Gerard Herbst b. 1 January 1911

Also known as Gerhard Herbst
  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Designer (Theatre / Film Designer)
Herbst was a designer for Prestige (Fabrics) Limited, an illustrator and later principal lecturer at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in industrial design, graphics. In the 1950s, Herbst made three films on design: `Portraits in Fabric', (1950); `Language of Design', (1950); `Fabrics in Motion', (1951). In 1967, the course also included Wilby Rackham as lecturer and three tutors. Herbst retired in 1975.
Tags: textile design, Industrial design, Design education, design film-maker
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employee of
Edward (Ted) Kayser
Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
tutor for Herbst in industrial design programme
employee of
Lionel Andrew Suttie
1929
Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
tutor in industrial design for Herbst
employee of
Clarence Davis
Designer
tutor for Herbst in industrial design programme
employee of
Wilby Rackham
Designer
tutor for design courses offered by Herbst
employee of
Prestige [fabrics] Limited
Maker
associate of
Wolfgang Sievers
1913
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Helmut Newton
1911
Artist (Photographer)

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Roles
  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Designer (Theatre / Film Designer)
  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Tags
  • textile design
  • Industrial design
  • Design education
  • design film-maker
  • textile design
  • Industrial design
  • Design education
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