Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder of the Design Exec Club / BETTER FUTURE
Guests:
Amber Bonney - Founder and Managing Director at The Edison Agency / President at the Creative Women's Circle
Andrew Hoyne - Founder & Principal at Hoyne
David Montgomery - Founder and Director at Scaffad
Dylan Brady - Conductor (Owner) at Decibel Architecture
Julie Ockerby - CEO, Creative Director & Principal at Meli Studio Australia
Lorena Gaxiola - Director at Lorena Gaxiola Design
Maria Scott - Owner at Eye 2 Connect / Director at the Michael Hughes Foundation & Peer Support Australia
Richard Henderson - Founder & CEO at R-Co Brand
References/Resources:
Waterbrook Good to Great - Jim Collins, Harper Collins Publishers, 2001 Doughnut Economics - Kate Raworth Paul Krugman - New Trade Theory, neo-inflationism & New Economic Geography Freakonomics Radio with Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
Quotes:
Amber
Sometimes things that look beautiful aren’t scalable and don't have the system strategy behind them, 0:03:56
nothing is going to change until these conversations get a seat at the table in the C suite, 0:46:03
If you think about left brain-right brain thinking, people aren't making decisions just based on rational and functional attributes, they're also making decisions on desire, 0:17:40
Andrew
People don't think that anyone from a creative background is going to talk about money, they expect them to talk about emotions, and feelings and experiences, 0:06:23
Being boxed into an 'art' category is actually working against students’ ability to influence the people who hold the power, who hold the purse strings, 0:40:14
David
There are so many small businesses, so many great minds, and so many great ideas, but until you have a support network or network of encouragement, you are not going to be able to open doors, to give them an opportunity, 0:53:57
Dylan
Design is the wealth of presence and connection to what you're doing, 0:37:26
I love the idea of ecological thinking and the way that it can weave economies and culture and craft and care into the way we design and the way we build the world that we live in, 0:50:00
Julie
Design provides the emotional bridge between the community and the [end result], 0:23:40
Lorena
Design is always for the end-user, 0:11:07
It is our responsibility to teach and mentor the next generation, 0:52:52
Maria
We should be utilising the resources we have available to the best of our ability, rather than just ripping them down and creating new ones, 0:43:36
Richard
Design bridges the gap between an idea and an end outcome, 0:21:48
Mark
[Peak industry bodies] need to stop talking about beauty and actually talk about performance, 0:47:00
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