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The Design Files Talks
The Design Files
83 episodes
9 months ago
TDF Talks is a fortnightly podcast by The Design Files — Australia’s go-to destination for design inspiration since 2008. Join founder and host Lucy Feagins as she interviews inspiring local creatives to discuss renovating, sustainability, and more!
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TDF Talks is a fortnightly podcast by The Design Files — Australia’s go-to destination for design inspiration since 2008. Join founder and host Lucy Feagins as she interviews inspiring local creatives to discuss renovating, sustainability, and more!
Show more...
Design
Arts,
Education,
How To,
Leisure,
Home & Garden
Episodes (20/83)
The Design Files Talks
How Ellison Studios Became A Cult-Favourite Furniture Brand
Leigh McKeown is the co-founder of Australian furniture and homewares brand ELLISON STUDIOS. In this episode, he reveals the origin story behind the business, and how their pieces have dominated the internet, without ever opening a retail store.
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1 year ago
39 minutes 22 seconds

The Design Files Talks
In The Roundhouse Co-Founder Alyce Tran’s Best Business Advice
Lawyer-turned-entrepreneur and co-founder of tableware brand In The Roundhouse Alyce Tran knows a thing or two about building a successful business. She reveals how she got her playful plates stocked at David Jones, The Iconic, and her best advice for budding entrepreneurs.
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1 year ago
33 minutes 4 seconds

The Design Files Talks
How Baina Turned The Humble Towel Into A Design Must-Have
Kicking off a new mini-series interviewing the creatives behind our favourite local brands, today we speak to the founders of much-loved towelling brand, Baina. Best friends and founders Bailey Meredith and Anna Fahey share how they bought a fashion-minded approach to elevate the everyday ritual of bathing.
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1 year ago
44 minutes 56 seconds

The Design Files Talks
5 Reasons To Consider A Passive House, With Builder Mark van Haandel
Certified Passive House builder and MVH Constructions founder Mark van Haandel shares why Passive Houses are more sustainable, energy efficient and healthier to live in than your average home.
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1 year ago
40 minutes 13 seconds

The Design Files Talks
Why Going All-Electric Is The Best Way To Fight Climate Change, With Saul Griffith
Engineer, inventor, author and Rewiring Australia founder Saul Griffith is on a mission to ‘electrify everything’ from our homes to our cars, and even entire suburbs. Find out why he says this is the key to urgently reducing our emissions, and how it’ll save the average household money every year.
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1 year ago
35 minutes 29 seconds

The Design Files Talks
How Turning Your Home All-Electric Could Save You Thousands, With Sarah Aubrey
Sydney-based voice actor turned sustainability advocate Sarah Aubrey joins the podcast to share how she's saved thousands on gas bills since fitting her old house with all-electric appliances, and why she's on a mission to educate others to do the same with her Instagram account, @electrify_this.
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1 year ago
45 minutes 22 seconds

The Design Files Talks
Combatting Wasteful Consumption, With Tamara DiMattina
Tamara DiMattina hasn’t bought anything new for more than 20 years. Instead, she’s been shopping for her clothing, shoes, furniture, and literally everything else, second hand! In this episode, we hear from the founder of Buy Nothing New Month about her sustainability series, The New Joneses, and all her advice for changing your attitude towards excessive consumption.
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1 year ago
48 minutes 23 seconds

The Design Files Talks
Bringing Character Back Into An Old Home, With Sibella Court
Sydney-based interior designer, product designer, and TV presenter has just wrapped up a five-year long renovation of her eclectic family home. In this episode, she shares how taking the time to find vintage lighting, experimenting with wallpaper, and working with salvaged materials helped bring a nautical-inspired character to the Bundeena abode.
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1 year ago
50 minutes

The Design Files Talks
Building A Sustainable Home On A Small Footprint, With Hannah Pannell + Joel Barker
Landscape architects Joel Barker and Hannah Pannell built their sustainable Perth family home on the smallest possible footprint — in order to save most of their block for the garden of their dreams. Hear why the resulting 110-square-metre home is one of the most energy-efficient properties we’ve ever featured, and how why building small was worth it.
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1 year ago
39 minutes 36 seconds

The Design Files Talks
Everything Courtney Adamo Learnt Building Her New Coastal Home
Courtney Adamo recently finished her family’s beach house in Minnie Water. She sat down with Lucy Feagins to discuss the highs and lows of the design and build process — plus what she'd do differently if building a house again.
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1 year ago
57 minutes 5 seconds

The Design Files Talks
Restoring A Suburban 1970s Time Capsule With Georgia Frances King + Mete Erdogan
Georgia Frances King and Mete Erdogan are first-time renovators restoring an original 1970s brick veneer home in Melbourne’s north. In this episode, they share the updates they’ve made so far, what they’ve learned from YouTube tutorials alone, and how much it’s all cost!
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1 year ago
58 minutes 5 seconds

The Design Files Talks
Restoring A Historic Melbourne Mansion, With Julie + Vincent Fodera
In our last episode for the year, we speak with Julie and Vincent Fodera who are restoring one of Melbourne's oldest mansions, a historic homestead in Caulfield known as Heatherbrae. They share how they've been sympathetically renovating the grand abode and the importance of preserving heritage builds.
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1 year ago
56 minutes 32 seconds

The Design Files Talks
A First Home Buyers’ Never-Ending Renovation, With Pat + Ruby Shields
Melbourne couple Patrick and Ruby Shields bought their first home in Mount Evelyn in 2018. Since then the carpenter and interior designer have landed new jobs, gotten married, but they're still working on their renovation — five years later! Hear why they bought the house when it was essentially a building site, their love of second-hand furniture and why it's taken them so long to complete.
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2 years ago
58 minutes 23 seconds

The Design Files Talks
Building A Sustainable Home From Scratch, With Al + Imo Roberts
When furniture makers Al and Imogen Roberts found themselves priced out of Torquay’s real estate market, they decided to buy a block of land and build their sustainable dream home instead. They join us to share how the challenges of 'The Good Day House' project, the hidden costs that come with new builds, and why they decided to start from scratch rather than renovate!
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2 years ago
52 minutes 42 seconds

The Design Files Talks
The Highs + Lows Of Renovating A Beach Shack, With Lucy And Gordy
We're back with more renovating stories, and today's episode reveals how TDF Talks host Lucy Feagins and her husband Gordy Johnson transformed their family's Blairgowrie beach shack with a hands-on approach. They speak to producer Christina Karras about the biggest costs, challenges and how they navigated working together on the project as a married couple.
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2 years ago
40 minutes 22 seconds

The Design Files Talks
Australia's Path To Renewable Energy, With Momentum Energy’s Lisa Chiba
In the final episode of our sustainability series, Momentum Energy’s managing director Lisa Chiba helps us understand how Australia will make the transition from fossil fuels to renewables!
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2 years ago
35 minutes 27 seconds

The Design Files Talks
Making Melbourne The World's First 'Self-Sufficient' City, With Consultant Will Young
Melbourne organisation Finding Infinity are on a mission to make Melbourne a self-sufficient, sustainable city with its own power, water, and zero waste by 2030. Environmental consultant Will Young tells us how this vision could become a reality!
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2 years ago
44 minutes 48 seconds

The Design Files Talks
How To Make Your Home More Energy Efficient, With Energy Advisor Tim Forcey
In this episode of our sustainability series, we hear from expert energy advisor Tim Forcey. Hear his practical advice for how to improve the energy efficiency of your home, for the benefit of the environment, your health and your finances.
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2 years ago
54 minutes 26 seconds

The Design Files Talks
The Future Of Sustainable Housing, With Architect Jeremy McLeod
We kick off our new four-part series on sustainability with this episode featuring Breathe Architecture and Nightingale Housing's Jeremy McLeod! Hear the leading architect's tips for getting into the property market, why affordability and sustainability go 'hand in hand', and so much more.
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2 years ago
51 minutes 41 seconds

The Design Files Talks
Restoring A Heritage Homestead, With Josh and Jenna Densten
In the final episode of our four-part renovating series, Josh and Jenna Densten talk about the massive transformation of their 1800s heritage homestead in regional Victoria! They reveal the challenges of restoring an old country house (while living in a shed with their kids on the property!) and the hidden costs of materials.
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2 years ago
53 minutes 13 seconds

The Design Files Talks
TDF Talks is a fortnightly podcast by The Design Files — Australia’s go-to destination for design inspiration since 2008. Join founder and host Lucy Feagins as she interviews inspiring local creatives to discuss renovating, sustainability, and more!