Gordon Andrews

Gordon Andrews (10 January 1914 – 17 January 2001) was an Australian artist, graphic designer, and industrial designer. He is best known for the design of Australia's first decimal banknotes. 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. "He is widely acknowledged as one of Australia's most prominent mid-20th century multi-disciplinary artists." He was also awarded the Design Institute of Australia's gold medal in 1985, and inducted into the institute's Hall of Fame in 2011.

In 1993 the Powerhouse Museum staged Gordon Andrews: a designer's life, a retrospective exhibition of his work. The exhibition was documented in a monograph also titled Gordon Andrews: a designer's life. Both the book and exhibition relied on Andrews's extensive archives, which were fortuitously acquired by the museum before his house was destroyed by fire the following year.

Gordon Andrews died in Sydney on 17 January 2001.

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