It might just be the most vexing question asked of designers: what inspires you? But what if the answer isn’t quite what you expect. In this highly respected speaker program presented by Artichoke magazine, we explore why and how something inspires.
Founded in 2007, George Livissianis Interior Architecture creates spaces for people, for products, and for experience. Their approach is project specific, responding to the brief, the site, the people and brands that they are building experiences around. The studio's projects are individually unique, creating a portfolio of uncommon projects.
Alison Kubler has worked as a curator in Australian museums and galleries for more than twenty years and writes for leading art journals and magazines. In 2013, she co-authored the book Art/Fashion in the 21st Century with Mitchell Oakley-Smith.
Stefano Scalzo is the executive general manager, investment planning at the Victorian Department of Health, where he identifies the health infrastructure pipeline for the state. He is the “architect” behind most Victorian health, mental health and public sector aged care projects committed to by government over the past few terms.
In 2015, Stefano was awarded a prestigious Fiftieth-Anniversary Churchill Fellowship to research the designs of high-amenity mental health facilities developed over multiple levels; and in 2020, he graduated from the Australian Major Projects Leadership Academy, an initiative of the Victorian government in partnership with Oxford University.
