George Korody b.

  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
George Korody was a founding member of the Society of Interior Designers of Australia and a vice-president in 1952. Describing himself as a former professor of architecture at Budapest University and using the title of Doctor, he worked as an interior designer and furniture designer active after 1944, joining a Sydney studio (Artes) in 1947 that had been established by Elsie Segaert in 1945. Artes changed hands in 1979.
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exhibited at
Exhibition. Society of Interior Designers, Woollahra Arts Centre, 1953
Date
1 September 1953 - 16 September 1953
Place
Woollahra Arts Centre, Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
Description

Exhibition. Society of Interior Designers, Woollahra Arts Centre, 1953 (catalogue, unpaginated). This was the Society of Interior Designers of Australia’s first exhibition. It included work by Hilda Abbott, George Korody, Cecily Adams, Bruce Tebbutt, Joyce Tebbutt, Marion Best, Donald Shaw, Ruth Sloane, Stuart Low and interior design student members from East Sydney Technical College: Barbara Hansen (architecture student, Sydney Univ), Lois Dawson (Anthony Horderns), Vivienne Chaffer (colour consultant Sterling Paints) , Yvonne Bush (Dykes-Johnston) and Jill Townsend.

profile of each exhibitor included in catalogue. Her studio is recorded as 153 Queen St, Woollahra

exhibited at
7 Designers
Date
30 September 1948 - 15 October 1948
Place
David Jones Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

An exhibition of Australian designers curated by Marion Hall Best in her new position as director of the David Jones Art Gallery. (30 September – 15 October, 1948) The exhibitors included James A B Linton (metalsmith), Frances Burke, Gordon Andrews, Steven Kalmar, Richards and Buchanan (fabric), Allan Lowe (potter) and Professor George Korody (Artes Studio). Images and expanded entry available from http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=161627#ixzz2uthdRnSG
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Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=161627&utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=828f4d948d537cf

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References [<ExternalResource: George Korody (1 January 1949), '"Design for Happiness"'.>, <ExternalResource: anon (1 January 1947), 'Party to Mark Studio Christening'.>, <ExternalResource: anon (1 January 1948), 'Industrial Art in Australia'.>, <ExternalResource: "Spirit of France." Sydney Morning Herald, 21 September 1944 provides a summary of Korody's European career.>, <ExternalResource: Jerome Maver, "Design for Happiness. George Korody and Artes Studios" in Rebecca Hawcroft, ed. The Other Moderns, UNSW Press, 2017 , pp.122-144 [illust.]>] [<ExternalResource: George Korody (1 January 1949), '"Design for Happiness"'.>, <ExternalResource: anon (1 January 1947), 'Party to Mark Studio Christening'.>, <ExternalResource: anon (1 January 1948), 'Industrial Art in Australia'.>, <ExternalResource: "Spirit of France." Sydney Morning Herald, 21 September 1944 provides a summary of Korody's European career.>]