Joan Stewart FDIA

Joan Stewart FDIA has been a member of the DIA since 1957.

She is a graduate of the Interior Design Diploma course at RMIT (1958) and has a Diploma of Education (SCV Hawthorn 1976), a Bachelor of Education (University of Melbourne 1983) and a Bachelor of Arts. Since 1970 she has had a long standing involvement with Design Education in a number of roles at both RMIT and the Melbourne College of Decoration.

Joan has been in private practice since 1968; prior to this she worked as a staff designer in the architectural field. Her experience covers a wide range of industrial, commercial and domestic projects.

Joan has made a significant contribution to the DIA over a number of decades holding, many roles and responsibilities and as such she was recognised with a DIA Fellowship in 1989, and is now a DIA Hall of Fame member.