Fiona Lyda

Original Thinkers Podcast

Fiona Lyda is the Principal behind Spence & Lyda, a Sydney retail showroom that seeks to showcase design that adds meaning to the living experience - pieces designed to stay in our lives for generations. She has a background as a production designer, art director and spent 20 years as a costume designer for film and tv, before opening Spence & Lyda.
"What has always driven Spence & Lyda and always driven me, is a fascination for the why of the thing, not just the wow of the thing. There needs to be a reason for things to exist, and it can be and should be obviously beauty, but it really should also carry with it the embodied elements of care for our planet, care for ourselves, and the stories behind why it's being built."
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Links & Show Notes:

• Article: Innate 2.0 by Jon Goulder and Fiona Lyda
• Video: Innate 2.0 at MDW 2022
• Article: Spence & Lyda's Innate Collection is a Timely Rally Cry
• Video: Spence & Lyda - Innately Australian
• Spence & Lyda
• Spence & Lyda: Showcase - Innate 2.0
• Spence & Lyda: Innate by Jon Goulder
• Spence & Lyda: Showcase - Futures Collective
• Jon Goulder - Designer Maker
• Melbourne Design Week
• MDW 2022: Spence and Lyda presents Innate at Futures Collective
• MDW 2022: Futures Collective
• Tasmanian Timber: Blackwood
• Tasmanian Timber: Tasmanian Oak
• Boyz II Men - Water Runs Dry
• Winning Appliances
• Hosted by Claire Bennett

Episode Sponsors:

• Tasmanian Timber
• Britton Timbers