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Profile
Douglas Lloyd Jenkins has established a strong international profile with his work and lectures on New Zealand design and architectural history. He specialises in restoring to prominence many overlooked practitioners of the arts, architecture and design who contributed enormously to the creation of contemporary New Zealand culture.
Selected published works
Mason: Handprints, 2001; Avis Higgs: Joie de Vivre, 2000; Frank Carpay, 2003; At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design, 2004; New Dreamland: Writing New Zealand Architecture, 2006; 40 Legends of New Zealand Design, 2006.
Publishers
Hawkes Bay Museum
www.hbmag.co.nz
Random House Publishers
www.randomhouse.co.nz
Biography
Douglas Lloyd Jenkins was born in Auckland in 1963 and grew up in West Auckland and the North Shore. An early interest in maritime and local history led to degrees in Art History and a professional specialisation in design and architectural history. Formerly an Associate Professor, School of Design, at UNITEC, Auckland, he is now the Director of the Hawke's Bay Museum & Art Gallery, Napier. He has been a columnist for the New Zealand Herald, and the Listener and currently contributes to many prestigious magazines. From an early age he made New Zealand design history his forte. This has led to a celebration of pioneers like fabric designer Avis Higgs, ceramics genius Frank Carpay and wallpaper designer, William Mason whose work is celebrated in Mason: Handprints (2001). In 2005, his book At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design won the Montana Medal for Non-Fiction and the Montana Award for History. It was the first book to look at the history of the style and interior design of the New Zealand house. Starting at the beginning of the twentieth century it charts the way in which international movements, fashions and styles in architecture and design were adopted, or adapted, to create a house environment. The book led to a highly successful television documentary series, New Zealand At Home, presented by Lloyd Jenkins.
New Dreamland: Writing New Zealand Architecture (2006) is a selection of 28 key essays that have shaped New Zealand architecture and architectural thinking in the 20th century. 40 Legends of New Zealand Design was published in 2006. This eclectic collection gathers together Lloyd Jenkins columns for NZ Home & Entertaining, plus several new profiles. The format is a series of short biographical profiles, detailing the careers of top New Zealand designers and craftspeople of the twentieth century, from textile and wallpaper designers, to furniture, jewellery and industrial designers.
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