Steven Kalmar b. 1 January 1909

Also known as Stephan Kalmar, Stephen Kalmar
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Kalmar was an interior designer and a furniture designer. He established Kalmar Interiors, Sydney in 1949 and was an inaugural member of the Society of Interior Designers of Australia. His book, "You and Your Home" (1964), is a valuable assessment of Sydney interior design and designers ca.1964.

Citations

  • anon (1 January 1948), '“Bent Wood Furniture.”’.

  • Steven Kalmar (1964), 'You and Your Home’, Australia.

  • Anne Watson (1 January 2004), '“Kafka and Kalmar.”’.

  • Stephen Kalmar (1 January 1960), '“Modern Hotel Design Ideas.”’.

  • Illustrated advertisement for Kalmar Interiors, 17 Rowe Street, Sydney in “Art and Design One:, Ure Smith, 1949, p.78

  • “Industrial Art in Australia. Seven Designers.” Architecture, October 1948, p.55 [Illustrated] incl. Gordon Andrews, George Korody, Allan Lowe, James Linton, Steven Kalmar, Frances Burke, John Richards, Dorothy Buchanan, 226 exhibits.

  • Rebecca Hawcroft, “From the Margins to the Mainstream” in R. Hawcroft, Ed., The Other Moderns, UNSW Press, 2017, pp.165-190.