Talking Design is a fortnightly podcast review of design in all its facets - from architecture to industrial design, from fashion to automotive design. It features interviews with prominent designers and expert analysis from RMIT University academics. Talking Design is produced by experienced journalist Stephen Crafti and sponsored by RMIT.
Architect Rodney Egglestone is co-director of March Studio. A relatively new practice, March studio first created waves with its stacked cardboard interior for Aesop in Flinders Lane. The practice ha…
Ronnen Goren is co-director of Fabio Ongarato -a design led agency that is known for its advertising campaigns. The company no longer sees itself as a traditional graphic design company, but more as …
Mark Douglas is a leading glass artist. He has been in practice for over two decades and now creates extraordinary lights and glass installations for some of Australia's leading architects and i…
In this week's Talking Design, Stephen Crafti speak with furniture designer John Parker. John started he professional life as a stock broker, but was always interested in design. Eventually he founde…
Designer Michael Jan is a fascinating figure in the design world. Trained in Architecture, studying at RMIT, Jan was sidelined early in his career when he discovered the Habitat homewares store in Lo…
Architect Andrew Maynard has received numerous awards for his homes, many of which break the traditional mould. His distinctive designs are regularly featured in the media, which have a strong emphas…
Joost was raised on a farm in Monbulk Victoria. Originally from Holland, Joost started using recycled materials such as steel to create planter stands for flower and plant displays in cafes, bars and…
Monty Coles is a leading fashion photographer who was regularly travelling the globe in the 1980s with magazines such as British & Australian Vogue. Initially working on Wall Street, in the finance i…
Stephen Crafti speaks with Industrial Designer Simon Lloyd. Simon regularly collaborates with architects as well as producing his own range of products focusing on smaller items such as vases, bowls …
In this week's episode of Talking Design, Stephen Crafti speaks with Robyn Healy, Associate Professor and Program Director for RMIT School of Fashion. Robyn has a Fine Arts Degree from ANU and starte…
Stephen Crafti talks to Ian Wong, Communications Coordinator in Industrial Design at RMIT. Ian talks about the role of industrial design and the importance that practicality and durability play in th…
In this weeks Talking Design, Stephen Crafti talks to award winning architect Robert Simeoni about the evolving relationship between designers and builders being redefined by manufacturing technology…
Stephen Crafti talks to Melbourne-based architects Brett Nixon and George Fortey from Nixon Tulloch and Fortey about some of issues that dominate the domestic end of architecture. From renovations, t…
Jarrod Haberfield is one of three directors at Molecule, a design practice based in Melbourne that works across the disciplines of architecture, interiors and art direction. Jarrod studied architectu…
Michael Howard is a landscape architect and lecturer in landscape architecture in the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT University. Michael started as a horticulturist, studying at Burnley an…
Melanie Katsalidis is the director of Pieces of Eight, a contemporary jewellery and small object gallery in Melbourne showing the work of over thirty local and international artists. Melanie was orig…
Chris Rack has an enviable reputation as a sculptor of steel and his artworks can be found in both public and private venues. Popular with architects, he is frequently commissioned to contribute scul…
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…
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 shoe…
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 …
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