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Catherine David graduated with an honours degree in Design from Auckland University in 1992. In 2009 she graduated with a Masters degree in "Museums and Cultural Heritage" - a curating degree.
Catherine David started her NZ design career with a range of soft furnishings and bed linen. A collection of this range has been archived by the Auckland War Commemorative Museum, New Zealand. Catherine David NZ Design Limited now designs and manufactures a range of functional homeware products which are distributed throughout New Zealand and worldwide. The range covers a great number of materials and functions.
Catherine David lives in Auckland.
* Catherine David - inventive designer of functional NZ design products which are available throughout New Zealand and worldwide.
* Graduated with honours from the School of Auckland College of Architecture in 1992.
* First design range - bed linen and soft furniture - combined a striking, clean-cut approach to bedroom style with an affordable high quality of materials and manufacture and became right away well-liked by the market.
* Selections of Catherines original collection were archived by the Auckland Museum when other manufacturers were noted to have adopted this new style.
* Catherines brand - Catherine David Designs remains a NZ design leader with an expanding spread of products which now include lamps, light fittings, tableware and stationery, always attention grabbing in their originality and show.
* The shower curtain range won the New Zealand Home and Entertaining Award in 2005 for best rest room design product.
* Catherine David has just completed post graduate studies achieving a Pros in a curating degree.
In her spare time Catherine David is involved in the art of Icon writing with a Russian art teacher.
Catherine's work is available on Toggle, and covers here entire homeware & lighting range, with the most popular products being the oversized blackboards... particularly the NZ Map being one of the best sellers. Catherine David takes boring, dull and unispiring objects and with her eye for contemporary NZ design transforms them into iconic pieces for your firends and neighbours to drool over.
What her customers say... Hi Catherine,
I just wanted to say that I picked up the shower curtain on Sunday and love it. Thank you so much for going to the trouble of bringing it across to Sydney with you. I appreciate it. Best wishes, Vanessa 17 November 2010
