About Tony Fry
Born 1944. Tony Fry is an Australian designer.
Tony Fry is a designer, design theorist, and cultural theorist.
Fry has taught design and cultural theory in Britain, the United States, Hong Kong and Australia and holds a PhD in Cultural Studies in Design from the University of Birmingham. Fry has held positions as Adjunct Professor to the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at the University of Technology Sydney and as a consultant on sustainable design to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is former Professor and Convenor, Master of Design Futures Program, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art. Fry currently holds visiting an adjunct position at the University of Tasmania, and is visiting professor University of Ibagué (Colombia).
He was a contributing editor of Design Philosophy Papers journal and principal of The Studio at the Edge of the World.
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Who is Tony Fry?
Australian designer
When was Tony Fry born?
Tony Fry was born in 1944.
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Tony Fry is a designer.
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Tony Fry is Australian.
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