About Susan Kozma-Orlay
Lived 1913 – 2008 (aged 94–95). Susan Kozma-Orlay was a Hungarian and Australian architect, designer, furniture designer and industrial designer.
Susan Kozma-Orlay (born Zsuzsa Kozma; 1913–2008) was a Hungarian-Australian mid-century modernist designer.
Biography Zsuzsa Kozma was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1913. Her father was the architect and critic Kozma Lajos.
She attended the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Applied Arts) in both Stuttgart and Vienna, where she studied furniture design and graphic design.
Her career in Australia spanned textile design, illustration, store displays and graphics for the department store David Jones, furniture design, and interior design.
Her work was exhibited in the exhibition The Moderns: European Designers in Sydney at the Museum of Sydney in 2017, and is held in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
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Who was Susan Kozma-Orlay?
Hungarian–Australian architect and designer (1913–2008)
When was Susan Kozma-Orlay born?
Susan Kozma-Orlay was born in 1913 in Hungary.
When did Susan Kozma-Orlay die?
Susan Kozma-Orlay died in 2008 in Australia.
What was Susan Kozma-Orlay's occupation?
Susan Kozma-Orlay was an architect, designer, furniture designer and industrial designer.
What nationality was Susan Kozma-Orlay?
Susan Kozma-Orlay was Hungarian and Australian.
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