A milestone conversation with David Hicks

The Melbourne-based interior designer is celebrating his eponymous practice’s quarter-century. He joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons during a flying visit to Sydney to discuss this milestone and much more.

BY Timothy Alouani-Roby

August 26th, 2025

Tags: David Hicks, design, France, furniture, Hospitality, hospitality design, interior design, interiors, Malaysia, Milan, podcast, Saturday Indesign, stories indesign, The Commons

Listen on Apple here.

Listen on Spotify here.

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 in Milan earlier in the year, and will be coming along for more at Saturday Indesign in Melbourne during September!

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

Related: Roundtable on the NSW Pattern Book

David Hicks
davidhicks.com

Listen on Apple here.

Listen on Spotify here.

INDESIGN is on instagram

Follow @indesignlive

The Indesign Collection

A searchable and comprehensive guide for specifying leading products and their suppliers

Composition®

Autex Acoustics

Stormtech Architectural Linear Drainage System

Stormtech

Agape Ottocento Bath and Basin

Artedomus

Blume by Sebastian Herkner

Pedrali

Indesign Our Partners

Keep up to date with the latest and greatest from our industry BFF's!

Indesign

From Country to Carpet: Milliken’s PrintWorks™ technology brings First Nations stories to the Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence

At the Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence on Yorta Yorta Country in Victoria, ARM Architecture and Milliken use PrintWorks™ technology to translate First Nations narratives into a layered, community-led floorscape.

Indesign

Translating design intent with Klaro’s manufacturing-led approach

In an industry where design intent is often diluted by value management and procurement pressures, Klaro Industrial Design positions manufacturing as a creative ally – allowing commercial interior designers to deliver unique pieces aligned to the project’s original vision.

Indesign

Performance with poise: Gaggenau’s Essential Induction Cooktop

For those who appreciate form as much as function, Gaggenau’s latest induction innovation delivers sculpted precision and effortless flexibility, disappearing seamlessly into the surface when not in use.

Indesign

When Worlds Collide: HOW WE LIVE opens in Sydney

Sydney’s newest design concept store, HOW WE LIVE, explores the overlap between home and workplace – with a Surry Hills pop-up from Friday 28th November.

A journey of renewal: Integrating Japanese bathing rituals into bathroom design

Jason Gibney, winner of the Editor’s Choice Award in 2025 Habitus House of the Year, reflects on how bathroom rituals might just be reshaping Australian design.

Projects

Norte rejects coastal cliché to win Best Restaurant Design

J.AR OFFICE’s Norté in Mermaid Beach wins Best Restaurant Design 2025 for its moody, modernist take on coastal dining.

News

Five conversations that shaped how we thought about design in 2025

From city-making to craft, design heritage to material innovation, these standout interviews offered rare insight into the people steering architecture and design forward.

Projects

CBRE Sydney workplace by Bates Smart reimagines the office experience

CBRE’s new Sydney workplace elevates the working life and celebrates design that is all style and sophistication.

While you were sleeping

The internet never sleeps! Here's the stuff you might have missed

News

Five projects embracing the next wave of circular design

From radical material reuse to office-to-school transformations, these five projects show how circular thinking is reshaping architecture, interiors and community spaces.

News

Five conversations that shaped how we thought about design in 2025

From city-making to craft, design heritage to material innovation, these standout interviews offered rare insight into the people steering architecture and design forward.

Projects

Landscape as a blueprint: a workplace anchored in Western Australia’s terrain

Designed by Woods Bagot, the new fit-out of a major resources company transforms 40,000-square-metres across 19 levels into interconnected villages that celebrate Western Australia’s diverse terrain.

News

Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel marks major transport expansion

A collaboration between Hassell, Weston Williamson + Partners (WW+P Architects) and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) sees the opening of five new underground stations.

A milestone conversation with David Hicks

The Indesign Collection

Composition®

Stormtech Architectural Linear Drainage System

Agape Ottocento Bath and Basin

Blume by Sebastian Herkner

Indesign Our Partners

From Country to Carpet: Milliken’s PrintWorks™ technology brings First Nations stories to the Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence

Translating design intent with Klaro’s manufacturing-led approach

Performance with poise: Gaggenau’s Essential Induction Cooktop

When Worlds Collide: HOW WE LIVE opens in Sydney

Indesign Newsletter

Related Stories

A journey of renewal: Integrating Japanese bathing rituals into bathroom design

Norte rejects coastal cliché to win Best Restaurant Design

Five conversations that shaped how we thought about design in 2025

CBRE Sydney workplace by Bates Smart reimagines the office experience

While you were sleeping

Five projects embracing the next wave of circular design

Five conversations that shaped how we thought about design in 2025

Landscape as a blueprint: a workplace anchored in Western Australia’s terrain

Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel marks major transport expansion

Subscribe to our Newsletters