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93/349/33 Magazine, 'The Home', Vol 18 No.1 January 2, paper, edited by Sydney Ure Smith and Leon Gellert, cover design by Douglas Annand, published by John Fairfax & Sons, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1937. Click to enlarge.
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'The Home' magazine with cover design by Douglas Annand

Sydney Ure Smith's 'The Home' magazine was one of the most sophisticated and stylish design journals and Australian 'lifestyle' publications of the 1920s and 30s. As well as having covers decorated by distinguished Australian artists and designers, there were also artist-designed full page colour advertisements published within the magazine or as features on back covers.

Aimed at middle class Australian women, the magazine documented the social concerns of the day through feature articles and …

Summary

Object No.

93/349/33

Object Statement

Magazine, 'The Home', Vol 18 No.1 January 2, paper, edited by Sydney Ure Smith and Leon Gellert, cover design by Douglas Annand, published by John Fairfax & Sons, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1937

Physical Description

Magazine, 'The Home', Vol 18 No.1 January 2, paper, edited by Sydney Ure Smith and Leon Gellert, cover design by Douglas Annand, published by John Fairfax & Sons, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1937

Cover features masthead typography, design layout and koala illustration by Douglas Annand. Includes photos by Max Dupain and Harold Cazneaux.

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Dimensions

Height

315 mm

Width

252 mm

Depth

7 mm

Source

Credit Line

Purchased 1993

Acquisition Date

10 October 1993

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'The Home' magazine with cover design by Douglas Annand 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 30 March 2023, <https://ma.as/135061>

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{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/135061 |title='The Home' magazine with cover design by Douglas Annand |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=30 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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