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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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an image of flowers on a purple and pink background with white border around the edges
Mauve Flowers
Flannel Flower
Australian Flora
East Indies
New South Wales Australia
Art Society
Commercial Art
Applied Arts
Purple Background
Textile design by Shirley de Vocht
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.
an orange and purple flowered print on a white background with the number 919
Red Pencil
Purple Daisy
Small White Flowers
Brown Background
Australian Design
South Wales
Textile design by Shirley de Vocht
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.
a red and black print scarf with palm trees on the ground in front of it
Art Courses
Towels Design
Grey Background
Textile design by Shirley de Vocht
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.
https://collection.maas.museum/object/11723 Olympic Games, Visual Design, Early 20th Century, Green And Gold, Loom
Olympic Games
Visual Design
Early 20th Century
Green And Gold
Loom
1956 Olympic Games towel designed by Shirley de Vocht
The colouring for the actual towels produced by Dri-Glo for the Australian team competing at the Melbourne Olympic Games was green and gold, rather than the red and white in this sample towel, which was specially produced in red and white by Dri-Glo loom operators to match Shirley de Vocht's home decor.
an orange and brown floral design on a tan background
Design
Art
two yellow and white bulls on the top of an orange target with black dots in it
Pound Symbol
Australia Sydney
Concentric Circles
Magazine Cover Design
Sans Serif Font
Dart Board
Currency magazine cover designed by Alistair Morrison
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 ?
an abstract painting with birds flying over it
Statement Artwork
Signature Print
Science Art
Australian Artists
Textile design by Dahl Collings
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.
a woman laying on top of a beach towel
Woman At The Beach
Embossing Stamp
1 November
Design Paper
Colour Print
The Home magazine cover designed by Dahl Collings
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.
an advertisement for orient line with seagulls flying over the ocean and on the beach
Pamphlet Design
New South Wales
Orient Line pamphlet designed by Dahl and Geoffrey Collings
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
a woman skiing down the side of a snow covered ski slope on a magazine cover
Laszlo Moholy Nagy
Moholy Nagy
1 June
Fashion Illustration Vintage
The Home magazine cover designed by Dahl Collings
Having already made her name in Australia for inventive retail and editorial work, Dahl Collings' (1909–1988) career trajectory was changed on a pre-war trip to London when she met the genre-bending Bauhaus artist László Moholy-Nagy, who had fled Nazi Germany.
an abstract painting with black, white and brown squares on a tan background that is rectangleed
Background Label
Olive Green Background
White Crosses
Black And White Abstract
Green Background
Textile design by Dahl Collings
Geometric pattern of black and white abstract crosses on an olive green background. Label numbered 556 on top left corner, and signed 'Dahl Collings' at lower left corner. Label with Dahl Collings' Castlecrag address on the back.
an image of two hands reaching for each other with birds flying over them in the sky
Hands Waving
Ship At Sea
Proposal Design
A Ship
On The Horizon
Orient Line advertising proposal designed by Dahl and Geoffrey Collings
Surrealist photomontage design with hands waving in front of and above an illustration of a ship at sea out on the horizon, signed 'D & G COLLINGS'.
a card with an image of a man on a fish holding a spear and wearing a crown
The Works
Design work for Orient Line by Dahl and Geoffrey Collings
Series contains examples of pamphlets and artworks designed to advertise Orient Line Cruises. Most of the works were created by Dahl Collings, although some are created in collaboration with Geoffrey Collings. The series also contains a number of greeting cards designed by Dahl Collings for different cruises, and the original artwork for Dahl's ideas for fabric design on the SS Oronsay. Some designs may have been produced while the Collings' lived in New York, 1950-1953.
an orange piece of paper with writing on the top and bottom corner, in front of a white background
Banknotes Design
Dollar Banknote
Two Dollars
Orange Colour
Color Samples
Bank Notes
Rainbow Orange colour sample for two dollar banknote designed by Gordon Andrews
Colour sample, rainbow orange, ink on card, tested by Gordon Andrews for the Australian two dollar banknote, Australia, 1963-1966
a black and white photo of a person on a boat
Box Kite
Currency Design
Lawrence Hargrave design reference for twenty dollar banknote designed by Gordon Andrews
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