Clement Meadmore b. 1929

  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Well known as a sculptor, Meadmore began his career as a designer. His furniture was sold at Marion Hall Best’s showrooms and his lighting design shown at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics Arts Festival alongside the work of designers such as Grant Featherston. Meadmore ran Max Hutchinson's Gallery A, Melbourne, in the late 1950s. In 1963 he moved to New York, where he concentrated primarily on his work as a sculptor.
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  • received
    Balustrade for the Town House Hotel, Canberra, ACT
    Dates
    1960
    Recognition type
    Commission
  • received
    Legend Espresso and Milk Bar Commission
    Dates
    1956
    Recognition type
    Commission
    Description

    Ion Nicolades commissioned Meadmore to design a new interior for the egend Espresso and Milk Bar. Meadmore invited Leonard French to paint seven panels for the Milk Bar on the theme of the Legend of Sinbad.

  • received
    Good Design Award
    Dates
    1953
    Recognition type
    Award
    Description

    In 1952, the SIDA announced the “Good Design” label. The Sydney Morning Herald reported “The Society proposed to select each month some Australian-made article of furnishing of which the committee approves and hopes by use of the label to stimulate manufacturers to good work and consumers to appreciate good when it is seen.”

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  • Black lino-top table (creator of)
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  • Unidentified light fittings in 1956 Olympic Festival (creator of)
  • 3-legged moulded plywood chair (creator of)
  • Upholstered Parfait chairs and table (creator of)
  • Standard lamp with Le Klint shade (creator of)
  • Three-legged table lamp with Le Klint shade (creator of)
  • Corded nesting stools (creator of)
  • Dining alcove designed by Marion Best for Peter Playfair's flat in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney / photographed by Antonia Blaxland (creator of)
  • Dining alcove designed by Marion Best for Peter Playfair's flat in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney / photographed by Antonia Blaxland (creator of)
  • Standard lamp with Le Klint shade (creator of)
  • Three-legged table lamp with Le Klint shade (creator of)
  • Corded nesting stools (creator of)
  • 3-legged moulded plywood chair (creator of)
  • Upholstered Parfait chairs and table (creator of)
  • Unidentified light fittings in 1956 Olympic Festival (creator of)
  • Wire chair (creator of)
  • Black lino-top table (creator of)
  • (DC 601 A) wire chair (creator of)
Related recognitions
  • Balustrade for the Town House Hotel, Canberra, ACT (received)
  • Legend Espresso and Milk Bar Commission (received)
  • Good Design Award (received)
  • Good Design Award (received)
  • Legend Espresso and Milk Bar Commission (received)
  • Balustrade for the Town House Hotel, Canberra, ACT (received)
Related events
  • Boyd Turner & Clement Meadmore (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Olympics Arts Festival (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Olympics Arts Festival (exhibited at)
  • Boyd Turner & Clement Meadmore (exhibited at)