CURRENT MISSION

to design beautiful elegant ethical solutions & connections

ABOUT ME

Designer maker of Furniture & Landscapes inspired & informed by Permaculture with the spaceship we call home, planet earth in mind at all stages. My design aims to connect & inspire us, nurture & grow community, foster & support ethical, socially just & fulfilling self & collective expression.

I also design & or make objects, sculptures, systems & places.

PHILOSOPHY

being the change I want to manifest in the world while living life fully & exploring what it means to be human & our senses to the fullest.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I (my flatmates & I) can host at times & I will surf when possible at the moment most in Australia.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed when I cycled from Melbourne to Cairns between July-December in 2010 but this was directly organised & not through couch surfing itself. I have also surfed at various times in Sydney & Melbourne when visiting usually with friends & family. I will see who of these is a couch surfing member & get some references up asap.

Interests

food, nature, camping, design, art, alternative living & cultures, festivals, rhythm based music from around the world, dance & electronic music culture, environmental sustainability, social justice & spiritual fulfilment.

• arts
• culture
• design
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• drinking
• music
• electronic music
• camping
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

auteur & art house films & great directors,
Books of the top of my head: Manhood; A Challenge of the Heart; We, the psychology of romantic love; The Ethical Slut; Fantasy; some Sci Fi; Zen & the art of Making a Living..... & lots more but you may need to ask me in person
in chronological order of exposure: some old metal / rock; some disco & funk; Ska & reggea & dub; punk; experimental early electronica from the 1960s-now; electronic dance music from 1980-now (ie techno, trance, psy-trance, D&B, breaks, chill, house); music from the world especially Latin, African & East Asian

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Zimbabwe in 1988, Japan in 91-92, Thailand in 92 - was there when the army opened fire on the students :-(; India in 92 especially Manali Ladak Kashmir Punjab, Rajistan & Kerela; London 93-95 especially studying art there & the radical changes going on around art & music; Italy 93 eating & drinking my way around the north guided by a family friend; Japan +England +Amstredam +Berlin 2004;

Teach, Learn, Share

everyone as I believe everyone I meet at all has something to teach or show me & I them.