Michael Bogle
Michael Bogle is an Australian historian, educator, writer and curator whose expertise is Australian design, architecture and interior architecture. He has been instrumental in documenting and preserving our history and ensuring that it can be appreciated by future generations.
His diverse body of work for a wide range of clients spans research commissions for architecture firms; heritage advice, reports and consultancies; books and journal articles; design copyright research; and cataloguing of architecture and design collections. As supervising curator for Historic Houses Trust of NSW for 13 years, Michael worked across the spectrum of exhibition development, research and writing of publications, supervision of heritage conservation projects, curating, researching, conserving and cataloguing. Among Michael’s more recent projects is a commission to interview and record notable interior designers Australia-wide for the Society of Interior Designers of Australia Foundation Archive Project.
He is a member of the Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO) Editorial Board & the Design and Art Australia Online advisory group and a contributor to The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
As an educator, Michael’s credentials encompass a PhD from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and Design with a study of the architect Arthur Baldwinson and Regional Modernism in Sydney 1937-1969; a Master of Liberal Arts in history from Boston University with major work on 20th century Art and Revolution; and postgraduate study in Fine Arts and Decorative Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.
He has lectured and tutored at several universities in Australia. Michael is an author of numerous publications on design, furniture, interiors and popular culture, including such works as Design in Australia 1880-1870 (1998); Designing Australia, Readings in the History of Design (2002) and Design In Flight (2009), a study of Marc Newson’s design work for the A380 Airbus.He has also written on design for a wide range of publications including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the design press.
DIA Hall of Fame recognises the achievements of Michael Bogle.
