Design Your Life with Vince Frost

What imprint do we leave today, for tomorrow?   Next in our Architecture Series – From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince chats to Angelo Candalepas, known for designing the stunning Punchbowl Mosque amongst some of Australia’s most elegant apartments and offices.    With deep philosophy, they discuss how considering the longevity of an environment can reflect the passage of life, and why designing buildings with life not only enable optimism in society, but have the power to change the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you design wellbeing?   In this episode of our Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to two of the Directors of Kerry Hill Architects, Seán McGivern & Patrick Kosky. They discuss how designing with empathy and decisive clarity has helped continue Kerry Hill’s legacy, and why applying this practice to a building’s natural context can create therapeutic spaces for wellbeing.    Listen in as they unpack their approach to designing globally recognised luxury resorts, striking private residences and empathetic city-shaping projects as spaces for rest, relaxation and stillness.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Next in our Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to industrial designers’ Henry Wilson and David Caon; friends turned co-founders of Laker Studio to design sustainable, functional objects for the home and workplace.   But how do you balance everyday function and sustainability when our needs for life constantly change? In this episode, they uncover the duo’s early encounters with design, and why understanding how we live day-to-day has helped them design sustainable objects for life.   From Wilson’s famous A-Joint joinery systems and his bespoke interiors for Aesop, to Caon’s time working with Marc Newson in Paris and his award-winning cabin interiors for the flagship Airbus A380 – the pair’s collaboration at Laker Studio has taken their practice to new depths.   Find out how deep they go. https://www.henrywilson.com.au/ https://www.caonstudio.com/  https://www.laker.studio/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince Frost speaks to one of the most daring, most colourful and most awarded interior designers, Yasmine Ghoniem.    As one of Vogue Living’s top 50 creatives, her new interior design studio, YSG, is shaping some of Australia’s boldest residential and hospitality spaces. One year in, and it’s already won big at the 2020 Australian Interior Design Awards.   In the latest Design Your Life - From Lego to Skyscrapers episode, Yasmine talks to Vince about using her Middle Eastern heritage, creative confidence and passion for performance to break traditional moulds, and how sculpting the experience of space has a lasting impact on the design of people’s lives.   Expect the unexpected.   https://ysg.studio/  https://designyourlife.com.au/  https://www.frostcollective.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of our Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to John Wardle, Meaghan Dwyer and James Loder - the Founder and Partners of the internationally renowned design firm, John Wardle Architects.   Whether it's designing the gallery at Phoenix Central Park, private coastal homes, Bendigo Law Courts or shaping Australia’s places of learning, the incredibly diverse undertakings of projects from John Wardle Architects are transforming our private and public life for good.   Together, they unpack why the curiosity to explore something new helped John start his practice, and how the evolution of technology, his diverse team and their empathy towards people have enabled the company to contribute to a better world of design, now and for the future.   https://www.johnwardlearchitects.com/  https://designyourlife.com.au/  https://www.frostcollective.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week in our Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to the South African architect paving the future of retail, Nicolas Criticos. Nicolas is responsible for the store design creative direction of South Africa’s biggest department chain Woolworths. Nicholas was also the Creative Lead of the $200 million renovation of the David Jones flagship store in Sydney’s CBD. In conversation with long-time friend Vince, the two explore why effective design is crucial to create an emotional connection with customers, how bricks and mortar can thrive in the digital age, and what the future of retail design has in store.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Next in our Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to Studio Bright Director Melissa Bright.  For every residential, civic and educational project, Melissa and her team blend heritage with innovation. From the award-winning Ruckers Hill House to 8 Loftus Lane at Sydney’s new Quay Quarter, Studio Bright are helping shape our cities for generations to come.  In this episode, Mel explains how every space has a lasting impact on our future cities, and why designing with optimism can take architecture to new heights.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we continue in our Architecture Series, this week Vince catches up with Kelvin Ho, the Founding Director of Akin Atelier. Working at the intersection of architecture, art, interior design & branding, Ho and Akin Atelier have created thought-provoking spaces for the likes of Merivale, QANTAS, Google, Dion Lee, Saturdays NYC, AGNSW, Camilla and Marc, bassike and The Australian Ballet. In his conversation with Vince, he reveals how skate culture has inspired his aesthetic and why designing an emotional experience for the people who work, visit, dine, shop, dance and live in the spaces he creates matters in a way that it never has before.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the sixth episode of our Design Your Life Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince chats to renowned architect and long-time friend Neil Durbach, Director of Durbach Block Jaggers.  Neil has designed some of Australia’s most unique and beautiful spaces, from Judith Neilson’s mysterious performance venue, Phoenix Central Park, to the famous Droga Apartment.   He debates with Vince about whether simplicity makes good design, how growing up in South Africa during the Apartheid era influenced his career, and why sketching and collaboration builds a more creative world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the fifth episode of our Design Your Life Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, we speak to the founder of Smart Design Studio - William Smart.  William is behind some of the most iconic public and private buildings in Australia, from Chippendale’s Central Park precinct to Judith Neilson’s award-winning home, Indigo Slam. At each pivotal moment of William's life and career, we discuss the creative influences that shaped his distinct voice in design: from his country up-bringing to a gentle nudge from a university professor, to the culture and nightlife of European living and his unwavering love of mid-century cars. And how a knock on his door from Judith Neilson opened the creative opportunity of a lifetime.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.