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Victoria Art School before enjoying a short but illustrious design career
in London from 1936 to 1939, during which he provided military
aviation design for de Havilland and created branding for the
Dorchester Hotel, Whitney Straight Airlines and Gaumonet British
Films, amongst other clients. Morrison returned to Australia before the
Second World War and worked for the Reserve Bank of Australia,
designing their first five annual reports and their first seven Currency
magazines; he also designed for P&O, Rhine Castle Wines and the
National Trust of Australia. He designed many catalogues for Sydney's
Contemporary Art Society (he later became president) and has been
described as ‘the most advanced typographer of the period’. He was
also a highly productive painter, with exhibitions in Sydney and Perth
– his works are represented in the National Gallery of Australia, Art
Gallery of NSW, Powerhouse Museum, City of Fremantle Art
Collection and the V&A Museum in London.

About George Nelson: One of the most influential figures in
twentieth century American design, George Nelson was a
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