Design Resource, founded by John Brown in 1980, designs products for a variety of industries, from small electronic consumer goods to rail transport.

Based in Crows Nest, Design Resource works jointly with other groups in the USA, UK, Asia, and New Zealand to research and develop their products. The group has also formed a joint venture, known as Transport Design International (TDI), with a UK company to specialise in the design and styling of trains.

'I love doing things here in Australia and having them sold on the world stage - that's pretty exciting.'
- John Brown, Director, Design Resource, 2005

'Our future is in being an intellectual property developer in terms of design for the manufacturing organisations of the world.'
- John Brown, Director, Design Resource, 2005

Angelique Hutchison
Curator
October 2005

+ Australian product design

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