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DESIGNER + SHOP OWNER HEIDI DABURGER

Heidi Daburgerenjoys renovating homes - and has made a career out of it. Her success has been partly related to imbuing each project with its own stamp. “I want to imbed an authentic signature in e...

DESIGNER ELISE HESLOP

It was during a year of living in Italy a few years ago that Elise Heslopstruck upon an idea that has since changed her life. She was living a simpler life with her young family in a smaller...

FURNITURE DESIGNER SIMON ANCHER

The less-followed path turned out to be a good one for furniture maker Simon Ancher. He comes from a long line of architects - his grandfather, father, mother, two sisters and brother have all belo...

DESIGNER DARCY CLARKE

It was partly out of necessity that Darcy Clarke turned to design. In 2000 he moved to Byron Bay from Sydney, where he had studied art and architecture at COFA, and worked at the Museum of Contempo...

FURNITURE DESIGNER + MANUFACTURER LEONARD GEORGOPOULOS

Leonard Georgopoulos was brought up in the world of Australian furniture design and manufacture. Born in Melbourne, he was regularly taken on tours of the Arthur G factory by his father and founder...

DESIGNER ROSS GARDAM

From early on Ross Gardamknew that industrial design was for him. He clicked with the subject at university after growing up in the country town of Barham near the NSW and Victorian border with a f...

WOODWORKER + MAKER LEAH ROSE HUDSON-SMITH

 Sitting behind a computer all day didn’t suit Leah Rose Hudson-Smith. After moving to Melbourne eight years ago from Perth, where she grew up, and while working as an interior designer in a big co...

ARCHITECT + FURNITURE DESIGNER THERESA ARNS

It was a good sign when Danish design company Menu and its head of design - from Norm Architects - met Theresa Arns and decided to put some of her designs into production straight away. The archit...

FURNITURE MAKER TARA WILCOX + PRODUCT DESIGNER NICOLA GREY

Tara Wilcox, left, and Nicola GreyWhile furniture maker Tara Wilcox and product designer Nicola Grey appreciate great design and craftsmanship, they also understand that not everyone can afford it....