Kjell Grant Appointed Professor of Design at RMIT

September 25th, 2008

Industrial designer, architect and artist, Kjell Grant has been appointed Professor of Design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).

Grant has designed products for Cartier, Orrefors, Knoll and Rosenthal, with furniture commissions for illustrious Australian architects such as Robyn Boyd and Harry Seidler.

Grant has inspired hundreds of young Australian designers through his ‘Melbourne Movement’ initiative.

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