20 Aug 2008
Biographies - 25.07.2007
‘Compromise … can lead to a fresh solution’
Rod Bamford aims to combine his interests in art, design and industry to make tableware for contemporary Australian food. Since 1993 he has worked with Janine Brody, at their Cone Nine Design studio on the NSW Central Coast.
In 1998 Stefano Manfredi and Julie Manfredi-Hughes approached Bamford to help develop a suite of contemporary coffee cups and also a range of tableware for their Sydney restaurant, bel mondo. Bamford made prototypes by hand and in digital format and the Manfredis took the project to first, the Royal Thai Porcelain factory and later Monno Ceramic Industries Limited, in Bangladesh.
In 2005 Bamford was awarded an Australia Council grant to develop industrial production techniques to make his own limited edition production ware.
You can see Bamford's work in the new exhibition Smart works: design and the handmade, from 30 March 2007 at the Powerhouse Museum.
Smart works: design and the handmade
Rod Bamford
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In 1998 Stefano Manfredi and Julie Manfredi-Hughes approached Bamford to help develop a suite of contemporary coffee cups and also a range of tableware for their Sydney restaurant, bel mondo. Bamford made prototypes by hand and in digital format and the Manfredis took the project to first, the Royal Thai Porcelain factory and later Monno Ceramic Industries Limited, in Bangladesh.
In 2005 Bamford was awarded an Australia Council grant to develop industrial production techniques to make his own limited edition production ware.
You can see Bamford's work in the new exhibition Smart works: design and the handmade, from 30 March 2007 at the Powerhouse Museum.
Smart works: design and the handmadeRod Bamford
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+ Smart works