Talking Design

Architect Fiona Winzar is know for her bespoke homes, many of which have received awards. Whether it's the conversion of a modest cottage into a family home or extending a larger home for a family, each detail is meticulously conceived. http://www.fionawinzar.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mardi Doherty is co-director of Doherty Lynch, an Interior Design Practice based in Melbourne. A graduate of RMIT's Interior Design program, Doherty worked for Chris Connell for several years before moving to London to work with leading design practices. Her business partner, Interior Designer Fiona Lynch, worked for JCB Architects before forming her own practice with Doherty. http://www.dohertyly...

Architect Rodney Egglestone is co-director of March Studio. A relatively new practice, March studio first created waves with its stacked cardboard interior for Aesop in Flinders Lane. The practice have now designed numerous fit-outs for Aesop, including Paris and Switzerland. They are also designing a new boutique in Paris for leading fashion designer Damir Domar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Ronnen Goren is co-director of Fabio Ongarato -a design led agency that is known for its advertising campaigns. The company no longer sees itself as a traditional graphic design company, but more as a branding company. Fabio Ongarato works with leading designers in Australia + overseas and has worked with major hotel chains, as as the W Hotels in Asia creating extraordinary interiors. http://www.f...

Mark Douglas is a leading glass artist. He has been in practice for over two decades and now creates extraordinary lights and glass installations for some of Australia's leading architects and interior designers. More recently he has worked in China, creating large scale glass installations for hotels. http://www.markdouglassart.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

In this week's Talking Design, Stephen Crafti speak with furniture designer John Parker. John started he professional life as a stock broker, but was always interested in design. Eventually he founded Space Furniture, and has since been designing furniture for many years. He now runs Format Furniture in Carlton and is speaking with Stephen about his life in design. http://www.formatfurniture.com/...

Designer Michael Jan is a fascinating figure in the design world. Trained in Architecture, studying at RMIT, Jan was sidelined early in his career when he discovered the Habitat homewares store in London by Terrence Conran. Returning to Melbourne, he established homewares store House. Jan returned to Architecture establishing JAM Architects with Architect Chris Manton -More recenly, Jan has establ...

Architect Andrew Maynard has received numerous awards for his homes, many of which break the traditional mould. His distinctive designs are regularly featured in the media, which have a strong emphasis on sustainability. Recycled materials usually appear in his work and colour is often used for great effect -limes, reds. He also adhere to sustainable issues in his own life, preferring to ride a bi...

Joost was raised on a farm in Monbulk Victoria. Originally from Holland, Joost started using recycled materials such as steel to create planter stands for flower and plant displays in cafes, bars and restaurants. While he continues to create extraordinary installations, he has literally taken on the world with his greenhouses. These greenhouses showcase what can be done by using recycled building...

Monty Coles is a leading fashion photographer who was regularly travelling the globe in the 1980s with magazines such as British & Australian Vogue. Initially working on Wall Street, in the finance industry, Coles made the transition to photography after being asked to assist a New York photographer with his business. Travelling to Tokyo with model Twiggy in the mid-60s certainly helped his ca...

Stephen Crafti speaks with Industrial Designer Simon Lloyd. Simon regularly collaborates with architects as well as producing his own range of products focusing on smaller items such as vases, bowls and kitchen appliances. While he is known for his ceramics, he is as comfortable working with materials such as felt. Simon has recently had an exhibition at the Anita Traverso gallery in Richmond, Mel...

In this week's episode of Talking Design, Stephen Crafti speaks with Robyn Healy, Associate Professor and Program Director for RMIT School of Fashion. Robyn has a Fine Arts Degree from ANU and started her career as the Inaugural Curator of Fashion and Theatre arts at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Robyn shares her experience of working with Australian public collections of fashion...

Stephen Crafti talks to Ian Wong, Communications Coordinator in Industrial Design at RMIT. Ian talks about the role of industrial design and the importance that practicality and durability play in the design aesthetic. Ian maintains a blog of his research at http://ianwongresearch.blogspot.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks Talking Design, Stephen Crafti talks to award winning architect Robert Simeoni about the evolving relationship between designers and builders being redefined by manufacturing technology, which now gives architects more shapes and installation methods to consider when designing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Crafti talks to Melbourne-based architects Brett Nixon and George Fortey from Nixon Tulloch and Fortey about some of issues that dominate the domestic end of architecture. From renovations, to new housing, knockdowns, client expectations, client relationships and realistic costing, Brett and George offer some valuable observations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Jarrod Haberfield is one of three directors at Molecule, a design practice based in Melbourne that works across the disciplines of architecture, interiors and art direction. Jarrod studied architecture in Auckland, New Zealand at the Unitec Institute of Technology where he met his two partners and the Molecule story began. Stephen Crafti talks to Jarrod about what it takes to be a successful archi...

Michael Howard is a landscape architect and lecturer in landscape architecture in the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT University. Michael started as a horticulturist, studying at Burnley and buying for nurseries with people like Paul Bangay and Jenny Walker who were accommodating for the upper-end of the domestic market. He then returned to study Landscape architecture and design at RMIT...

Melanie Katsalidis is the director of Pieces of Eight, a contemporary jewellery and small object gallery in Melbourne showing the work of over thirty local and international artists. Melanie was originally trained in Art at the University of Melbourne and went on to do a gold and silversmiths course at RMIT University. In this week's Talking Design with Stephen Crafti, Melanie speaks about why she...

Chris Rack has an enviable reputation as a sculptor of steel and his artworks can be found in both public and private venues. Popular with architects, he is frequently commissioned to contribute sculptures, both internally and externally, as part of the overall architectural design. Here he talks to Stephen Crafti about the increasing popularity of sculpture, the importance of detail in his work a...

Amy Muir from Muir Mendez Architects talks with Stephen Crafti about the new, award winning house she designed for herself, the challenge of building on a small block and how she found inventive ways to maximise space and light. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A partner in Preston Zly, Johanna Preston makes beautiful bespoke shoes, some of which have been exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria. Here she talks to Stephen Crafti about her love of shoes, her training as a shoemaker and the art of designing a comfortable high heel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Contemporary, innovative exhibitions have been a hallmark of Suzanne Davies work as Director of the RMIT Gallery in Swanston Street, Melbourne. Whether it be Photography, Fashion, Fine Art, Craft or Installation the exhibitions always delight in pushing artistic boundaries. Here she talks to Stephen Crafti about the gallery's latest exhibition of Italian Contemporary Jewellery which ends on August...

Andrew Parr is a director of SJB Interiors, one of Australia's most successful architectural, interior and urban design firms. Here he talks to Stephen Crafti about recurring themes in design, the resurgence of seventies design ideas, dealing with clients, and what it was like to design your first house at the tender age of fifteen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fashionistas of the past will fondly remember Mason’s, which was one of the leading fashion houses in Melbourne through the sixties and seventies. One of its principals was Piero Gesualdi, architect, fashion designer, interior designer and café owner who brought much of his modernist aesthetic to Rosati’s, the café he established in Flinders Lane. Here he talks about his long and varied career, th...

Debbie Ryan is an interior designer and co-founder of the multi-award winning architectural firm, McBride, Charles and Ryan. She talks to design commentator Stephen Crafti about starting out as an interior designer, building a successful studio, its radical approach to large scale projects such as the extensions to Fitzroy High School and Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School. And last but not leas...