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. Robyn Lindsey: Designing across retail, corporate & sustainability

    12.08.2025

    Robyn Lindsey: Designing across retail, corporate & sustainability

    Robyn Lindsey is an interior and experience designer with over four decades of practice across retail, corporate, hospitality and residential sectors. She studied Interior Design at RMIT and holds an MBA in Entrepreneurial Studies from Swinburne. From 1990 she spent three decades at Geyer Design, progressing to Director and Partner and serving as Global Strategy and Design Leader overseeing the firm’s expansion into Asia. In 2021 she established her own independent practice. She was recognised with a Lifetime Achievement in the 2020 Architecture and Design Sustainability Awards. See the full show notes for more details.

    33 мин.
  2. Louise Dann: A journey through design, culture & sustainability

    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 мин.
  3. Rina Cohen: Interior designer

    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 мин.
  4. Colin Wood: Design publisher

    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 мин.
  5. Dario Zoureff: Interior & furniture designer

    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 мин.
  6. Phillip Zmood: Automotive designer

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

    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 мин.
  8. Jeffrey Newman: Industrial Design Council of Australia

    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 мин.
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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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  • Автор
    Geoff Fitzpatrick
  • Годы выхода
    2021 - 2025
  • Выпуски
    18
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