{"id":221247,"date":"2025-08-26T17:07:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T07:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/?p=221247"},"modified":"2025-08-26T17:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T07:09:08","slug":"stories-indesign-david-hicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-david-hicks","title":{"rendered":"A milestone conversation with David Hicks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Listen on Apple here.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen on Spotify here.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a very special year for David Hicks: the interior designer is celebrating 25 years of his own practice. We might also add that he joined us for a panel event<\/a> in Milan<\/a> earlier in the year, and will be coming along for more at Saturday Indesign in Melbourne during September!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this in-person interview at The Commons<\/a> in Surry Hills, Sydney, David discusses his childhood in Malaysia, finding inspiration in French design and of course the quarter-century milestone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>Roundtable on the NSW Pattern Book<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Hicks<\/strong>
davidhicks.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen on Apple here.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen on Spotify here.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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