Talking Design
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.
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- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 228
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
Paul Hecker, Interior Designer & Director of Hecker Guthrie
Interior designer Paul Hecker was raised and studied in Adelaide before moving to Melbourne in the 1980s. Initially working with architect Daryl Jackson, Hecker worked for a number of practices befor…
00:24:32 |
Wed 22 Sep 2021
Peter Williams, Director of Williams Boag Architects
Peter Williams, Director of Williams Boag Architects, is known for his contemporary style. His practice has created a presence in the heritage world, receiving numerous architecture awards. The recen…
00:27:54 |
Wed 08 Sep 2021
Liam Eastop, Principle Architect at Eastop Architects
Since starting his practice a few years ago, Liam Eastop has made a quiet but impressive entrance on the architectural scene in Melbourne. Receiving awards and accolades for his bespoke work, Eastop …
00:24:17 |
Wed 25 Aug 2021
Sue Carr, Founding Principal at Carr Architecture and Interior Design
Sue Car has just received on Order of Australia Medal. The award-winning designer, who studied at RMIT in the late 1960s, established her practice in 1971 (50 years ago)! An extraordinary achievement…
00:29:31 |
Wed 11 Aug 2021
Blanche Tilden, Contemporary Jeweller
Contemporary Jeweller Blanche Tilden is having a survey exhibition at Geelong Gallery until 1 August before it travels to a number of galleries including Sydney, Wagga and Canberra. Showcasing 25 yea…
00:24:10 |
Wed 28 Jul 2021
Bruce Trethowan, Principal at Trethowan Architects
Architect Bruce Trethowan has just past the 20 year milestone at the helm of Trethowan Architects. A leading heritage architect, Trethowan understands the importance of historic buildings, from Melbo…
00:27:25 |
Wed 14 Jul 2021
Nick Travers, Director at Technē Architecture + Interior Design
Technē Architecture + Interior Design has established a reputation in Melbourne’s hospitality scene. From the slightly gritty and urbane interiors found at The Espy to the more sleek and refined at B…
00:28:04 |
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Tim Reeves, Architecture Writer
Tim Reeves has just released the book 'Winning Homes: 75 Australian House Design Competitions', published by Halstead Press. The book is a testimony to some of the great Australian architects over th…
00:26:00 |
Wed 16 Jun 2021
Emma Busowsky Cox, Curator at Bendigo Art Gallery
Make sure you check out the exhibition 'Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary' at the Bendigo Art Gallery (closes 21 July 2021). Showcasing garments from 1955 to 1975, the 110 garments on display are an …
00:25:46 |
Wed 02 Jun 2021
Geoffrey Hatty, Director of Applied Arts
Geoffrey Hatty, Director of Applied Arts in Melbourne, has been at the forefront of designer furniture and objects since the mid-1980s. One impetus was seeing the Joseph Hoffmann collection of furnit…
00:29:58 |
Wed 19 May 2021
Brett Nixon, Director at NTF Architecture
NTF Architecture has established a reputation for their townhouses, with its Blackburn development receiving an AIA Victorian Chapter Award last year in the category of multi-res. This project showed…
00:23:47 |
Wed 05 May 2021
Kerstin Thompson, Principal of Kerstin Thompson Architects
Coinciding with her new book, Kerstin Thompson Architects: Encompassing People & Place, published by RMIT in conjunction with Thames & Hudson, this interview traces some of the landmark projects in K…
00:24:35 |
Wed 21 Apr 2021
Ros Moriarty, Director & Co-Founder of Balarinji
Balarinji is one of Australia’s most high profiled design practices. From graphics for Quantas airlines in the mid-1990s, it has gone on to make an important indigenous mark in Australia and abroad. …
00:28:28 |
Wed 07 Apr 2021
Ross Harding, Engineer & Principle at Finding Infinity
Ross Harding is a principle at Finding Infinity, which was established in 2014. He has organised A New Normal for this year's Design week (26 March - 4 April), inviting leading architectural practice…
00:21:12 |
Wed 24 Mar 2021
Pato Paez, Director at The Commission Project
Pato Paez is a Director of The Commission Project. Based in New York and founded by artist Michael Souter, The Commission Project fuses together art and architecture, predominantly in commercial sett…
00:31:22 |
Wed 10 Mar 2021
David Lennie, Owner of Signature Prints
The name Signature Prints has become synonymous with wallpapers in Australia. At the helm is owner David Lennie, who started his wallpaper business in the late 1980s. Now working with leading designe…
00:27:34 |
Wed 24 Feb 2021
Rerun: Joseph Saba, Australian Fashion Designer
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 opene…
00:28:30 |
Fri 11 Sep 2020
Rerun: Tony Newsham, Vice President of Comme des Garcons
Tony Newsham came from the United Kingdom in the early 1970s not knowing what to do as a career. Five years later, he opened Trellini in Melbourne and later in Sydney. After almost 20 years forging a…
00:26:45 |
Fri 28 Aug 2020
Rerun: Piero Gesualdi, Architect, Fashion Designer and Interior Designer
Fashionistas of the past will fondly remember Masons, which was one of the leading fashion houses in Melbourne through the sixties and seventies. One of its principals was Piero Gesualdi, architect, …
00:22:41 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Rerun: Mardi Doherty, Co-director Of Doherty Lynch
Mardi Doherty is co-director of Doherty Lynch, an Interior Design Practice based in Melbourne. A graduate of RMIT's Interior Design program, Doherty worked for Chris Connell for several years before …
00:22:44 |
Fri 31 Jul 2020
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