Graphic Identities

8 design archives | between 1930 – 1980 | 250 works on display Graphic Identities highlights eight ground-breaking Australian design archives from the Powerhouse Collection. The selected designers, many of whom honed their skills in commercial art and visual design in technical colleges around Australia, became founding members of the emerging design institutes and art societies of the early 20th century.
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The design features large white mauve flowers with red stamens and red heart-shaped pods surrounded by small pink and mauve flowers on a purple background. Stuck to the top left hand of the design's backing paper is a sticker with the printed number 555. This design, which was probably entered in the Grafton Prize or the Leroy-Alcorso Textile prize.
This design was probably entered in the Grafton Prize 1951, 1952 or 1953, or the Leroy-Alcorso Textile prize 1954 or 1955. In the top left hand corner of the backing paper is a sticker with the printed number 719 which has a red pencil line through it. The floral design features painted purple daisies, pussy tails and small white flowers on a brown background and pasted onto backing paper, which is signed 'S de Vocht' across the bottom right hand corner.
Figurative design in black, red and white on a grey background. Signed 'S. de Vocht' across its bottom right hand corner. On the back of the design is sticky taped a printed entry form for the 1954 Leroy-Alcorso Prize, filled in by Shirley de Vocht in pen. Her name and address are also written in pen in the bottom right-hand corner. On the front of the design is a small white sticker with a faded printed number, 58.

Shirley de Vocht

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Colour sample, rainbow orange, ink on card, tested by Gordon Andrews for the Australian two dollar banknote, Australia, 1963-1966
Photograph, silver gelatin print, of a photograph taken about 1910 of Lawrence Hargrave with box kite at Woollahra Point, New South Wales, photographed by Gordon Andrews, used as a design reference for the Australian twenty dollar banknote designed by Gordon Andrews, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1963-1966
Photograph, silver gelatin print, of a sketch study based on designs by Lawrence Hargrave, used as a design reference for the Australian twenty dollar banknote designed by Gordon Andrews, photographed by Gordon Andrews, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1963-1966

Gordon Andrews

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Red foldout promotional pamphlet with speakers summary for second Asia Pacific Design Conference, August 26-29, Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 1989
Official Post Office Cover with stamps (4), 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics series, designed by Arthur Leydin for Australia Post, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 14 July 1976
Catalogue titled 'Inside are the best designed books for 1979/80'. Featured on the back cover is a large black 'L' for Leydin. 'Best designed book of the year' on page three is The Cheated by Louis Nowra and designed by Neil Carlyle.

Arthur Leydin

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Cover of the monthly staff magazine of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Set on a gold background, the title of the magazine ?CURRENCY? appears in a small white sans serif font aligned to the top centre of the cover. The focal point of the design features a 'dart board' composed of white concentric circles with pound symbol in the centre 'bull's-eye' position, and several black dots scattered over the board to signify ?
Sixteen page annual report booklet for Pioneer Sugar Mills Ltd for the year ended 31 December 1966. The front cover is a geometrical design featuring the company logo within squares and circles.

Alistair Morrison

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Frances Burke

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Pieter Huveneers

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Abstract pattern in yellow, black and red on cream ground, label numbered '1000' on top left corner, signed 'Dahl Collings' at lower right corner, label with Dahl Collings' Castlecrag address on the back.
The design features a textile and mixed media collage of a woman at the beach, 'THE HOME' printed along the top. Embossing stamp of Hartland & Hyde Limited (photo-engraving firm) at lower right, signed 'DAHL COLLINGS' above yellow mat.
Pamphlet, 'Orient Line Pacific Service, Sailings and Fares', paper, designed by Dahl Collings for Orient Steam Navigation Company Limited, printed by Shepherd & Newman (Pty) Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1955

Dahl Collings

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