Talking Design

Designer Jon Mikulic has spent the last 30 years designing everything from bespoke houses to restaurants, bars and cafes. With life and business partner Vanessa Mikulic, together with Mark White, director of Ramvek, a new venture designing fine furniture has eventuated. This beautifully made furniture, all produced in Australia, has already received interest from Europe.

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Architect Emma Tulloch is a director of Nixon Tulloch Fortey Architecture. The practice, comprising architects Brett Nixon and George Fortey has just reached its 10 year anniversary. The practice is known for their high-end residential work, including new houses and alterations and additions. Tulloch talks about some of the ways projects, as well as clients expectations are handled.

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Gordon and Susan Tait head up Tait, one of Australia's leading producers of outdoor furniture. Working with leading Australian designers, such as Trent Jansen creating designs, Tait established their business since the early 1990s. The vibrant coloured outdoor furniture is now a feature in many back yards, as well as in cafes and restaurants.

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Gregory Bonasera and Anthony Ramon are the names behind Porcelain Bear. Bonasera studied ceramics at Monash University and Anthony Ramond Industrial Design, also at Monash. The duo now specialise in porcelain lighting, objects and furniture and export to the United States as well as creating lights and furniture for Australian architects and designers

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Architect Jarrod Haberfield, director of Molecule brings art and architecture to the fore in this program. Haberfield shows how the two come together in an apartment his practice he reconfigured for a couple with a significant collection of contemporary Australian and New Zealand art. Whether it's a restaurant, a corporate fit-out or a bespoke home, art is pivotal to this talented design practice.

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Artist Natasha Johns-Messenger started her career studying painting at RMIT University before focusing on installation-based work, also completing her Masters Degree at University. Now based in New York, Johns-Messenger has just had her first solo exhibition at the Heidi Museum in Bulleen, Melbourne. Her site-specific work is truly extraordinary!

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Jeff Provan studied engineering and later architecture at RMIT before venturing into his first developments in the mid-1980s. with then business partner Barry Ludlow, the duo rediscovered Melbourne's laneways by creating distinctive townhouses. Fast forward a few decades, Neometro has become a leader in creating well-designed low rise apartments in inner-city Melbourne.

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Nancy Bugeja, Managing Director of the HM Group and her business partner Miguel Valenzuela, Creative Director of HM first met while studying design at the Barton Institute. Graduating during the recession of the early 1990s, they decided to pitch for work. Now 20 years later, they have become a creative force in the design industry covering everything from graphic design to branding as well as making films, including fashion. Their on-line magazine Fluoro Digital covers all the arts, attracting an international audience.

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Siblings Alex and Georgie Cleary, creative directors of fashion label Alpha 60, started their fashion business by producing a range of shirts for family and friends. Now with 10 shops in Melbourne, Sydney and more recently in Perth, the duo combine style with a great sense for business. Alex started his career as an engineer while Georgie as a graphic designer. Alex partially cites their success as having an ability to solve problems as much as coming up with new ideas for the 10 women's collections produced every year

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Architect Stephen Javens started his career studying Arts at the University of Queensland. However, seeing the demise of many heritage building in Brisbane during the late 1970s and 80s, changed his focus, graduating in architecture from RMIT University in the mid-1980s. With life and business partner interior designer Kerry Phelan, the duo, both directors of KPDO Architects, are helping to sensitively reshape Melbourne.

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