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The great thing about being a designer is that you can work anywhere in the world.
Graphic Design Teacher
Sydney
Olivia Chen
What do you love about design?
That I am always learning something new. It is constantly evolving and it is so intertwined with anthropology and cultures. I love to learn new things outside of design, random facts, and foreign cultures and being a designer exposes me to clients from all walks of life.
Why do you teach?
As far as I can remember I have always told people that I wanted to be a teacher when I grow up, forcing my baby sister and my younger cousins to sit in my “class” after school and assigning them “homework” that I made up.
I am naturally giving, love sharing my passion for design with people who are equally passionate. I have a natural motherly instinct and love to see people thrive.
For the past few years, I have been learning so much through some of the younger designers I have worked with and I want to learn more from people who are from different backgrounds than me, and who are with fresh eyes.
Tell us about your design career outside of Shillington.
I started my career 7 years ago in advertising in NYC, but my turning point was when I moved to Hong Kong and worked in a boutique branding firm called Substance, mostly for hospitality and fashion, I realized that branding is my passion and small studios environment is where I work best.
I moved to Melbourne three years ago and was working as a design director in a small studio called BrandWorks, and now I am based in Sydney as a freelance designer with my own studio on the side.
What or who are you loving right now?
John William Waterhouse (P.R.B. painter), DEUTSCHE & JAPANER studio, Roanne Adams, Eric Hu (this guy is everything), Alessandro Michele (Gucci’s new CD), cause Minimalism is DEAD!
If you were a typeface, what would you be?
What’s your favourite blog?
The Design Files, Yellow Trace, Eye on Design, Bpando. I also love print magazines such as Apartamento and Idea Magazine from Japan. I am a podcast nerd so I listen to a lot of podcasts while working. Design related or not: 99 Percent Invisible (bite-size episode, great podcast about everything design, architecture, fun history), Philosophize This (better than my uni philosophy class), Beyond this Point, Design Matters (Debbie Millman as host, in-depth interview with designers, artists, author or creatives), and This American Life (Real life stories that are better than TV).
Andrew Shillington
Global
Anthony Wood
Global
Sarah McHugh
United Kingdom
Clare Terry
Australia
Laura Weldon
Global
Karin Harvey
Global
John Palowski
Manchester
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
Spencer Harrison
Melbourne
Martin Power
Manchester
Amy Prus
London
George Simkin
London
Sam Wilson
Sydney
Wayne Smith
Melbourne
Adam Busby
Brisbane
Rich Tucker
London
Alice Lo
Sydney
Jimmy Muldoon
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
Nick Bailey
Brisbane
Johnny Boardman
Sydney
Olivia Chen
Sydney
Marcea Decker
New York
Kerry Neesam
London
The great thing about being a designer is that you can work anywhere in the world.
Graphic Design Teacher
Sydney
Olivia Chen
What do you love about design?
That I am always learning something new. It is constantly evolving and it is so intertwined with anthropology and cultures. I love to learn new things outside of design, random facts, and foreign cultures and being a designer exposes me to clients from all walks of life.
Why do you teach?
As far as I can remember I have always told people that I wanted to be a teacher when I grow up, forcing my baby sister and my younger cousins to sit in my “class” after school and assigning them “homework” that I made up.
I am naturally giving, love sharing my passion for design with people who are equally passionate. I have a natural motherly instinct and love to see people thrive.
For the past few years, I have been learning so much through some of the younger designers I have worked with and I want to learn more from people who are from different backgrounds than me, and who are with fresh eyes.
Tell us about your design career outside of Shillington.
I started my career 7 years ago in advertising in NYC, but my turning point was when I moved to Hong Kong and worked in a boutique branding firm called Substance, mostly for hospitality and fashion, I realized that branding is my passion and small studios environment is where I work best.
I moved to Melbourne three years ago and was working as a design director in a small studio called BrandWorks, and now I am based in Sydney as a freelance designer with my own studio on the side.
What or who are you loving right now?
John William Waterhouse (P.R.B. painter), DEUTSCHE & JAPANER studio, Roanne Adams, Eric Hu (this guy is everything), Alessandro Michele (Gucci’s new CD), cause Minimalism is DEAD!
If you were a typeface, what would you be?
What’s your favourite blog?
The Design Files, Yellow Trace, Eye on Design, Bpando. I also love print magazines such as Apartamento and Idea Magazine from Japan. I am a podcast nerd so I listen to a lot of podcasts while working. Design related or not: 99 Percent Invisible (bite-size episode, great podcast about everything design, architecture, fun history), Philosophize This (better than my uni philosophy class), Beyond this Point, Design Matters (Debbie Millman as host, in-depth interview with designers, artists, author or creatives), and This American Life (Real life stories that are better than TV).
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Justine Braisted
New York
Michael Zhang
New York
Alice Riley
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Deepa Shanbhag
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Sara Mazzoni
Global
Dina Shirin
Global
Oliver Stevenson
Global
Clay Allison
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Alex Daley
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Ella Shillington
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