Historical information

Discusses the work, design techniques and career of first recipient of the Essington Lewis Award (for Industrial Design) - Frederick Ward. Ward's work introduced all the essential principles of the best Australian furniture: functional form; use of Australian materials; respect for the nature of all materials; suspicion of ornament and a sense of purposeful proportions.

Significance

Review of Fred Ward’s Award by the Industrial Design Council.

Physical description

Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 2 pages