30UNDER30 Interior and Product Design

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After days of deliberation by the shortlist judges, we are proud to reveal the Australian Design Review 30UNDER30 Interior Design and Product Design Shortlist. This cohort is the future: the thinkers, dreamers, and doers; the creatives, researchers, planners, designers and technology specialists who will shape our world. They have demonstrated exceptional talent and we are proud to elevate and empower them.

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Adele Vine

Adele Vine is the founder and creative director of Just Adele, a Melbourne-based bespoke furniture maker specialising in natural stone. She founded the brand in 2019 in a bid to combine her love of stone, Italian heritage and obsession with design into a company.

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Annie MacLean

Annie MacLean graduated as an interior architect in 2017 and has been fortunate to work in high-end residential design ever since. Before launching her business in 2022, she worked at Adam Kane Architects and Sally Caroline, exposing her to a rich and diverse understanding of interior design.

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Annie Paxton

Annie Paxton is a Naarm/Melbourne-based multidisciplinary designer. She works as an architect at Kennedy Nolan, alongside her creative arts practice which navigates the juncture between architecture and furniture/object to comprehend how design drives, and is driven, by the poetics of everyday life.

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Anny Benjamin

Throughout Anny Benjamin’s career as an interior designer, she has developed a deep appreciation for curating furniture, art, and objects in residential projects. She is passionate about collaborating with homeowners to bring their dream spaces to life and craft designs that reflect their needs, lifestyles, and unique personalities.

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Ashleigh Sullivan

Initially architecture-trained, Ashleigh Sullivan is a Brisbane-based designer at COX, operating at the intersection between interior space, systems, and people. She advocates for holistic outcomes that connect the public realm, architecture, and interiors. Throughout her career in Australia and Europe, she has specialised in designing educational, workplace, and civic interiors.

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Billie Murphy

Billie Murphy attributes growing up in Sydney close to the beach as responsible for igniting her interest in sustainability and the interaction between humans and the environment. This fascination led her to study Interior Design at UTS. She reveals her design philosophy mirrors her personality – thoughtful, yet adventurous and willing to take risks.

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Briony Knowles

Briony Knowles is an interior designer specialising in residential interiors and human-centred design. After studying and working in Brisbane, she is now based in London where she is eagerly exploring Europe in a pursuit to gain global insights and inspiration. She is passionate about design and is grateful for all the opportunities her work has provided so far.

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Calvin Janse Van Vuuren

Calvin Janse Van Vuuren believes that no singular lens captures every detail, therefore he engages with new cultures and unique environments. As a creator and designer, he is driven to resolve problems in an innovative and conscious manner, alongside possessing a passion for influencing human behaviour and impacting a better future.

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Candyce James

Candyce James is a Melbourne-based interior designer. She studied her Master in Interior Design at Swinburne University and has been working in the design industry for six years across Mim Design and Carr. James is now one of three directors at AKI Design.

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Charlotte Paule

Charlotte Paule grew up surrounded by design as her parents collected antique furniture and her mother was an interior designer. From witnessing her mother’s passion for design and being immersed in antique pieces from a young age, she developed a deep appreciation for aesthetics and craftsmanship. She cites interior design as a natural pathway.

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Chloe Leuenberger

Chloe Leuenberger is a process-driven interior designer fuelled by curiosity. Her passion for knowledge has seen her explore various typologies, from residential to public spaces. She is a self-proclaimed proactive problem-solver who balances creativity with pragmatism, resulting in the design of visually captivating yet functional spaces that see every element serve a purpose in the overall design.

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Christian Veloso

Christian Veloso is a product designer passionate about family, people, and design. Since graduating with first-class honours in Industrial Design at RMIT, he has found himself in the lighting industry and is inspired by the positive impact the speciality has on enhancing quality of life.

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Claudia O’Loughlin

Claudia O’Loughlin is a driven and charismatic interior designer who is proud to not take herself too seriously. She says living a day in her life without a good laugh is a rarity. She vows to embrace every opportunity and believes this choice has placed her in good stead to be where she needs to be.

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Cristina M. Napoleone

Cristina M. Napoleone is a multi-award-winning emerging transdisciplinary artist-curator, designer and researcher, and the founder and director of TERRAIN. She has a background in geography from the University of Melbourne and the University of California, Berkeley, with a speciality in applied ecological ethics, more-than-humanism and climate communication.

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Dalton Stewart

Dalton Stewart is a designer whose creative practice explores the overlap between architecture, design, and visual arts. He uses this intersection to uncover new systems of knowledge and worldviews for the future. His work examines deconstruction and reuse to explore the complex history and cultural significance of buildings, materials and processes.

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Daniella Bassin

Daniella Bassin is a senior interior design at Carr, with a deep passion for design innovation that is authentically unique. She has a love for problem solving and using creativity to improve efficiency, and she thrives on collaboration and continuous interdisciplinary learning.

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David Gan

David Gan is a multidisciplinary designer at MCK Architects who is professionally trained in architecture. Having worked at several award-winning practices, Gan has a focus on both high-end residential projects and the impact physical environments can have on wellbeing.

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Despina Carpis Tsathas

Despina Carpis Tsathas has a passion for human-centric strategy and design – contributing to benchmark projects that emphasise wellbeing, sustainability and placemaking. Her interest in creating environments that support health and productivity drive her work, ensuring each space fosters a positive and balanced experience.

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Eddie Poate

Eddie Poate is a creative and explorative designer who is eager to learn and adapt in the industry. Poate is obsessed with finishes, and loves discovering innovative materials. His passion lies in crafting thoughtful designs that resonate with users and enhances their experiences.

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Eliza McKeith

Eliza McKeith has a diverse and comprehensive background in design, having worked as a property stylist, design consultant and interior designer/design manager. She is excited to soon begin her new role as a senior interior design in the residential sector.

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Eloise McCullough

Eloise McCullough is a Melbourne-based contemporary glass designer and maker. Founding the business Fools Glass in 2021, she has used her design background to carve out a niche collaborating with architects and interior designers. She specialises in leadlighting, kiln-formed glass and copper foiling, bringing a modern edge to traditional techniques.

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Felicia Spadavecchia

Felicia Spadavecchia is an ever-evolving interior designer located in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. She studied interior architecture at the University of South Australia and fell in love with residential interior design. Coming from a close-knit Medditerranean family, she is constantly inspired by travel and multi-culturalism in Australia.

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Finn Shepherd

Finn Shepherd is a 3D designer based in Sydney, who is known for merging natural and digital elements in his work. Co-founder of 3D-printed homeware brand Belfi, Shepherd’s innovative designs earned him a spot on the IDEA 2023 shortlist and as a finalist in Australia’s Next Top Designer in 2024.

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Florence Davies

Florence Davies is an emerging interior designer passionate about her craft. Inspired by films, fashion and thrift shopping, she aims to combine styles to create a worldly and timeless aesthetic. Her favourite interiors blend historic materials with contemporary design to spark curiosity.

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Fran White

Fran White is a passionate multi-disciplinary designer-maker and architect with a background in digital fabrication and sculpture. She is an imaginative and open-minded individual who thrives on new experiences, engaging with people and embracing opportunities for learning. She loves creating concept-driven designs that inspire and connect with others.

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Gabrielle Hamilton

Gabrielle Hamilton is an interior designer practising within the commercial workplace sector. With eight years of industry experience, she has led diverse projects that blur the boundaries between conventional offices and innovative, transformative design, creating dynamic spaces that challenge the modern workplace experience.

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Gaby Miegeville-Little

Gaby Miegeville-Little is a multi-disciplinary designer based in Naarm/Melbourne. With professional experience across the worlds of architecture, film and exhibition design, she has a particular interest in pushing ubiquitous materials beyond their known limits to arrive at exciting new ways of storytelling.

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Georgie Szymanski

Georgie Szymanski is a Naarm/Melbourne-based designer and maker. Alongside her creative practice she works as a university technician and disability support worker, making timber furniture with people with disabilities. With formal training in both design and manufacturing empowering others through skill-sharing is fundamental to Szymanski’s creative practice.

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Hady Anboussi

Hady Anboussi co-founded Sydney interior design practice Some Studio with Samantha Wardle at the start of 2020. He is an ambitious, conscious and understanding designer who can be found watching football when he isn’t busy running the studio.

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Hannah Goldberg

A 29-year-old mother of two daughters, Hannah Goldberg launched the furniture upholstery design business Zenn Design at 24 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Within three years, it grew into a seven-figure business thanks to her determination and tenacity. Her strong eye for design is coupled with a sharp business acumen.

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Hung Hin Chan

Hung Hin Chan is a furniture and lighting designer passionate about material use and craftsmanship. With a multi-cultural background and a focus on creating meaningful, enduring designs, he aims to challenge industry norms and provoke conversation through material innovation and creative problem-solving.

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Ilianna Ginnis

Ilianna Ginnis is an interior architectural designer, access consultant and neuro-inclusive design specialist at Architecture & Access. She is also a PhD candidate and research officer at the Design Health Collab at Monash University.

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Isabell Grady

Isabell Grady is an associate at multidisciplinary design practice Jackson Teece, focusing on residential and aged care buildings. Also a Studio Lead AJC Architects, she aims to improve the built environment for our ageing population as well as the quality of residential interiors.

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James Walker

James Walker is a furniture and object designer focused on blending functionality with sculptural elegance, drawing inspiration from nature’s flowing forms. Passionate about modular solutions for the home, he views multi-use objects and furniture as means of fostering sustainable consumption and design.

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Jessica Elliott

Jessica Elliott is a passionate and open-minded interior designer inspired by the everyday interactions we have with the spaces around us. In the rare moments she is not engaged in design, she can be found by the coast, enjoying the finer things in life, such as the ocean, good food and wine.

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Joanne Odisho

Joanne Odisho’s background lies in interior and furniture design. She is passionate about the ways objects can influence spaces and evoke emotions, and believes design is a deeply personal experience that shapes our environment. Odisho’s goal is to emphasise cautious material selection and raise awareness about product origins.

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Jordan Goren

Jordan Goren is an industrial designer who primarily specialises in timber bespoke furniture and object design and manufacture. He loves being part of the entire design and manufacturing processes as it allows him to exercise his creative muscles by using both his brain and hands in unison.

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Julia Prell

Julia Prell strongly believes in human-centric design principles, and particularly grounding her work in its contextual environment. Prell is interested in how we can harness ever-changing technology in the way we work, and she is excited for the next phase of live.

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Kaila Cicchini

Kaila Cicchini is a passionate and driven Italian-Australia, who has dedicated her design career to giving everything 110 percent. She believes that the roles of designers are not only to ensure their designs tell a story that resonates, but paves the way for the next generation of design professionals.

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Kate Ockwell

Kate Ockwell is an outgoing interior designer whose creativity blossomed during her childhood. Her obsession with drawing horses and styling her room ignited a passion for design, and through ‘learn to draw’ books, Ockwell developed skills that shaped her into the designer she is today.

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Kate Riley

Kate Riley is a senior interior designer at Richards Stanisich. She describes herself as innately curious and driven to engage in passionate conversations about the things that resonate with her, particularly the complexities of the design industry. She believes that learning comes from surrounding herself with people who have diverse opinions, at the same time as observing social dynamics.

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Katherine Luu

Katherine Luu is a registered architect, specialising in interiors at SJB. Luu’s experience encompasses a diverse range of sectors including education, residential, workplace and civic spaces. Collectively, these experiences are expressed through her multifaceted approach to design and her commitment to mentorship within SJB.

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Lachlan Mackay

Lachlan Mackay is an industrial designer from Melbourne with a passion for collaboration and the creative chaos it brings. Specialising in design and manufacture—from individual pieces to entire environments—he has refined an empathetic and supportive approach that brings creatives visions to life, culminating in the founding of Space-man Studio.

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Lalitha Balasubramanian

Lalitha Balasubramanian is a wayfinding and environmental branding designer with a background in interior architecture. Currently an associate design director at Sydney design firm Frost*collective, Balasubramanian incorporates her interest in typography and iconography design to engage with design through her multi-disciplinary lens on a day to day basis.

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Leah Martin

Leah Martin completed her masters of architectural lighting in Germany. She designed her first lighting collection two and a half years ago, which is now sold exclusively through Bloomingdales. As well as designing for Bloomingdales, Martin is also their director of design and sustainability. She believes that enduring design is far more important than responding to trends.

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Leanne Noh

Leanne Noh is a commercial interior designer for JLL and part-time design tutor at University of Technology, Sydney. Aware of challenges facing the industry, Noh is excited to connect with the cohort to consider ways for the industry to do and be better. When not designing or teaching, Noh turns to cooking and embroidery as her creative outlets.

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Margot Lapalus

Margot Lapalus is an associate at Cox architecture. Having recently stepped into this leadership role, she is eager to engage with the cohort and mentors to elevate her own leadership skills. Lapalus describes herself as always being up for new challenges, thriving in a collaborative environment and valuing the exchange of ideas.

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Mariah Burton

Mariah Burton is the founder and director of interior design practice Folk Studio. Since childhood, Burton has held a deep desire to enhance the mental and physical well-being of people through their environment. Passionate about diversifying the industry, Burton hopes to be a pilar of inspiration for people of colour in creative fields and transform everyone’s day-to-day through design.

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Maryam Moghadam

Maryam Moghadam is a product designer who describes herself as an artist at heart. She believes that furniture and object design can be a practice with design goals beyond aesthetics and function. Through her creative practice and work as a high school workshop technician, Moghadam pushes the boundaries of design through humour and questioning the status quo.

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Morgan Reid

Morgan Reid is an interior designer who believes in the power of spaces to tell stories. Driven by a desire to learn, grow and embrace new challenges, including those that challenge her preconceptions, Reid is eager to share her experiences and learn from others, particularly within the realm of AI and technological innovations that are reshaping the industry.

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Nina Matyas

Nina Matyas is an associate interior designer at Matyas architects and founder of Matyas interiors. Growing up in a family of architects and designers, Matyas brings a lifetime of experience to her practice. A passionate advocate for the value of interior design, she supports a registration system and actively educates the public and her clients at every opportunity.

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Rachel Santos

Rachel Santos is a multi-award-winning interior designer with a strong interest in interdisciplinary design with works that span across the commercial, hospitality, and residential sectors. Merging interior design, architecture, product design, and styling Santos creates outcomes that enrich everyday life both physically and emotionally.

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Sam Davidson

Sam Davidson is an interior designer at Lawless & Meyerson. Describing himself as a fluid thinker who takes inspiration from the world around him, Davidson is driven by a relentless pursuit of new knowledge, new ideas, and new ways of seeing.

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Samantha Wardle

Samantha Wardle is an interior designer and co-founder of Some Studio. Her design approach is nurtured by an intuitive eye and a desire to foster spatial narratives that prompt thought and are rich in meaning. When not designing, Wardle immerses herself in literature and researching metabolic and integrative health.

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Samuel Kwan Yew Mok

Samuel Kwan Yew Mok is architect who splits his time between architectural design, product design, and soon to be parenthood. The symbiotic relationship between architecture and product design has seen him create an advanced prototype floor lamp (self-funded), a custom mailbox, a bespoke door handle, and multiple bespoke overflow spouts for an architectural home.

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Sara Threadgold

Sara Threadgold is an interior designer working across a diverse group of sectors, including education, residential and workplace. Threadgold is dedicated to nurturing emerging talent while continually striving to advance her own skills, with the aim of fostering a vibrant future for the design community.

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Siena Crestani

Siena Crestani is an interior designer who grew up spending most of her time exploring the outdoors, creating art and dancing. This playfulness and tranquility has followed through into her career as she strives to infuse each space she designs with pockets of both fun and serenity.

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Soozy Lee

Soozy Lee is an accomplished interior designer who views design as a problem-solving process. As both a creative and collaborative individual, Lee has a keen eye for detail and a passion for making mindful decisions. She strives to minimise environmental impact in every project she undertakes.

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Sophie Kebbell

Sophie Kebbell is a passionate senior interior designer based in Brisbane but originally from Melbourne. With more than five years of experience at Hassell, Kebbell’s work spans across multiple sectors, including education, science, commercial, urban and health.

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Stella Choi

Stella Choi is a graduate of architecture at Chris Connell Design in Melbourne. Everything she designs aims to be both purposeful and functional. Choi seeks to create meaningful places that enrich people’s lives and resonate a sense of place.

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Suzy Syme

A practicing architect, artist, fashion and product designer, Suzy Syme draws from potent multi-disciplinary expertise to design, prototype and fabricate one-of-a-kind products. Having developed a keen interest in wellbeing-beneficial biophilic design through industry experience, in 2023 she co-founded Tide Pool Designs to bring developed nature-inspired sculptural designs to market.

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Tamara Glick

Working as a Project Architect at IF Architecture for the last six and a half years, Tamara Glick has led a number of award-winning, interior focused projects from conception to completion. As a designer, her aim is to achieve a considered, detailed and unique outcome that speaks to the design brief.

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Tamika Ettingshausen

Tamika Ettingshausen is an intuitive and detail-oriented creative, constantly inspired by her surroundings and life experiences. Exploring the world has broadened her perspective and furthered her passions of art, photography and design both past and present. Eager to learn and driven, she approached life with genuine curiosity and open mind.

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Taylah Cheeseman

An energetic, passionate & creatively minded person drawn to the hospitality design industry and the impactful interiors she creates, Taylah Cheeseman continually strives to exceed her own expectations, maintaining high standards in both the quality of her work and the relationships she builds.

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Tiana Lazarides

Tiana Lazarides is a passionate 26-year-old interior designer from Brisbane. She has been working at Hassell for the past four years, specialising in commercial workplace design and strategy. Her vision is to create spaces that inspire users, enhance productivity and foster connection, while always keeping the user at the heart of her designs.

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Vassiliki Gracik

Vassiliki Gracik is a registered architect and interior designer with more than eight years of diverse experience spanning high-end residential, commercial, hospitality and healthcare. She is passionate about client-centric design and transforming spaces into personalised havens for my clients through a meticulous approach and an appreciation for materials and details.

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Vincent Tsang

Vincent Tsang, is an industrial designer passionate about observing culture and delving into research. He thrives on collaboration, especially across disciplines, and draws inspiration from both the old and new. Tsang keeps a catalog of discoveries, ready to fuel future projects whenever the moment calls for it.

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William Dalziel

As an Industrial Designer at Alquemy in Sydney, William Dalziel creates innovative consumer products. His experience at Dolmen in Dublin adds a global perspective to his designs, while his product design degree from Coventry University equips him to craft impactful solutions for startups and established companies worldwide.

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30UNDER30 2024 Shortlist

Australian Design Review's 30UNDER30 Shortlist

Adele Vine

Annie MacLean

Annie Paxton

Anny Benjamin

Ashleigh Sullivan

Billie Murphy

Briony Knowles

Calvin Janse Van Vuuren

Candyce James

Charlotte Paule

Chloe Leuenberger

Christian Veloso

Claudia O’Loughlin

Cristina M. Napoleone

Dalton Stewart

Daniella Bassin

David Gan

Despina Carpis Tsathas

Eddie Poate

Eliza McKeith

Eloise McCullough

Felicia Spadavecchia

Finn Shepherd

Florence Davies

Fran White

Gabrielle Hamilton

Gaby Miegeville-Little

Georgie Szymanski

Hady Anboussi

Hannah Goldberg

Hung Hin Chan

Ilianna Ginnis

Isabell Grady

James Walker

Jessica Elliott

Adele Vine

Annie MacLean

Annie Paxton

Anny Benjamin

Ashleigh Sullivan

Billie Murphy

Briony Knowles

Calvin Janse Van Vuuren

Candyce James

Charlotte Paule

Chloe Leuenberger

Christian Veloso

Claudia O’Loughlin

Cristina M. Napoleone

Dalton Stewart

Daniella Bassin

David Gan

Despina Carpis Tsathas

Eddie Poate

Eliza McKeith

Eloise McCullough

Felicia Spadavecchia

Finn Shepherd

Florence Davies

Fran White

Gabrielle Hamilton

Gaby Miegeville-Little

Georgie Szymanski

Hady Anboussi

Hannah Goldberg

Hung Hin Chan

Ilianna Ginnis

Isabell Grady

James Walker

Jessica Elliott

Joanne Odisho

Jordan Goren

Julia Prell

Kaila Cicchini

Kate Ockwell

Kate Riley

Katherine Luu