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Australian artist and designer (1914–2001)

Gordon AndrewsRDI (1914–2001) was an Australian artist, graphic designer, and industrial designer. He is best known for the design of Australia's first decimal banknotes.^[1] His work also included the design of products such as cookware, jewellery, and furniture, as well as interior design, exhibition design, painting, sculpture, and photography.^[2] "He is widely acknowledged as one of Australia's most prominent mid-20th century multi-disciplinary artists."^[1]

Early life and education

Gordon Arthur Andrews was born in Ashfield, NSW, on January 10, 1914.^[2]

He studied engineering at East Sydney Technical College before switching to graphic design. After graduation, he worked for a Sydney advertising agency, and then moved to London, where he lived and worked prior to World War II. He returned to Australia in 1939.^[3][1]

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Gordon Andrews: A Designer's Life

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Illustrated autobiography of one of Australia's most widely acclaimed industrial and graphic designers. Includes designs for billycarts, jewellery, cartoons, advertisements, aircraft, furniture, interiors, major trade and cultural exhibitions, and includes numerous other examples of his creative talents. The author is best known for his design of the six decimal currency banknotes issued between 1966 and 1973. In 1988 he became the first Australian to be elected to the Faculty of Royal show more Designers for Industry in the UK.show less

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Gordon Andrews completed a PhD in Modern American History at Western Michigan University, and has been teaching at Grand Valley State University since 2009, where he teaches courses in History Education and American History. Labor and education are continued themes in an upcoming work entitled Collaborating for

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Gordon Andrews

Gordon Andrews (1914-2001) was one of Australia's foremost industrial designers. Working in Britain and Italy as well as Australia, in 1955 he became the first Australian designer to be elected as a Fellow of the UK Society of Industrial Artists and Designers; later he gained membership of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry and the Alliance Graphique Internationale. In the early 1960s Andrews designed the interiors for the Australian Pavilion of the Comptoire Suisse trade fair, the New South Wales Government Tourist Bureau, Sydney and the New Zealand Government Tourist Bureau. In 1963 he was invited to submit designs for Australia's new decimal currency notes. The urval committee voted unanimously for Andrews's designs, and on February 14, 1966 his $1, $2, $10 and $20 notes entered circulation. Shortly before their issue, it had been decided that a $5 note would be required too - Andrews was engagerad to design it, and also the $50 note when the need for i