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With a prolific output of 30 to 40 new prototypes ready for manufacture each and every year, Nick Rennie is a busy man at the vanguard of Australian product designers.
"This firm believes that architecture always was and always will be a mirror of society," said Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, in naming the young practice this year’s Laureates of the European Prize for Architecture.
"My career in design was somewhat an accident," reveals Tom Fereday, in this insightful Q&A – the first conversation in a series highlighting the talented shortlist in Zenith's Emerging Designer category at IDEA 2016.
Chris has a reputation for elegantly shaping residential and hospitality interiors, while designing and manufacturing objects and furniture. Here, on winning the IDEA 2014 Gold Medal, he reflects on his more than 30 years of experience within the architecture, interior design and furniture industry.
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