lidia brugnaro  _  curriculum vitae 

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personal attributes 

• passionate about all things relating to design & architecture. 

• initially trained as an architectural draftsperson, have further  developed a keen design sense that translates through to highly developed interior documentation & CAD skills.  

• cultivated over my extensive career the aptitude & strong skill set to run interior projects in the capacity of solo projects as well as team leader.  

• find fulfilment in mentoring junior staff & being a positive role model & member of staff. 

• looking to contribute to a growing & creative practice.  

• language proficiency in italian

• use travel to update knowledge on the direction/forecast of interiors & architecture within the global market. 

• dual passport italian/australian 

 

qualifications 

• associate diploma of architectural drafting  

rmit - latrobe street campus, melbourne _ graduated 1998 

• certificate of applied art (interior decoration) 

melbourne college of decoration - king street melbourne _ 

graduated 1987 

 

disciplines 

• residential / multi residential / commercial / hospitality / retail  

• interior documenting _  planning / design  

• detailed documentation _  construction / joinery / fitout 

• project management 

• scheduling _ ff&e 

• archicad (highly proficient) 

• revit (moderately proficient) 

• adobe indesign (moderately proficient) 

• microsoft office word & excel (highly proficient) 

• refer to folio for detailed project based work 

 

current role - sole practitioner/contracting

• senior interior designer 

• project manager - liaise with architects, consultants, builders, suppliers 

• design & develop projects with director through concept & design development stages  

• design & develop joinery / furniture / sanitaryware with associated trades 

• produce full documentation packages for construction 

• assist & oversee staff development on documentation protocols & office standards 

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previous roles

• senior interior design drafttsperson

• heading the interior documentation department

• liaise with project team leaders & oversee all interior documentation for projects

• mentor junior to mid level interior designers

• fully document small to large scale projects post concept design development for tender & construction

• liaise with consultants & contractors

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practice overview 

• oct 2018 to present position _ sole practitioner/contracting  _ senior interior designer _ melbourne/milan/london/dubai

• june 2018 to oct 2018 _ flack studio _ senior interior designer

• april 2016 to june 2018 _ techne architects  _ senior interior design draftsperson

• april 2010 to april 2016 _ hecker guthrie  _ senior interior designer 

• may 2009 to april 2010 _ hayball _ senior interior designer  

• may 2007 to may 2009 _ jam architects _ senior interior designer  

• august 2006 to may 2007 _ mba design group _ interior designer 

• february 1996 to august 2006 _  guilford bell + graham fisher architect _ design draftsperson & personal assistant to graham fisher 

• september 1994 to january 1996 _ sonogan australia _ design draftsperson 

• november 1990 to april 1992 _ grocon _ site drawing library manager & general assistant 

•  july 1988 to november 1990 _ stylcraft office interiors _ design draftsperson 

• contracting _ long contracting & design / dante mecca & peter schenkel architects / co design & artes  

• private projects _ carlton residential joinery fitout / carlton bathroom deisgn / surrey hills wir design fitout / albert park bathroom design fiout / fitzroy residential joinery fitout / blairgowrie residential joinery fitout / fitzroy kitchen design fitout / hawthorn joinery fitout / prahran kitchen design fitout / malvern joinery fitout / moreland residential joinery fitout / thornbury bathroom fitout / canberra wir design fitout / mentone residential joinery fitout / south melbourne apartment finishes upgrade

  

 

overseas experience 

• studio di architettura  _  venice, italy _ contract (april/may 2006) 

• consultant for Pittella Imports Australia with Italian manufacturers of tapware & sanitary fitting - milan, italy (currently 2019) 

• remote Documenter for Cera Stribley Architects Australia - Develop & document full design package of key town house to produce full tender documentation - milan, italy (may 2019) 

• freelance senior interior designer for Woods Bagot London & Dubai office - design/document high end multi residential apartments (premium & penthouse) in Cypress - london, england (august/september 2019) / Interiors lead project manager of interiors for Masdar Headquarters development Abu Dhabi concept design - dubai (september/october 2019) / Assist project lead with renders development for Hotel Beach Club Dubai - dubai (september/october 2019) / Assist lead project architect with interiors documentation of CoEx for Expo 2020 Dubai - dubai (september/october 2019) / Team documenter for masterplanning project Saudi Arabia - london (october/january 2019/2020) / Assist lead interiors with developing & documenting tender package for display suite of Amano Hotel - london (february 2020)

 

 

travel experience 

• spain/portugal & morroco _ architectural study tour _ 1998 

• italy _ venice architecture biennale _ 2002 

• italy _ milan furniture fair _ 2004 

• italy, uk & germany _ milan furniture fair _ 2006 

• peru & argentiana _ peru inca sites tour / buenos aires personal tour guide of architecture & art _  2008 

• spain _ barcelona supplier visit c/o rogerseller / valencia furniture fair / bilboa architecture & art museum _ 2010 

• brazil _ oscar neimeyer architecture study tour _  2012  

• copenhagen & london _ copenhagen supplier visit c/o cult / london design week c/o establishment & sons _ 2014

• japan _ tokyo design week / kyoto / naoshima island - tadao ando architecture _ 2016

• cuba _ local sites / architecture _ 2017

• italy_milan furniture fair_2018 

• italy_milan furniture fair_2019 

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referees_professional 

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