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Design Your Life with Vince FrostDesigning Dinosaur DesignsPeople are considered lucky when they find something they’re skilled at and love, then make it their vocation. Growing up with a parent they’ve inherited that skill and passion from helps, especially when they’re exceptionally talented. Both Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy have parents who helped them on their path to a life shaped by creativity. Olsen’s father, John Olsen, who passed away aged 95 in 2023, is arguably Australia’s most famous artist. Her mother was a painter, too. Ormandy’s mother was a sculptor, who tirelessly championed his creative pursuits. He knew he wanted to be...
2024-05-061h 13
How To Start Up by FF&MHow to build strong roots within your company with Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy, Co-Founders Dinosaur DesignsIn this episode, we hear from Louise Olsen & Stephen Ormandy, co-founders and creative directors of Dinosaur Designs, the Australian luxury homeware and jewellery studio. Founding their business in 1985, Louise and Stephen began by selling their creations at Sydney’s markets where they both attended art school. Since then, Dinosaur Designs has grown to become one of Australia’s most renowned design studios and expanded internationally. Louise and Stephen share with us their advice on how they have built an internationally recognisable brand, why growing slowly is important for company culture and why looking after your team first is th...
2022-11-2922 min
House of StyleEpisode 27 Dinosaur Designs: Louise OlsenWhat does it take to create an iconic Australian brand? Well, this week we chat to Louise Olsen, artist, designer and co-founder of Dinosaur Designs, and she lets us in on the path it took for her to get there. Here's a hint, it has a lot to do with time, patience and putting yourself out there creatively. This week's chat was one where we were furiously taking notes, Louise gives incredible, insightful advice when it comes to navigating the design landscape. We talk about the early days of Dinosaur Designs, back when she and her partner Stephen Ormandy were...
2021-04-2639 min
Podcast by Tim RossCONSTANT by Tim Ross. Ormandy Landing.In the mid-70s, leading abstractionist Sydney Ball teamed up with the band Split Enz to create a documentary fusing his art with their experimental music. Inspired by this concept, the creative life of Sydney artist Stephen Ormandy is interpreted through a new musical work by Melbourne musician Kit Warhurst. Constant is a collaboration with the National Gallery of Australia. Read more at www.nga.gov.au/timrossI'm Serious About Having Fun 7 inch vinyl can be purchased here: https://modernisterbooks.com/collections/frontpage/products/i-m-serious-about-having-fun-kit-warhurst-stephen-ormandy-7-inch-single See omnystudio.com/listener f...
2020-12-0324 min
The Rabbit Society PodcastStephen Ormandy Discusses Inspiration, Method, the Art Market & More #20Thank you for listening to another episode of The Rabbit Society Podcast. This week I had the pleasure of conversing with Stephen Ormandy. As well as co-founding the global jewellery brand, Dinosaur Designs, Ormandy has managed to successfully forge a career which spans across the world of design and fine art. With shows across multiple cities in Australia, as well as in New York, Japan and Singapore, Ormandy has received global recognition, with works in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria and The Sir William Dobell Art Foundation.Instagram:- @therabbitsociety...
2020-09-2423 min
The Dusty Show with Clay PigeonLive w/Fabio - Callers, Mashupz, Classix, Enemas, and Moore! from Nov 20, 2014Set: Senecot vs. Serutan
Set: Prescription Drug Dispensing Machines
Set: Have you had an Enema?
Set: Side, Back, or All-Fours?
Set: A Pidge Mash-Up
Featuring - Eugene Ormandy (2001), Guns 'N Roses, Kris Krostofferson, Grand Funk, The Surfaris, Donnie Osmond, Dean Martin, Smith, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Pretenders, Yes, Louis Prima, The Ramones, Bruce Springsteen, Greg Morris, Gen. Douglas MAcArthur, Barry Manilow, Average White Band, Van Halen, and Sparks. ------
Orichalcum - "The Curse of Uqbhar" [I think I got this at Record Fair a couple of years back in the dollar-bins. I needed this music to stay awake as I had gone...
2014-11-211h 08