The Creative Trust

I am a better writer and thinker for having heard this episode. To say it's profound is an understatement - Marcus Baumgart; a writer who designs buildings, is best described as indescribable. Amanda and Marcus' journey through his “Lego-obsessed” childhood, his “architect with a capital A” education, through to the incredible breadth of work he currently undertakes. Marcus is a published writer,...

What started as a conversation about colour, became oh so much more. In one of the most refreshing conversations we’ve had this season, Amanda chats to florist Hattie Molloy & illustrator Kelly Thompson. We smiled the entire way through the recording… In this episode we discuss Hattie & Kelly’s creative beginnings that included power dressing for kindergarten, how the uncool kids are now t...

From the humble beginnings of the Madison Avenue MadMen era, the Willett family have grown Willett Marketing to what it is today… #WorkplaceGoals. When you walk into an event, you wouldn’t know the team at Willett have worked their magic… until you go back of house and witness the efficiency. Ros Willett and her team of event managers and designers AKA “the 3 Laura’s” ... Laura Burnham, Laura Nath...

We were so lucky to sit down with Ronnen Goren of Studio Ongarato and the Longhouse Daylesford for this episode on creative entrepreneurship. As a lifelong learner, fierce innovator, armed with a degree in Architecture and a background in hospitality - Ronnen and his business partner co-founded Studio Ongarato. With a significant cultural body of work, it’s no wonder it has sat as Australia’s fore...

We’re not entirely sure what we expected when having two of Australia’s top stylists (or as we refer to them as… Visual Editors) on for this episode, but it exceeded all expectations. From a couture photoshoot on a 40 degree day in Paris to the lockdown diaries that created iconic runway looks from household objects - our chat with Chris Kontos and Stuart Walford is nothing short of amazing. In th...

If you’ve seen Chanel, Escher X Nendo or Kaws exhibitions at the National Gallery of Victoria then you know our guests work. In our quest to find Australia’s most ‘under the radar’ designers and bring them into the light, we found Ingrid Rhule. Armed with a stellar resume that ranges from playing in mullock heaps as a child in country Victoria, to working as head exhibition designer at NGV. Ingrid...

Creativity is the business. Business acumen is the tool that allows you to make creativity possible. Your powers are made up of creativity and business skills. Your ability to create strong relationships over time with collaborators, colleagues and clients forms a fundamental base for business growth and ultimately for your long creative career. Creative Directors Ross Sabatini and Amanda Henderso...

The complete Creative Process. In this episode you find out everything you need to know about creating, developing and delivering your dream vision. Amanda Henderson (Creative Director, Gloss Creative) and Ross Sabatini (Head of Visual Merchandising, Creative and Innovation at David Jones) have worked together for over 15 years on some of Australia's most beautiful Event Designs. Together they do...

This Episode we're going to talk about Creative Burnout. Our careers are long and like many Creative Designers and Event Professionals I know, they show up and put their ideas out there every day delivering all types of skilled wonder. Designing is an incredibly rewarding and fulfilling pursuit, the more you give the more you get back, it's an addictive high - as you go through the development of...

Over the last 20 years, we have designed and built over 75 marquees for some of Australia's most luxurious corporate and private events. Today, you will have an all access pass to three of our Alumni who have made serious event eye candy and laid the ground work for some huge parties. I'm joined by Jehanne Postma, Lucienne Hemingway and Dale Cheeseman, as we chat about what we love about temporary...

Event Design. Everything about it. Hospitality visionary Bruce Keebaugh, Founder of The Big Group and Creative Director Steff D'Alberto chat about the role Event Design plays in events. We go deep on everything - creativity and emotional intelligence, business and team culture, briefs and reverse briefs, theming, non-theming and even Bruce's childhood. No Event Design chat would be complete withou...

The Creative Trust sits down to talk about the role the Mood Board takes in the creative process and how it can lead you to creating original designs, not just 'inspired' works. In the studio with Steff D'Alberto - Creative Director The Big Group, Jehanne Postma - Creative Director, Joel Bartfeld - Director Joel Found and Zara Guastella from Try Anything Once Podcast. The one thing the Alumni agre...

Joel Bartfeld is a passionate global brand visionary from Joel Found. Joel interviews Amanda Henderson about The Creative Trust Podcast, what's coming up in this limited podcast series and about the perspective that 20 years of Gloss Creative brings. Joel and Amanda have talked about making a podcast for a while - finally we've made it happen. Amanda apologises in advance for referencing a 'casset...