Barrie Tucker is one of Australia’s most outstanding and distinguished designers and has been a practicing designer and a major contributor to the profession for the past forty two years.

Barrie worked in both Zurich and London for several years before returning to Australia in the early seventies. He became the first Australian to have his work included in the New York Art Directors Awards Exhibition and Annual. He became design consultant to the South Australian Theatre Company and as a result of his outstanding work he was the first Australian-born designer to be commissioned for a cover of Graphis Magazine.

As a testament to his skill, Barrie has won numerous national and international awards and has been honoured by being elected to membership of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.

Barrie has been a member of the Design Institute of Australia since 1984. In recognition of his outstanding achievements in the profession he was made a Fellow of the Institute in 1986 and a Life Fellow in 2001.