Branding & design
Dorward, Collette (1 of 15) Oral History of Wolff Olins.
- Add a note
Log in to add a note at the bottom of this page.
- All notes
- My notes
- Hide notes
- Add to playlist
Log in to add this item to one of your personal lists.
- Add to favourites
Log in to add and display this item in your personal list of favourites on the right hand side of this page.
The British Library Board acknowledges the intellectual property rights of those named as contributors to this recording and the rights of those not identified.
Legal and ethical usage »
Type
sound
Duration
00:31:26
Shelf mark
C1015/17
Subjects
Branding
Recording date
2002-01-15; 2002-05-10; 2002-11-28
Is part of (Collection)
Oral History of Wolff Olins
Recording locations
Interviewee's offices, London and the British Library, London
Interviewees
Dorward, Collette, 1959- (speaker, female, management consultant)
Interviewers
Roberts, Melanie (speaker, female)
Abstract
Part 1: Tape 1 (F10533) Side A: Born in Lennoxtown, Scotland, 11th March 1959- Details of Family: father Ivor Dorward, born around 1930, mother Priscilla Tindle, born 1932, both in Scotland- Father taught people how to fly gliders during war, then training and becoming a leading Glasgow architect (Dorward Matheson Gleave)- Paternal Grandmother a nurse and Grandfather a mechanic with Ferranti- Father's generation first to be educated at university- Little known about a troubled family background- Memories of grandfather including his remarrying Isabel who was Burmese; describes the aura of exoticism she brought into their home- Maternal grandfather, Andrew Tindle, inventor, medical practitioner, anaesthetist and inspiration for CD- Explains impact on grandchildren- Large extended family and importance to Dorward family- Expands on Grandfather's eccentricity, energy, status in community, as well as circumstances surrounding suicide of Grandmother, Violet- Social, educational, as well as medical background of this brilliant Grandmother and how affected CD- Touches on sister Jane's very different life in Norway as mother of five- Describes father's hybrid degree in architecture and civil engineering- Reflects on motivations for this unusual choice as well as his responsibilities to his own siblings- Mother trained as commercial artist but stopped working during childhood years, returning to run own printing company later on, finally becoming a painter after death of Collette's father- Talks about death of father and how he viewed his life as well as describing his professional achievements which included much public and commercial sector work within a post-war aesthetic framework-
Metadata record: