Ward & Austin [from 1972, Ward Associates] was established in London, England by the architects A. Neville Ward (1922-1989) and his wife, Mary Ward (1924-?), and the designer Frank Austin in 1948.
Ward & Austin designed the interiors of the Sealink ferries, and the interiors of several cruise ships including the ‘Canberra’ and ‘Spirit of London’ for P&O and the ‘Oriana’ for Orient Line. In 1949 they furnished rooms for the Council of Industrial Design at the Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia, London in 1949, furnished a country parlour and a town parlour in the Homes and Gardens pavilion and designed a triangular table and three chairs for the Thameside Restaurant at the Festival of Britain South Bank exhibition 1951, and designed the National Wool Textile Export Corporation stand at the British Industries Fair in 1953. The practice was also responsible for the design of the façade of the Design Centre in Haymarket, London, in 1956.