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I just love people, really. Design of course, but people first. Getting along-side them, encouraging them to be the best that they can be.
Graphic Design Teacher
Sydney
Julie Stinson
What do you love about design?
This quote from Paula Scher sums it up for me, “It’s through mistakes that you actually can grow. You have to get bad in order to get good.”
I feel that this is my career! Mistakes that have helped me grow. Skills that I developed from re-assessing how I could improve. I love seeing a design concept go through refinement to become the simplest solution to a problem. That is so satisfying. I love that ‘aha’ moment in the end admiring that solution.
Why do you teach?
I just love people, really. Design of course, but people first. Getting along-side them, encouraging them to be the best that they can be. And I love seeing them grow, trying new things and nailing them!
Tell us about your design career outside of Shillington.
My beginnings were in museum work. There was that time I worked for a printing house in Western Sydney—which did help fuel my love for all things print—apart from this I can pretty much say that I was hooked starting from my three-month (unpaid) internship fresh from design school. I had a desire to be a part of the storytelling from our rich cultural history here in Sydney—whether it was from the Great Depression through Susannah Place Museum, or celebrating the 50s style and fashion through the Fifties Fair, or commemorating the 100 years of Vaucluse House being open for the public to enjoy—every brief is diverse and has unique challenges. I now love working with the talented scientists and creative teams at the Australian Museum where I’ve learned fact from fiction about Tyrannosaurs, met with Gadigal Elders to help tell significant cultural stories in an Aboriginal voice through the GADI exhibition, and learned that minerals are not rocks! The most wonderful thing is working as part of a collaborative and supportive design studio—much like at Shillington—all sharing in the creative process.
What or who are you loving right now?
My family (hopefully, everyday)! Colourful, patterned illustration design by Tom Abbiss Smith, Alphabet Studio’s work, training at my local gym, especially in Les Mills RPM!
If you were a typeface, what would you be?
Brandon Grotesque, practical and warm.
What’s your favourite blog?
Can’t go past It’s nice that for all-round inspo.
Andrew Shillington
Global
Anthony Wood
Global
Sarah McHugh
United Kingdom
Clare Terry
Australia
Laura Weldon
Global
Karin Harvey
Global
Shanti Sparrow
New York
John Palowski
Manchester
Rebecca Hulme
Melbourne
Jess Waal
New York
Andy Judd
London
Saxon Campbell
New York
Fiona Martin
London
Tia Queen
Brisbane
Ed Baptist
Manchester
Chris Norman
Melbourne
Kieryn Humphries
Brisbane
Becc Sharrock
Melbourne
Spencer Harrison
Melbourne
Martin Power
Manchester
Amy Prus
London
George Simkin
London
Lucy Wells
Melbourne
Sam Wilson
Sydney
Wayne Smith
Melbourne
Adam Busby
Brisbane
Rich Tucker
London
Alice Lo
Sydney
Jimmy Muldoon
New York
Robin Cameron
New York
Nikita Prokhorov
New York
Alan Barba
New York
Sydney Ligouri
New York
Nick Smith
Manchester
Dina Hany
Sydney
Emily Comfort
New York
Dave Bird
Manchester
Hilary Archer
London
Alana Cowan
New York
Julie Stinson
Sydney
I just love people, really. Design of course, but people first. Getting along-side them, encouraging them to be the best that they can be.
Graphic Design Teacher
Sydney
Julie Stinson
What do you love about design?
This quote from Paula Scher sums it up for me, “It’s through mistakes that you actually can grow. You have to get bad in order to get good.”
I feel that this is my career! Mistakes that have helped me grow. Skills that I developed from re-assessing how I could improve. I love seeing a design concept go through refinement to become the simplest solution to a problem. That is so satisfying. I love that ‘aha’ moment in the end admiring that solution.
Why do you teach?
I just love people, really. Design of course, but people first. Getting along-side them, encouraging them to be the best that they can be. And I love seeing them grow, trying new things and nailing them!
Tell us about your design career outside of Shillington.
My beginnings were in museum work. There was that time I worked for a printing house in Western Sydney—which did help fuel my love for all things print—apart from this I can pretty much say that I was hooked starting from my three-month (unpaid) internship fresh from design school. I had a desire to be a part of the storytelling from our rich cultural history here in Sydney—whether it was from the Great Depression through Susannah Place Museum, or celebrating the 50s style and fashion through the Fifties Fair, or commemorating the 100 years of Vaucluse House being open for the public to enjoy—every brief is diverse and has unique challenges. I now love working with the talented scientists and creative teams at the Australian Museum where I’ve learned fact from fiction about Tyrannosaurs, met with Gadigal Elders to help tell significant cultural stories in an Aboriginal voice through the GADI exhibition, and learned that minerals are not rocks! The most wonderful thing is working as part of a collaborative and supportive design studio—much like at Shillington—all sharing in the creative process.
What or who are you loving right now?
My family (hopefully, everyday)! Colourful, patterned illustration design by Tom Abbiss Smith, Alphabet Studio’s work, training at my local gym, especially in Les Mills RPM!
If you were a typeface, what would you be?
Brandon Grotesque, practical and warm.
What’s your favourite blog?
Can’t go past It’s nice that for all-round inspo.
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Johnny Boardman
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Olivia Chen
Sydney
Marcea Decker
New York
Kerry Neesam
London
Ed Allanby
London
Champa Lo
New York
Magda Ksiezak
Melbourne
Meredith Wallis
New York
Katie Mihailovits
London
Laura Darby
London
Sara Mazzoni
Global
Dina Shirin
Global
Oliver Stevenson
Global
Clay Allison
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Alex Daley
United States
Ella Shillington
Australia