Barrie Tucker
Never an easy man to describe with words alone, Barrie
Tucker has transcended labels to reach the rarefied air
few designers achieve. He is a category unto himself. From
early draftsman days in Australia Barrie’s design
career began in a Swiss advertising agency, leading to international
recognition as an outstanding freelance illustrator in London
in the 1960s. Barrie returned to Australia in 1970 to open
his first studio in Carlton, Melbourne; concentrating on
his passion to create outstanding graphic design.
Founding the globally recognised Barrie Tucker Design (now
Tucker Design) in Adelaide as well as groundbreaking sister
studio Designer Wines, over the years Barrie’s creative
output has touched upon practically every facet of the design
spectrum. Untold numbers of international awards, publications,
exhibitions, distinguished commissions and successful brands
are testimony to his talents.
Recognised as a master designer by his peers, Barrie is
a member of the élite Alliance Graphique Internationale
a Life Fellow of the Design Institute of Australia, and
has been described by AGDA (Australian Graphic Design Association)
as an ‘Australian graphic design legend’.
Memberships: AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale),
LFDIA (Life Fellow, Design Institute of Australia), Australian
Design Hall of Fame (June 2008) and Honorary Life Member
AGDA (Australian Graphic Design Association)
Publications: ‘The Design World
of Barrie Tucker’, Tokyo, 1991
Feature Articles: ‘Graphis’
magazine, Issues 190 (including cover), 266 (USA), ‘Graphis;
Design Annual, 1993 (USA), ‘Identity’ magazine,
Issue Winter ’89 (USA), ‘AXIS’ magazine,
Issue 43 (Japan), ‘Who’s Who In Graphic Design’
First Edition 1982, Second Edition 1994 (Switzerland) ‘Graphis’
Bottle Design, 1997 (USA) ‘Critique’ magazine,
1997 (USA)
Exhibitions: ‘L’Etiquette
de Vin’ Exhibition, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1990, ‘The
Design World of Barrie Tucker’, AXIS Gallery, Tokyo,
Japan, December, 1991, ‘World Peace Flag’ Exhibition,
Polish Pavilion, World Expo ’92, Seville, Spain, 1992,
‘Three Australians’, Galerie Von Oertzen, Frankfurt,
Germany, 1992, ‘Gitanes, Silhouette’ Exhibition,
Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris, France, 1996 ‘World
Environment Poster’ Exhibition, (UNFCCC-COP3), Kyoto,
Japan, 1997 ‘The World of Graphic Design’, Frankfurt,
Germany, 1997 & Essen, Germany, 1998
Collections: Icograda Permanent Collection,
London, UK, Museum for Arts and Crafts, Hamburg, Germany,
German Poster Museum, Essen, Germany, ‘People to People’
collage/mura, UNESCO World Headquarters, Paris, France,
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia, IOC (International
Olympic Committee) Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland, Bibleotheque
Nationale de France (National Library of France), Paris,
France, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco,
USA
Design Juries: New York Art Directors
Club International Awards, New York, USA, 1991; Australia
Post, Stamp Advisory Committee, Melbourne, Australia, 1996-2001;
Australian Graphic Design Association Awards, Adelaide,
Australia, 2002
Major Lectures: ‘Barrie Tucker Design
Dreams’, AGDA Lecture Series, Brisbane, Australia,
1998; ‘Barrie Tucker Speaks Design’ AGDA Lecture
Series, Canberra, Australia, 1999; ‘Barrie Tucker
in the Hunter Valley’, AGDA Lecture Series, Pokolbin,
Australia, 1999; ‘AGIdeas’, International Design
Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2001
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