Talking Design

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.

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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.

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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 14th.

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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.

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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, the creative flame, and his latest innovative venture - turning one of Melbourne’s electricity substations into an underground bar.

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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 least, the Harry Potter factor.

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After a successful career as an artist, designer and curator in the UK, Stewart came to Melbourne and established Spacecraft as an innovative textile studio and retail store. Blurring the line between fine art and design, Spacecraft’s designs can be found on everything from homeware, to High Street fashion and architecture. Here, Stewart talks about the synergies that exist between fine art and design, the philosophy behind Spacecraft and how being small, flexible and responsive was the key to its success.

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Professor Margaret Gardner (Vice Chancellor of RMIT University) talks to Stephen about the new RMIT Design Hub, under construction on the iconic CUB site. Designed by the architect Sean Godsell, this exciting initiative will be a model of sustainable building design, hosting RMIT’s new Design Research Institute, as well as providing a vibrant, innovative space for collaboration between academics, researchers, students and industry.

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Stephen Crafti talks to architect Tim O’Sullivan and interior designer Sioux Clark whose studio, Multiplicity, has won a number of awards for sustainable architecture and design. Here they talk about the challenge of reinterpreting an existing building, the benefits of re-using old materials to give the space texture and history, and the importance of forming a sympathetic relationship with clients.

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Stephen and Robyn discuss the business of curating the NGV, and the culture of fashion design.
Associate Professor Robyn Healy is a Program director of Fashion Design in the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT University. For many years she was also a curator at the National Gallery of Victoria. Here she gives an insight into the business of curating, the designs she acquired for the NGV archives, the culture of fashion design both here and overseas, and Australian designers who have been influential in driving men’s fashion.

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