Adam Markowitz

Founder, Adam Markowitz Design
Australia

Adam Raphael Markowitz is an architect as well as furniture & lighting designer/maker based in Melbourne, Australia. He has attended graduate schools of design & craft in Australia, The Netherlands, Denmark and the US. Exposed in those schools to fine craft and traditional joinery alongside contemporary design, he has developed a design philosophy that values the intimate connection between design and fabrication, and the new opportunities found at the intersection of modern digital processes and traditional methods of craftsmanship. Since 2015 his interdisciplinary practice has offered Architectural Services, Design Consultancy, small batch production and bespoke one-off commission work.

His work sits in numerous collections locally and internationally, and he has been the recipient of several awards in both Furniture & Architecture including most recently being last year’s winner of the Inde Awards ‘Object’ category. Markowitz helped establish the ExLab experimental Design Studio at the Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne and teaches Design at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Maine, USA.

Alicia Lynch

Director of Interior Design & Design Management, Marriott International
Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Pacific

Alicia Lynch is an interior designer with a unique ability to translate conceptual design into seamless design development, construction administration, and commissioning. She combines management skills with design expertise to deliver exceptional results. Alicia’s strength lies in understanding and engaging with business requirements to ensure that the project’s core values align with the client’s needs, demonstrated in the lasting success of her projects, which remain true to their original concepts and philosophies.

Known for her innovative and creative approach, Alicia consistently delivers unique design solutions. By thinking outside the box and pushing design boundaries, she creates spaces that are both functional and visually inspiring, blending creativity with practicality to reflect the client’s vision while incorporating cutting-edge trends.

Apoorva Shroff

Founder and Principal Designer, lyth design
Mumbai, India

Apoorva Shroff is the founder and principal designer for the boutique architecture firm lyth design. Founded in 2022 and spearheaded by Shroff, the design practice aims to translate inspirations, ideas and memories into efficient and practical spatial solutions that are also breathtaking.

Since its inception, the practice has gained immense traction among a growing roster of noteworthy clients that includes Prestige, Supreme Builders and Central Square Foundation. Shroff’s work has been showcased across some of the most prominent global design publications and she has also been invited to share her expertise and judge various juries at esteemed institutions like INFID.

Shroff has over two decades of experience in the industry. Along with lyth, Shroff occasionally teaches at Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, bridging the gap between academia and practice, mentoring students to become professionals of tomorrow.

Chan Ee Mun

Director, WOHA
Singapore

Chan Ee Mun is a Director at WOHA. He obtained his Master of Architecture from the National University of Singapore and has been associated with the architectural practice since its inception. Ee Mun is driven by his intrinsic interest in Tropical Urbanity and its change-making potential in shaping responsive architectural solutions to modern issues of density and climate change. His work is characterised by its people-centric approach which is spatially engaging, programmatically vibrant and environmentally responsive.

Colin Seah

Founder Director, Ministry of Design (MOD)
Singapore

As MOD’s Founder and Director of Design, Colin has won the “Luminary Award” at INDE awards (Indesign, Australia) 2024, their highest accolade recognising excellence in design, in a designer’s body of work. In addition, he has been named Designer of the Year by International Design Awards USA 2010, and is a two-time recipient of Singapore’s highest design accolade, the President’s Design Award. He has also received international honors such as the Gold Key Award and Marcus Corporation Foundation Prize, and was recognised as a “Rising Star in Architecture” by Monocle.

Colin Seah has been a juror for the Inaugural Dezeen Awards, a Global Advisor for leading surfaces manufacturer Cosentino, and was invited by the Singapore Tourism Board to redefine Singapore as a destination for 2020 and beyond.

Danielle Brustman

Interior Designer, Danielle Brustman
Australia

Danielle Brustman is a Melbourne-based interior designer with over a decade of experience spanning residential, retail and early education interiors, as well as bespoke joinery, furniture, lighting, installations and exhibitions. Known for her sophisticated use of colour and geometric references, Brustman’s narrative driven work draws on both historical and contemporary influences to create striking spaces.

Represented by Sophie Gannon Gallery and Useful Object Gallery, Brustman’s design pieces and installations have featured in several major exhibitions and awards.

Dianna Snape

Dianna Snape Photography
Australia

Dianna Snape is a Melbourne-based photographer specialising in architecture, interior, and landscape photography. Her work is featured in leading architectural and design publications both nationally and internationally. A graduate of RMIT’s BA (Photography) (Honours) course, Dianna has over 20 years of experience in the field.

In 2021, she collaborated with writer Jan Henderson to release Architecture at the Heart of the Home, published by Thames & Hudson, exploring how architecture defines home. In 2022, she was recognised as one of the ‘100 Most Inspiring Architectural Photographers’ by LOOP Design Awards. Dianna is also the co-founder and President of the Image Makers Association Australia, supporting Australian photographers through education and industry connections.

Greg Natale

Founder & Principal, Greg Natale
Australia

Greg Natale, founder and director of his eponymous design firm, is a multi-award-winning Australian designer known for his innovative interiors. His work has been featured in Indesign, Habitus Living, Architectural Digest, Elle Decoration, Vanity Fair, Vogue Living, and Belle. He has received numerous accolades, including Belle Interior Designer of the Year in 2011 and 2014, and the 2021 Australian House & Garden Room of the Year.

Greg’s passion for materiality, colour, pattern, and geometry motivates him to consistently explore new avenues and design genres in his work, weaving an array of references from classic to contemporary into his designs. He has released three books on interior design showcasing his unique style: The Tailored Interior (2014), The Patterned Interior (2018) and The Layered Interior (2022).

He continues to expand his business and currently has his own line of products available online and at the Greg Natale flagship store in Sydney, as well as leading homewares stockists in Australia, North America, Europe, and Asia.

Huai Reriti

President and Fellow, FNZIA
New Zealand / Aotearoa

Huia Reriti is Perehitini (President) and a Fellow of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects, where he became its first leader of Māori descent in 2024. He is also a partner at MAP Architects in Christchurch and holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Auckland.

Huzefa Rangwala and Jasem Pirani

Co-Founders, MuseLAB
India

Huzefa is an “accidental architect” who originally planned to pursue chemical engineering. Coming from a creative family (photographer father, fashion designer mother, and sister), Huzefa found his architectural path through circumstance. After specializing in Design of Digital Manufacturing at Georgia Tech, he worked with architect Hafeez Contractor in Mumbai before co-founding MuseLAB with Jasem in 2012. Huzefa is more spontaneous with travel, though well-prepared Jasem often guides their explorations. Together they established MuseMart in 2015, focusing on unique furniture collections through global collaborations.

Artistically inclined from childhood, Jasem discovered architecture at age 10 when observing architect Lalita Das renovating his family’s home. He pursued his education at Savannah College of Art and Design, where influential professors shaped his creative vision. After returning to Mumbai from the US, he worked with Pinakin Patel before co-founding MuseLAB with Huzefa. Jasem is meticulous about travel research and documentation, drawing inspiration from diverse architectural influences across Europe and South Asia, particularly appreciating how culture impacts design.

James Calder

Director, Placing
Australia

James Calder is one of the world’s innovators in workplace, education and health design. His list of key projects has always been a generation ahead and have a unique proposition around the performance of space and place from the user perspective. Landmark projects such as Campus MLC, Macquarie at 50 Martin Place and Shelley Street, multiple projects for NAB including 700 Bourke, TechCentral, SAHMRI and Tonsley Park were all influenced by his thinking and collaborative implementation approach.

Having worked for large international firms, an investment bank, and his own consultancy, James is now embarking on a new area of expertise that is beginning to be called the spatial economy, based on Web 3.0 and the next wave of the technological changes. James has been a founding INDE Jury member and continues in this role for 2025.

James Grose

Principal, BVN
New Zealand / Aotearoa

James Grose has been a practicing architect for more than forty years. From 1988 to 1998 he and partner Nicola Bradley practiced as Grose Bradley based in Sydney and undertaking mostly residential commissions. In 1998 they merged their practice into BVN, where James was the CEO from 2006 – 2018, retiring as a principal in 2022. Since then, he has been undertaking a Master of Fine Art at the National Art School in Sydney and undertaking some private commissions. His most recent house has just been completed in Goa, India. Notable projects include the Australian Embassy in Bangkok, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre and B-Hive in Auckland.

Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee

Principal Architects, Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS design and research
Thailand

Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee are architects, artists, and educators widely recognized as two of Thailand and Asia’s most distinctive architectural voices, celebrated for crafting spatial narratives that intertwine history, culture, and emotion. They founded the Bangkok-based firm Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS Design and Research and currently serve as visiting professors at Tongji University, Chulalongkorn University, and visiting/adjunct professors at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi.

Their acclaimed projects include the Museum of Modern Aluminum Thailand, Simple Art Museum, Aluminum Grotto and Public Ground, and Forest Villa. Moreover, both were appointed as jurors for the Royal Institute of British Architects – RIBA International Awards: Asia Pacific Awards 2025, and also served as exhibition chairman and principal curator for The Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage, leading Asia’s first large-scale architectural exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and Thailand IMPACT Arena Exhibition Center.

Jeremy Smith

Design Director, Irving Smith Architects
Aotearoa / New Zealand

Jeremy is Design Director of Irving Smith Architects, a research-based design practice working in sensitive environments throughout Aotearoa, New Zealand and abroad. The practice has won many international awards, including 2021 INDE.Awards, The Building category, World Timber Building of the Year and World Higher Education and Research and multiple World Architecture Festival Awards.

Key to his practice, teaching and research is understanding how buildings inhabit an environment that constantly undergoes change, be it in city or rural landscapes.

Koos de Keijzer FRAIA

Founder and Principal, DKO
New Zealand, Australia, & South East Asia

Koos de Keijzer is the founder and Principal of DKO, leading a team of 250+ architects across New Zealand, Australia, and Southeast Asia. With a Master’s in Architecture and Urban Design from Eindhoven University, he previously directed HPA Architecture, contributing to projects like the Melburnian and Beacon Cove for Mirvac.

Since founding DKO in 2000, Koos has overseen award-winning projects such as Arkadia and Eve apartments in Sydney, with a focus on innovation, sustainability, and community-driven design.
Koos also serves on urban design panels for the City of Melbourne, the Victorian Government Architect, and the National Capital Design Review Panel. He has taught at the University of Melbourne and advocates for people-centric, sustainable design.

Koos believes that  “People are the greatest resource at DKO and collaboration, communication and connection are key. I feel strongly about a sense of place and having a sense of legacy so we can leave the world a better place than when we started.” 

Leone Lorrimer LFRAIA

National Practice Leader, GHD Design
Australia

For over 30 years Leone Lorrimer has been a recognisable presence in the architecture and design profession. Her projects have won numerous awards in Australia and internationally.

She has been a leading design professional, a mentor and an executive director of two major international practices, as well as working as a client to some of the world’s most famous architecture and design practices. Leone is GHD Design’s National Practice Leader and has been a member of the INDE.Awards jury since the inception of the program.

Luke Yeung

Principal, Architectkidd
Thailand

Luke Yeung leads Thailand architectural studio Architectkidd along with Udomsak Komonvilas and Jariyawadee Lekawatana. Based in Bangkok, Architectkidd’s designs make use of innovative tools that are sensitively applied to local materials and construction techniques. This combination leads to architectural projects that are bold and inventive but also closely connected with the local conditions of SouthEast Asia.

Working within the context of South East Asia’s growing cities, Architectkidd is known for articulating materiality as a way to bring humanistic and social qualities into the built environment.

Mardi Doherty

Founder and Principal, Studio Doherty
Australia

Mardi Doherty is the founder and principal of Studio Doherty, a Melbourne-based interior design studio known for creating vibrant, thoughtfully crafted interiors that blend character, creativity, and contemporary flair. With over 20 years of experience across residential, retail, and hospitality design, Mardi combines a deep appreciation for Australia’s architectural heritage with a distinctive approach that celebrates colour, texture, and detail.

Her work is marked by a bold use of colour, a rich mix of materials, and a layered approach that gives each interior a sense of depth and personality. Collaboration is central to Mardi’s process—she works closely with architects, landscape designers, and artisans to create environments that are as functional as they are visually compelling.

Before founding Studio Doherty in 2014, Mardi worked on high-profile retail projects for brands such as Hugo Boss, Paul & Joe, and the Conran Group, as well as the interiors of the National Gallery of Victoria. She remains an active voice in the design community, regularly speaking at industry events, judging national design awards, and mentoring emerging talent through her involvement with RMIT University’s INDEX graduate exhibition.

Patrick Keane

Founder, Enter Projects
Asia

Born in Nairobi, Keane studied environmental design at the University of Western Australia and earned a Master’s in Architecture from Princeton University. After working at Steven Holl Architects and Eisenman Architects in New York, he returned to Australia and founded Enter Projects in 2005.

In 2018, Keane relocated to Phuket and rebranded his practice as Enter Projects Asia, now with a 25-strong team across two offices. The firm is known for blending artisanal crafts with digital fabrication and streamlining processes to minimise project delivery time.

Sustainability is central to Keane’s work, with a focus on reducing material waste. He believes the post-COVID era of design demands a reconsideration of architecture’s role as shelter, particularly from an environmental standpoint.

Patrick was accorded The Luminary award at the 2023 INDE.Awards.

Rachna Agarwal

Founder & Design Ideator, Studio IAAD / Co-founder, ZOERA
India

Rachna Agarwal is the Founder and Design Ideator at Studio IAAD (specializes in commercial interior-architecture) and Co-Founder of ZOERA (specializes in end-user homes). With over 29 years in spatial design, she is celebrated for innovative thinking, entrepreneurial courage, and an unwavering commitment to craft and collaboration.

Having led Studio IAAD since 2007, Rachna has championed gender parity and built a multi-award-winning practice recognized for its socially responsible yet evocative design approach. She believes authentic design seamlessly integrates aesthetics, sustainability, user experience and unlocks wellbeing. An active mentor, jury member, and speaker, Rachna’s work and ethos have been widely published and lauded across the design community, positioning her as one of the finest thought leaders in contemporary Indian design.

Raj Nandan

Founder & CEO, Indesign Media Asia Pacific
Singapore/Australia

Rajesh Nandan is the Founder, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of the design industry’s premier regional media house, Indesign Media Asia Pacific. After acquiring his first magazine at the age of 22 in 1993, Raj continued to launch a suite of magazine titles throughout the 1990s that would become the foundation for his boutique publishing house in 2000 under the flagship title, Indesign.

In 2010, the company moved further throughout Asia with digital and print titles in Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong – including welcoming India to the fold in the very near future. The root of his success lies in Raj being a very early proponent of the potential for digital platforms to support our region’s creative talent.

Richard Glover

Principal, Richard Glover Photography
Australia

Richard Glover is an Australian architectural photographer whose photographs provide an interrogative perspective on the contemporary urban landscape. His images are thoughtful, striking and surprising representations of place and the built environment that mediate our understanding of the evolving city and its interrelationship with local and global concerns. His work has been exhibited at, or is held in the collections of Artbank Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Royal Institute of British Architects, and Tate Modern.

Sarah Bader

Executive Director and Co‑Regional Client Relationship Leader, Principal, Gensler
Japan

As Executive Director and Co-Regional Client Relationship Leader, Sarah leads local and global teams in crafting design solutions that harmonise aesthetic appeal with business objectives for clients worldwide. In her previous roles, she served as the Managing Director of Gensler’s Tokyo office for six years and as Co-Managing Director of the firm’s Chicago office for three years.

Her extensive experience encompasses a variety of industries and project types, ranging from new urban high-rise hospitals to intimate workplace designs. Sarah excels in leading teams within diverse, multicultural environments and consistently prioritises client experience.

Sharyn Cairns

Principal & President, IMAA
Australia

Sharyn Cairns is an Australian photographer recognised for her enduring work across interiors, food, travel, and lifestyle. With a focus on creating beautiful images that convey both mood and emotion, she uses light and shadow to draw viewers into scenes that feel authentic, warm and visually rich. Her work is regularly featured in notable international and local magazines: Vogue Living, Belle, Dwell, Kinfolk, The Local Project, Elle Decoration UK and many others.

Sharyn is co-author and photographer of Perfect Imperfect, a book inspired by the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi. It celebrates the beauty of imperfection across the homes and studios of Australian and international creatives. In addition she has photographed numerous cookbooks for well-known chefs such as Maggie Beer, Shane Delia, Guy Grossi, Tobie Puttock and Jacques Reymond. Travelling regularly for her work, Sharyn is continually seeking new inspirations and perspectives that inform her style.

Thien Duong

General Director, GroupGSA
Vietnam

Thien Duong is a design and development professional with over 25 years of global experience. He has worked across locations including England, Norway, Canada, Bermuda, Dubai, Australia, and Vietnam, bringing expertise to his role as General Director of GroupGSA Vietnam. Committed to sustainable design, Thien serves on the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Green Building Council, driving the country’s green building movement. He aims to inspire and connect teams to create impactful projects that resonate with local communities.

Beyond his professional endeavors, Thien is passionate about nurturing future generations of designers. He shares his knowledge and expertise as a guest lecturer at local universities and a mentor to international school students. Thien is honoured to be part of the influential INDE.awards serving as a juror and has been a long-standing Chair of the judging panels of the PropertyGuru Asia and Vietnam Property Awards.

Travis Walton

Founder Director, Travis Walton
Australia

Travis Walton is an architect driven by the energy of projects and their ability to connect people. Cultivating a luxurious yet restrained design sensibility over twenty years in practice, he believes architecture and interior space have the capacity to welcome, nurture, inspire and engage, while serving as a means for personal expression.

With a background in architecture, interior design and property, his practice integrates creativity with practical insight, while his immersive and intentional approach celebrates the physicality of making. After honing his skills at some of Australia’s most respected design practices, and developing dexterity across disciplines that form the foundation of his work today, he founded his Melbourne practice in 2010.

Since then, he has delivered award winning private residences, boutique hotels and offices across Australia and internationally, overlapping and intertwining creative disciplines with conviction.

Wendy Saunders

Co-Founder & Principal Architect, AIM Architecture
China

Born and raised in Bruges, Wendy comes from a family of craftspeople. After earning a master’s in architecture from Ghent University, she worked in top design firms in Amsterdam before moving to China in 2005, where she co-founded AIM ARCHITECTURE with her partner, Vincent de Graaf, focusing on spaces that foster social change and human connection.

Wendy created a vibrant, human-centred studio surrounded by young, international designers united by a goal to transform urban environments. Her design influences come from street life in China, craftsmanship, and sensory experiences such as the smell of leather, leading her to create impactful spaces. Over the past two decades, Wendy has led projects spanning architecture and interior design, earning numerous accolades, including MIPIM, Architizer, WAN, WAF, Wallpaper*, and ELLE Deco Awards. Wendy also received the accolade of Luminary at the 2023 INDE.Awards.