Talking Design

Architect John Henry first came to attention with his unusual warehouse style home in Research. Inspired by Architect Robin Boyd's Featherston house designed for Mary and Grant Featherston in 1967, Henry's house includes multi-level platforms hovering above dirt floors. Henry's love of designer furniture is on display in his home including furniture by Marc Newson, Grant and Mary Featherston and Frank Ghery.
http://www.johnhenryarchitects.com.au/

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Described by the media as ‘arguably the most creative force in Australian fashion’, and ‘the man responsible for teaching us how to wear black’, Joseph Saba is an icon of Australian fashion.
Joe opened his first store, the ‘Joseph Saba Shirt and Sweater Shop’ in Flinders Lane in 1965. He went on to create the famous Staggers jeans label, which revolutionised jeans in Australia in the 1970’s. He introduced his now famous Saba brand in 1974, building the business up to 17 stores, including a store in New York, before selling the Saba business in 2002.
Joe’s most recent success was with his online and wholesale label Joseph Saba, a lifestyle range of womens clothing consisting of Joe's signature knitwear and jersey pieces, for easy relaxed dressing.
Joe was included in the Australia Post ‘Australian Legends of Fashion’ postage stamp series in January 2005. The Australia Post ‘Legends’ are the only living people, apart from the monarchy, to appear on a stamp. Some of Joe’s designs are archived in the Powerhouse Museum (Sydney) and the National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne).
He now enjoys consulting on various fashion projects. He also takes a keen interest in young up and coming designers and fashion students and enjoys passing his knowledge and experience on to the next generation of great Australian designers.

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http://www.3deep.com.au/
BRETT PHILLIPSFounder and CEO
Brett Phillips is the Founder and CEO of 3 Deep. Over the past 15 years Brett has demonstrated his skills as a creative and strategic leader to establish 3 Deep as one of the most innovative and creative businesses in the world. Having commenced his career in design, Brett quickly identified the need for strategic and entrepreneurial thinkers who were capable of adding significant value beyond the provision of creative services.As a highly motivated individual, Brett has expanded 3 Deep’s interests over the past decade to include a range of complimentary businesses within the publishing, retail, education, culture, fashion and fragrance sectors. Brett has contributed actively to Australia’s cultural landscape and has occupied posts on the State and National Councils of the Australian Graphic Design Association and has chaired the Board of Directors of Phillip Adams Balletlab and Luxury Fashion House Materialbyproduct. He has also occupied positions on The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of The Ideas Institute.
Recognised with over 150 national and international awards of excellence, Brett is proud of his achievements in delivering successful and benchmark campaigns for clients such as Madonna for Louis Vuitton, The Australian Ballet, Toni Maticevski, Harrolds, Six Scents and John Wardle Architects to name only a few.
DAVID ROENNFELDTFounder and Creative Director
David Roennfeldt is the Founder and Creative Director of 3 Deep. Over the past 15 years David has positioned 3 Deep as one of the most innovative and unique creative businesses in the world. Since 3 Deep's inception, David has established a curated, intelligent and considered body of work through partnership with many of the worlds leading brands. Through David's global activity within the fashion, beauty, architecture and lifestyle sectors, he has established a reputation as a creative leader passionate about aesthetic diversity, attention to detail, story telling and compelling ideas.
David constantly collaborates with those at the vanguard of artistic and creative practice which most recently have included fashion designer Gareth Pugh, Artist Robert Knoke, Architect John Wardle and Artistic Director David McAllister to sight only a few. David is an experienced Art Director and over the past 15 years he has contributed significantly to the presentation of contemporary and traditional dance campaigns within Australia.
David has chaired the Board of Directors of Phillip Adams Balletlab while occupying positions on The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of The Ideas Institute and MATERIALBYPRODUCT. Having been published in more than 150 journals including Eye, Graphics International, Desktop and Monument magazines, David also sits on the advisory board of the National School of Design and is an active member of the Australian Graphic Design Association. David has been recognised with over 150 national and international creative awards of excellence including a coveted Cannes Design Lion in 2010.

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Founder and CEO- Catalyst Design Group Pty Ltd, and KNOG Pty Ltd
Following a BA in Industrial design at RMIT, Hugo worked for 4 years in Europe and the UK. In 1992 Hugo founded Catalyst Design Group Pty Ltd. Since then Catalyst has designed and delivered consumer, electronic, telecommunications and sporting products from feasibility through concept, engineering right through to manufacture and supply.
Catalyst now has the reputation as one of Australia’s leading Industrial Design and Brand Development companies. Its has the unique capability of taking products from establishing need, through all aspects of design and usability, Product Engineering, production management all the way to retail strategy and how products should resonate with wholesalers, retailers and customer alike.
In 2002, with partner Malcolm, Hugo established KNOG Pty. Ltd. and launched their proprietary products onto the global market in over 50 countries throughout the world. A cycling accessories brand, KNOG now manufactures, facilitates and supplies over 200 unique products, to independent, online and dedicated retail stores.
Hugo has been the recipient of over 30 National and International design awards including Winning the 2007 Australian Design award, 4 European IF Awards, the ISPO brand new Award and Red Dot award.

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Architects Clare McAlister and Karen Alcock, Directors of MA Architects, started the practice a few years ago after being directors of Neometro. They are recognised for their apartment developments, including such projects as Harper Lane in Inkerman Street, St.Kilda. Designed for singles and professional couples, these apartments have a strong sense of community. And rather than simply providing generic apartments, MA Architects design homes they would live in themselves, with apartments featuring natural light and cross-ventilation. - http://www.maarchitects.com.au/

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Robyn Lyon is the Program Coordinator of Fashion and Textile Merchandising at RMIT University. She started her career as a teacher, but her family owned a woolen mill in Ballarat and was always keen on fashion. Her cousin Joe Saba was building his jeans empire and so Robyn joined the Saba business, working closely along side Joe to develop ranges. With years of experience in retail, Lyons is now passing on her knowledge to students. http://www.rmit.edu.au/ftmerchandising

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Paul Smith’s introduction into fashion was completely accidental.
At the age of 16, with no career plans or qualifications, Paul Smith was propelled by his father into a menial job at the local clothing warehouse in his native Nottingham. However his real passion was sport and his ambition was to become a professional racing cyclist, until aged 17 years when cycling-mad Paul was in a terrible accident.
Six months in hospital followed and during this time Paul made some new friends. After leaving hospital he arranged to meet them again and by chance the meeting place was a local pub that was popular with the students from the local art college.
They talked of Mondrian, Warhol, Kokoshka, David Bailey and listened to the Rolling Stones, Miles Davis and much more. It was then Paul knew he wanted to be a part of this colourful world of ideas and excitement.
Within two years, Paul Smith was managing his first boutique in Nottingham and with the encouragement of his girlfriend Pauline Denyer (now wife) and a small amount of savings, opened a tiny shop in 1970. Paul started to take evening classes for tailoring and with the help of Pauline (an RCA fashion graduate), Paul was able to create what he wanted. By 1976 Paul showed his first menswear collection in Paris under the Paul Smith label.
In business for over 40 years Paul Smith had established himself as the pre-eminent British designer. Paul Smith has an ability to anticipate, and even spark off trends not only fashion but in the wider context of popular culture. He manages to transmit a genuine sense of humour and mischief mixed with his love of tradition and the classics
Today there are 14 different collections; Paul Smith for men and women, PS by Paul Smith, Paul Smith Jeans, Paul Smith London, R.Newbold (Japan only), Paul Smith Black, Paul by Paul Smith, Paul Smith Accessories, Paul Smith Shoe. Paul Smith rugs, china, spectacles and fragrance are made under license. Designed in Nottingham and London, the Paul Smith collections are primarily produced in England and Italy while the fabrics used are mainly of Italian, French and British origin.

The Paul Smith shops reflect the character of Paul and his designs, an unmistakable Englishness augmented by the unexpected. Each and every Paul Smith shop is totally different, from a shocking pink building with movie set styling on Melrose Avenue, LA, to a Japanese garden at the heart of the Jingumae store in Tokyo. Each shop is a showcase for diverse and eccentric objects complementing the clothing collections with an extensive selection of jewellery, books, art and antiques.
Paul explains his eclectic aesthetic: “We’re a leading and uniquely British brand. We mix up one-off antiques with high quality tailoring: the chair you sit on when you buy a suit is for sale and we can wrap the suit and have the chair waiting for you when you get home.”
Paul Smith is global - the collection is wholesaled to 66 countries and has 17 shops in England. Paul Smith shops are found in London, Paris, Milan, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, and U.A.E. – and over 200 throughout Japan. Paul remains fully involved in the Japanese business; designing the clothes, choosing the fabrics, approving the shop locations and overseeing every development within the company. Paul Smith also has impressive and diverse showrooms in London, Paris, Milan, New York, and Tokyo.
Paul Smith continues to be an integral part of the company; he is both designer and chairman. Paul Smith is continually involved in every aspect of the business and as a result, Paul Smith Limited retains a personal touch often lost in companies of a similar size.

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Ducks, Dolls and Divine Robots: designing our futures with computingA public lecture by Dr Genevieve Bell
We have relationships with technology – we always have had. And these relationships have regularly strayed beyond the merely functional, or rational. Whether anthropomorphising all manner of objects from steamships to guitars, or systematically attacking and breaking machines out of fear and loathing, we have had strong emotional connections with technology. Furthermore, this emotionality is not only borne out of daily activity, it also has its origins in the realm of fiction, myth and even legend. As such we can tell a story where Excalibur, the Luddites, The Turing Test and Cyberdyne share a common genealogy – they are all about our relationships with technology.
Today we inhabit a world in which there are many pieces of technology in our lives, our homes and our places of work, worship and leisure. Early mechanized objects like looms, pianolas and wireless radios have given way to digitally connected computational devices, but have we developed a new emotional register with which to engage with these objects? In this talk, Genevieve offers a meditation on the nature of our relationships with computing, locating them within this larger conversation, and offering a much wider space for human-computer relationships to flourish.

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Lou Weis is Creative Director of Broached Commissions. He brings together some of the finest talent in Australia to create limited edition objects and furniture. http://broachedcommissions.com/

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Kenneth W. Park is an historian, curator and cultural ambassador for Melbourne. He not only shows Melbourne to the many locals and international visitors, he also works closely with company's such as Australians Studying Abroad - taking Australian's to numerous cultural destination's around the world.

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