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Interface: People, Machines, Design Sydney’s Powerhouse…:

Interface: People, Machines, Design Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum

2+7 Telephone. Designed by Marcello Nizzoli, made by SAFNAT, Italy, 1958.

Regency TR-1 pocket-sized radio. Designed by Teague & Petertil, made by Texas Instruments and Industrial Development Engineering Associates (IDEA), USA, 1954.

The Blickensderfer 6 portable typewriter. Designed by George Canfield Blickendsderfer, USA, 1906.

The Olivetti Valentine typewriter, designed by Ettore Sottsass and Perry King, made by Olivetti, Italy, 1969.

Divisumma 18 portable calculator, designed by Mario Bellini, made by Olivetti, Italy, 1973.

Macintosh Icons. Designed by Susan Kare, made by Apple Computer Inc, USA, 1984.

IPOD Digital Media Player. Designed by Jonathan Ive, made by Apple Computer Inc, USA, 2001.

“This exhibition examines how design has been applied to information technology products; and about how a handful of companies made complicated technology appealing and easy to use. It is also about the visionaries who started some of the great consumer product companies of the 20th century and how the designers and engineers they hired found a means of imparting their ideals into the products they designed.”

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Chair No. 14 - Michael Thonet - 1855-1858 - Gebrüder Thonet

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Valentine Portable Typewriter - Ettore Sottsass - 1969 - Ing. C. Olivetti & C. S.p.A., Ivrea, Italy

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Side Chair - Samuel Gragg - 1808 - Shop of Samuel Gragg, Furniture Warehouse, Boston, MA

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Florence Knoll

American designer Florence Knoll, born Florence Schust in 1917, contributed greatly to defining the standard for the contemporary corporate interiors of post-war America. Her architectural background meant that she approached design with an emphasis on the relationship between an object and its space. Knoll’s designs were always simple, though never plain.

During her education Knoll studied under some of the greatest 20th century architects including Eilel Saarinen, Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and her personal idol Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Florence Knoll Parallel Bar Sofa - 1954 - Knoll

In 1941 Florence met with Hans Knoll about working for the furniture company he had just started. The two later married in 1946 and formed Knoll Associates as partners. Together, with her design skills and his business dexterity, the two grew the company into one of the most recognisable furniture brands in style and design of its time.

Knoll only designed new pieces of furniture when the company catalogue did not fulfill her needs. This was the case when she designed her Parallel Bar Lounge Chair series which has been in production for 60 consecutive years.

Florence Knoll Model 17 Maple Desk - 1956 - Knoll

Florence Knoll differed from other contemporary designers of the time in that her pieces were architectural in design where as others, including Eero Saarinen and Harry Bertoia, were producing very sculptural pieces. Knoll’s ability to adapt the lines and tone of modern architecture to suite her work while managing to incorporate warmth through colour and texture led to her work dominating the corporate market before succeeding in domestic markets as well.

Florence Knoll Credenza - 1961 - Knoll

Knoll’s Parallel Bar Lounge Chair series demonstrates her geometric style which was heavily influenced by her mentor Mies van der Rohe and the International Style. The simplicity and balance of her design are what makes it truly iconic.

Florence Knoll Bench - 1954 - Knoll

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