 2003.

    LAmn s an av ava sgn n h mmuny. Sh s h unng O.S

    INITIATIVE, a mpany ha lvs sgn an av sags lns n manuaung,

    sgn, publshng an vns. Sh s h naugual av Planx, Ausalas lang

    manuau sag an asss, an s h Ausalasan ambassa Olu, a maj

    Ialan lghng sgn an manuau. LAmn was n n h 2007 publan & Fork

    by Phan Pss, UK, as n h wls ms xng up-an-mng sgns.

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    RECENTACQUISITIONS

    FASHION ANDTEXTILESARCHIVE

    Two rcnt acquisitions ocus attntion on th thriving li o th Top End o Collins Strt, wll-knownin th nintnth and twntith cnturis as th capital o Mlourn rtail and ashion.

    Collins StrtCollction

    Th RMIT Dsgn Ahvs has mbak n a lng-m pj,

    Mapping Melbourne Design, hugh whh wll bul sah anllns aun sp ss an pns ha a gns

    as sgn hubs. Th llns a mps ahvs na by

    nvuals an gansans, as wll as ls abu h l an wks

    sgns an sgn pas mpl by h Ahvs.

    Lare Carew archve docmen h hry-year

    career a a va merchander a George whe

    he archve o Dane Maer end a acnang

    ngh no her year a a ahon manneqn n

    he 1950 and 1960 modeng a deparmen ore

    and boqe ke George and Le Lovre and n he

    prego Araan Gown o he Year compeon.

    Th archve, whch ncde phoograph by

    Aho Shmh, Hem Newon and Brno Benn,

    provde a rare perona vewpon rom whch o

    examne he more amar pbc hory o ahon

    n he po-war year o Meborne and Araa.

    The RDA hod he archve o corer Ha Ldow

    (Update08) o whch Dane Maer ha receny

    added maera.

    5 Lvr Arch fls o printd atrial, photographs,slids, phra and dia clippings rlating to

    Myr and Gorgs

    Ths g mpss umnan Lau Caws

    a as a vsual mhans My m 1950

    1954 an Ggs m 1954 unl 1983. Caw

    was bn n Dnlqun n 1926 n h amly

    ppy, Slbun. Hs aly a a Alx Mll

    n Dnlqun was nup by h wa an hn,

    n 1948, by h lu Syny an h hallng

    pung hs alns h s n h lag psgus

    y pamn s, Dav Jns. By 1950 Caw

    la Mlbun wh h am un h

    nfun h lgnay Fk Asmussn a

    My wh whm h wk u yas b

    mvng Ggs a 162 Cllns S. Th ahvs h n phgaphs, nlung many Caws

    wnw splays My an Ggs, ashn

    paas, an a nsallan shs xhbns

    hl a Ggs Gally whh was a sgnan

    play n h pmn mn a an sgn.

    In an h s a lln Ggs phma

    nlung ps h Georges Gazette, nvans,

    wappng pap, bxs an ay bags. Caws

    mmBehind Glasswas publsh by h Shl

    Ahu & Dsgn, RMIT, n 2003.

    6 Lvr Arch fls o dia clippings and photographs

    Ths g mpss maal umnng h a

    Dan Mass as a ashn ml n h 1950s

    an 1960s an ashn llusa, xhbn ua,

    junals an ashn ava m h1960s

    h psn. Mass bgan mllng Ggs

    n 1949 havng un m h yas n Englan

    wkng n h lm nusy an as a ashn as

    an junals. Th g s sng n umnan

    h mllng wk Ggs, L Luv, an

    h ashn huss an uus nlung S

    Nman Hanll an Hall Lulw. Lss wll knwn,

    bu umn n hs albums, s Mass ls,

    whn lvng n Nwasl m h m-1960s h

    m-1970s, as Psn h Gln Lgh Cmm

    h Ryal Nw Suh Wals Insun Daan Bln Chln, as a ashn lumns h

    Ag n h 1970s an as Psn h Fns

    h Van Cllg h As n h 1980s an

    90s. Ths nan, whh umns Mass wn

    l an a, gh wh h ahvs Hall

    Lulw an ah Fk Rmbg, g n

    2008, an, Mass smnal wk n ansng h

    lgay, n 1994, xl sgn Fans Buk, s

    smny h ns psnal mmmn

    aul an hugh umnan Mlbuns

    sgn hsy.

    Lauri Carw ArchivGit o Laurie Carew

    Dian Mastrs ArchivGit o Diane Masters

    Aov:Laurie Carew, Georges window,resort fashion c1970s.Photo: Irvine Green Pty Ltd

    Opposit (lt, uppr): Laurie Carew (Fred Asmussen, Display Manager),Myer window - gowns and lamps, Spring 1950. Photo: Ritter-JeppesenStudios. (lt, lowr) Laurie Carew, Georges window, Spring fashion 1969.Photo: Edwin G Adamson Pty Ltd - Irvine GreenOpposit (right, uppr): Diane Masters modelling Hall Ludlow Flame Petalgown at Ludlows Collins Street salon, 1958. Photo: Athol Shmith. Reproducedwith permission (right, inst): Diane Masters modelling wool sac dress atsalon parade. Photo: camera centre, Collins Street

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    ABC TV

    Bg Dnvan, a pu

    Australian Story , ABC TV, vs

    h RMIT Dsgn Ahvs

    sah Ausalan ashn

    sgn, Jnny Banns, h

    ss. Th RDA hls h ahvs

    h Fashn Dsgn Cunl

    (FDC) whh Banns was

    a mmb n h 1980s.

    Dnvan was paulaly n-

    s n vwng h vs

    Fashn Dsgn Cunl paas,

    whh nlu baksag ag

    h sgns as wll as shwng

    h wk n h awalk.

    CORRECTIONS

    W aplgs phgaph, Dav Pgn, an H Musum Mn A, mng h llwng ln m h al abu h Savag Luxuy

    xhbn au n h sn, In Th Cmmuny n Update08.

    Savage Luxury: Modernist Design in Melbourne 1930 1939

    H Musum Mn A 14 July 4 Nvmb 2007 (Insallan vw)

    Phgaph: Dav Pgn 2007 H Musum Mn A an Dav Pgn

    W aplgs Gy Wall, an phgaph, Bll Wgh, h n

    bha an ln publsh n h al abu h Wall Clln

    au n h sn, Rn Aqusns Ahu Ah v n Update08.

    C als a:

    Georey Woodall (b1931)

    Abv: Gy Wall, Wlnh Hmsa, Tasmana, nng m, 1969.

    Ph: Bll Wgh

    A RARE GIfT Of GLAMOuR

    Aredo Bore cra g

    Th g gnal awngs by

    Mxan-bn ashn llusa

    Al Bu whh a nw

    hus a h RMIT Dsgn

    Ahvs (Update08) has bn

    hghlgh n h RMIT publan

    Supporting the Vision: Philanthropic

    Gits 2008. Th na lln

    s h ms sgnan anmphnsv suvy Bus

    wk n h wl, wh nly a

    w awngs hl a Synys

    Pwhus Musum an n

    pva llns. Th wks

    ha man wh h n n

    Ausala sval as, nly

    asnally bng ass

    xhbn pupss. F ps

    h publan na RMIT

    Unvsy Alumn an Dvlpmn:

    [email protected]

    HERITAGE VICTORIA

    Hag Va nvw

    RMIT Dsgn Ahvs D,

    Ha Equs, abu sgns

    h 1950s an 1960s, s

    wbs What House is That.

    Th nvw s ampan

    by sx mags Fans Buk

    sgns pu wh pms-

    sn m h RDA:Angel Fish

    (1951), Waramu (1945),Menu

    ( 1950-1960), The Hunt (1942),

    Wlly (1945), an Shields (1965).

    Tgh wh nans by Buk; h llng

    pan, Fab Chambln, an h ns, h

    RDA s n p bus umnan

    Buks pa. Ths nlus xl sgns,

    wn wks, spnn, as an

    awas, psnal paps an amly phgaphs.

    Fans Buk su a a Mlbun Thnal

    Cllg (nw RMIT Unvsy) an h Nanal

    Gally Shl. In 1937 Buk an Ms Hllway

    sablsh Buway Pns, Ausalas s gs

    sn pny an n 1942 h busnss bam

    Fans Buk Fabs. In 1948 Buk pn a

    al ul G Dsgn (la Nw Dsgn) n

    Hawa Lan, Mlbun.

    Buks sngly-pan mns ab sgns

    w mmssn by many lal an nsa

    ahs an sgns ms an nsunal

    ns, nlung unvss, lbas an

    has. Buk was an av pm mn

    Ausalan sgn. In 1947 sh was a unng

    mmb h Sy Dsgns Inusy

    gh wh Gan Fahsn, Fk Wa,R Haughn Jams an Slwyn Cy an n 1958

    a unng mmb h Inusal Dsgn Insu

    Ausala (nw h Dsgn Insu Ausala).

    Sh was a mmb h Cunl h Musum

    Mn A an Dsgn m 19581966. In 1970

    Buk was awa an MBE svs sgn an

    n 1987 bam h pn RMIT Unvsys

    s awa an hnay g D As.

    San m Buk n h la 1970s an, nn

    ha Buks saus as a sgn vsnay may

    vnually b ls hsy, gan pmssn

    m h sgn phgaph h lln.

    Buk als gav San a sln wks. Ths,

    nlung wll-knwn sgns m h 1940s an

    50s suh asBirdfight (1937),Bal (1945) an Canna

    Lea(1951) m pa h n aqusn.

    RECENTACQUISITIONS

    FASHION ANDTEXTILESARCHIVE

    Francs Burk mbe (19071994)

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    Aov (top to otto):Frances Burke, Bal, fabric length, 1945Frances Burke, Canna Lea, fabric length, 1951Frances Burke, starsh moti, fabric length, c1947Frances Burke, Tiger Stripe, fabric length, c1939Frances Burke, Yacht, fabric length, c1939Frances Burke, Birdfight, fabric length, c1937Photos RDA

    Lt: This donation comprises two sets of curtains.A gift of the Estate of Lorraine Emden-Snook (2009)

    Aov: Alfredo Bouret, Mexican drawings, mid 1950s.Photo: RMIT University - Alumni & Development.