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Issue 62 - Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62

Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62 is the first issue of the year and always a great time to put our best foot forward. With Adam Goodrum, the loveliest man in design, as Guest Editor, we draw on his insights as a furniture designer, artist and educator to look at the makers shaping our design world. Sustainability has never been more important, and increasingly this is a consideration from the start with projects designed to address their immediate environment as well as the longevity of the planet. From the coldest winters to the most tropical of summers, addressing how we live in the environment is crucial to creating the perfect home.

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Design Hunter™ Q+A with John Tsiavis
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Design Hunter™ Q+A with John Tsiavis

Working with a variety of styles, subjects and clients, photographer John Tsiavis has earned a reputation for clarity and sophistication.


Your name: John Tsiavis

What you do: Commercial photographer – John Tsiavis Photography

Your latest project: I recently returned home from shooting a reportage story of Philip Treacy’s London Fashion week show. It was such an amazing job, I ended up shooting Michael Jackson’s most iconic outfits back at Philip’s studio.

We’re now in preproduction for a heap of diverse & fun jobs. I’m shooting the key artwork for a feature film and a couple television shows and putting all the components together for big advertising job that includes a cast of thousands.

It’s an exciting time.

 Who are three people that inspire/excite you: 

     1) Leigh Bowery

     2) Pedro Almodovar

     3) Grace Jones


What is your favourite…

Car/bike/plane/boat model: I have my eye on the new Range Rover Evoke.  It’s a well designed car I can fit all my equipment and it looks badass!

Chair model: I much prefer a comfy couch

Residential space: I love my home.

Commercial space: I was at lighting designer Christopher Boots’ new studio/showroom to discuss an upcoming job. It’s in a huge, old warehouse in Fitzroy. Has amazing natural light and is filled with great people creating beautiful things surrounded by his lights hanging all over the place. I wanted to move in myself.

Decorative product: my collection of photography and art books, though it distresses me to call them decorative

Functional product: Wacom pen tablet, makes my life so much easier    

Handmade good: anything I mange to grow in my vegie patch

Mass-produced good: screw cap on wine bottles

mealnothing beats watermelon on a hot day

restaurant: HIX in London. We ate there the other week and had an unexpectedly fantastic meal. Who would have thought a roast chicken could taste that good?! mmm and fries cooked in duck fat. 

drinkRaki and water

barThe Roof Top bar in Melbourne

item in your studio: my speakers, I’d go mad without my music

piece of technologyiPhone that I attach to my speakers 

historical figure: Leigh Bowery

fictional character: George Costanza

vice: indulgence

virtue: restraint

What does the term ‘Design Hunter’™ mean to you? It’s what I hope my stylists do when we’re putting a job together. Search out every option and then rethink our approach to create something unexpectedly beautiful and unique. I’m considering printing it on a t-shirt for them!

 


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Issue 62 - Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62

Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62 is the first issue of the year and always a great time to put our best foot forward. With Adam Goodrum, the loveliest man in design, as Guest Editor, we draw on his insights as a furniture designer, artist and educator to look at the makers shaping our design world. Sustainability has never been more important, and increasingly this is a consideration from the start with projects designed to address their immediate environment as well as the longevity of the planet. From the coldest winters to the most tropical of summers, addressing how we live in the environment is crucial to creating the perfect home.

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