Roger Putnam b. 1 January 1940

  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
Putnam first joined the DIA (IDCA) in 1972 and was awarded a DIA Fellowship in the early 2000s. He designed furniture for Kerby Furniture, establishing hs own firm Sumna Furniture in Victoria. He also worked with Kjell Grant developing furniture prototypes and late in his career became involved in museum exhibition work,
Tags: industrial design, furniture design, Tarrawarra Museum of Art
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Name
Roger Putnam
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
Tags:
industrial design
furniture design
Tarrawarra Museum of Art
Birth date
1 January 1940
Death date
1 January 2023

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References [<ExternalResource: Interview recording. Roger Putnam: Furniture designer. February 17, 2020>, <ExternalResource: Geoff Fitzpatrick OAM, LFDIA, "Vale Roger Putnam FDIA, 1940 – 2023" (and obit) DIA News. 5 June 2023.>]