Grant Featherston

Grant Featherston (1922-1995)

Grant Featherston was born in Geelong Victoria. Self-taught, he designed lighting and glass panels before serving in the army from 1940-1944. Returning to Melbourne he produced the first of his famous plywood shell Contour chairs in 1951.

Grant was a foundation member of the Society of Designers for Industry, the forerunner to the Design Institute of Australia.