Collette Swindells

When she isn’t travelling to a far flung design destination, Collette gets inspired by the moving image from her base in Melbourne. What do you do: Freelance Design Writer Where you live: In an old terrace house in Carlton North, Melbourne. Favourite designer/design: Definitely the Oscar Niemeyer Museum in Curitiba, Brazil – designed by the […]

BY jesse

September 6th, 2010

When she isn’t travelling to a far flung design destination, Collette gets inspired
by the moving image from her base in Melbourne.

What do you do: Freelance Design Writer

Where you live: In an old terrace house in Carlton North, Melbourne.

Favourite designer/design: Definitely the Oscar Niemeyer Museum in Curitiba, Brazil – designed by the master himself, Oscar Niemeyer.

Favourite design destination: A close call between Barcelona in the peak of summer, and Sao Paulo during Fashion Week.

Inspiration: Anywhere that requires a plane to get to it, films and documentaries – especially those at ACMI – and everyday life.

Other areas of interest: Sustainable design, fashion, anything avant garde.

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