Design Conversations

Geoff Fitzpatrick
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Design Conversations is a podcast series aimed at recording an oral history of designers and design practices in Australia, from the twentieth century to the present day. Each episode is a one-on-one conversation with an eminent design practitioner, in which they detail and elaborate on their careers. The series strives to cover most of the design disciplines currently practiced, and examine the motivation, inspiration and hard work that brought recognition.

  1. 07/04/2025

    Louise Dann: A journey through design, culture & sustainability

    In this episode of Design Conversations, Geoff chats with Louise Dann, a globally experienced strategic planner and designer, about her remarkable journey through the world of Australian and international design. See the full show notes for more details.

    21 min

  2. 11/07/2024

    Rina Cohen: Interior designer

    Rina Cohen is an interior designer who has been in practice for more than thirty years, and is an award winning designer specialising in the field of residential design. She is a Fellow of the Design Institute of Australia and winner of the KBDI Certified Designer of the Year in 2023. See the full show notes for more details.

    32 min

  3. 11/06/2024

    Colin Wood: Design publisher

    Colin Wood was the legendary publisher of Design World, a major publication on design issues between 1983–1995. It was a roller coaster ride that was to spawn Design Ink. Currently Colin publishes the Art & Design Education Resource Guide, and the next publication will be the 41st edition. See the full show notes for more details.

    43 min

  4. 14/01/2022

    Dario Zoureff: Interior & furniture designer

    Dario Zoureff is a pre-eminent interior and furniture designer, with a memorable catalogue of residential and commercial furniture designed over several decades. He was born in Vienna in the 1930s and came to Australia at the age of nine. He studied interior design at the Royal Melbourne Technical College in the 1950s, and began a sixty-year practice thereafter. See the full show notes for more details.

    42 min

  5. 26/10/2021

    Phillip Zmood: Automotive designer

    Phillip Zmood studied Industrial Design at RMIT, and began his career with General Motors Corporation in 1965 as a designer. Soon after he became the General Manager of the Mid/Luxury Car Division of Holden/GM International Operations (USA) leading and contributing to future design programs. See the full show notes for more details.

    48 min

  6. 14/09/2021

    Mary Featherston AM: Interior & furniture designer, early childhood environmental designer

    Mary Featherston, together with her husband Grant, have been seminal figures in Australian Design, delivering high-profile projects over decades in mid-century Australia. Mary has been celebrated in the field of children’s early-learning environments, working with schools, childcare centres and museums, and she continues as a consultant and advocate in this sphere. See the full show notes for more details.

    46 min

  7. 13/09/2021

    Jeffrey Newman: Industrial Design Council of Australia

    Jeffrey Newman is an industrial designer, who trained in the fourth intake of students for the Industrial Design Diploma at RMIT in the mid 1950s. Jeff established his initial freelance design practice immediately after graduation, and later, following a period at Thorn Electrical, he eventually accepted a position in Myer Store Planning under Don Ward. See the full show notes for more details.

    57 min

  8. 24/08/2021

    David Terry: Industrial Design Council of Australia & industrial designer

    David Terry trained in Industrial Design at RMIT, and then under architect Don Ward at Myer, where he made major contributions to the development of Myer Chadstone and then to Farmers in Sydney. David was engaged by the Industrial Design Council of Australia for several years and eventually became a State Director. See the full show notes for more details.

    55 min
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Design Conversations is a podcast series aimed at recording an oral history of designers and design practices in Australia, from the twentieth century to the present day. Each episode is a one-on-one conversation with an eminent design practitioner, in which they detail and elaborate on their careers. The series strives to cover most of the design disciplines currently practiced, and examine the motivation, inspiration and hard work that brought recognition.

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  • Creator
    Geoff Fitzpatrick
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Except where otherwise noted, content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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