Tuesday Talk - Jon Goulder in conversation with Rebecca Evans
Tue 13 Oct 2026
Join Rebecca Evans, Curator of Decorative Arts and Design for a special Adelaide Design Week Tuesday Talk with South Australian craftsperson and designer, Jon Goulder.
Jon Goulder is a fourth-generation furniture designer and maker. Goulder completed his apprenticeship in furniture making and upholstery with his family’s business E W Goulder and Sons, between 1988-1992. In 1996 he moved to Canberra to study furniture design and fine woodworking at Canberra School of Art under the direction of the late George Ingham. After leaving Canberra School of Art he established his design consultancy – ’Jon Goulder Designer Maker’. Goulder is both a designer and a talented furniture maker- a rarity in the Australian and international design community. Between 2013-2018 he was Creative Director (Furniture) Jam Factory Adelaide, he was previously a Senior Designer with Snohetta Architects Australasia. He currently runs his own studio space in the southern suburbs of Adelaide.