EP74 with Catriona Burgess on Ideas and Purpose

Growing up in a house designed by Phillip Cox, with Marimekko curtains and with a reconditioned printing press in her house, it’s not surprising that Cat eventually found her way into the design world, but the beginning of her career started her off on a different journey. From a Journalist at channel 7 to public affairs roles with Sydney Water and government organisations she eventually, perhaps inevitably made her way to Emery Vincent where she has spent 15 years and what is now called Frost Collective. We spoke about purposeful brands and the importance of ideas, we spoke about the shift away from the industrial model of the past to today’s connection economy. We also spoke about equality in the workplace, embracing flexible and inclusive work schedules and how far we’ve come from needing employees to be chained to a desk to add value to a business. Head to ausdesignradio.com to listen now or subscribe using any podcast app. Shout out to Guest Host Josie Young, Streamtime for lending us their studio to record and supporting us this year. Catriona Burgess twitter.com/catsydney instagram.com/catsydney Josie Young http://josieyoung.co instagram.com/josieyoung twitter.com/josieyoung_ Cat’s Defrost Talk youtube.com/watch?v=KfjofeoU7xE Cox Architecture coxarchitecture.com.au Marimekko marimekko.com Seth Godin sethgodin.strikingly.com Sheryl Sandberg amazon.com/Sheryl-Sandberg Roxane Gay – Bad Feminist goodreads.com/book/show/18813642-bad-feminist Massimo Vignelli eyeondesign.aiga.org/massimo-vignelli-design-quote-if-you-do-it-right-it-will-last-forever The Design Conference thedesignconference.com.au