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David Hicks (Interior Designer)
[edit]David Hicks (born 1974)[1] is an Australian interior designer and author, and the founder of David Hicks design.
Early life and education
[edit]David Hicks was born in Australia but as an infant relocated to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with his family where he lived until he was nine years old[1].
Hicks attributes his mother’s approach[2] to eclectically decorating their Malaysian home for his formative interest in art, design and decoration.
With early ambitions to pursue a career in Architecture,[3] it was upon completing his schooling in Australia, that Hicks enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design at RMIT[3] from which he graduated with honours.
Career
[edit]Having worked for a number of leading Australian interior design practices after graduation, Hicks was awarded Young Designer of the Year in 1998.[4]
In 2000, he launched David Hicks Design in Melbourne, Australia, with the studio focussing on luxury interior and building design.[5] His work is described as blending modern minimalism[6] with luxury and opulence gibing attention to architectural planning, artwork selection[7] as well as his own custom designed furnishings[8][9]
Hicks’ first book, Intimate: A Private World of Interiors was published by Thames & Hudson in November 2016, with photography by Ivan Terestchenko and Shannon McGrath[10] and a foreword by Neale Whitaker.[11]
In 2018 Hicks was invited by the National Gallery of Victoria to participate in the Rigg Design Prize[12] which recognises ten design studios who demonstrate excellence in Australian Design.
David Hicks has served as a guest judge on homeMADE and The Block for the Nine Network, Australia.
In 2022 David Hicks was named by LuxDeco as one of Top 100 Interior Designers in the world. [13]
Hicks' design practice expanded to the United States in 2017, establishing a Los Angeles studio that has since redesigned the former 1920's Hollywood Hills home of Ginger Rogers.[14]
Bibliography
[edit]Intimate: a private world of interiors (Thames & Hudson Australia, 2016)[15]
Television
[edit]- homeMADE, Nine Network, season 1, 2009
- The Block, Nine Network, Season 8, 2014[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rocca, Jane (November 2018). "David Hicks' New Luxury Design Tricks" (PDF). Esquire (Singapore) (November 2018): 176–179.
- ^ "Boutique Developer" (PDF). Boutique Developer. 5. April 2019.
- ^ a b Feagins, Lucy (9 June 2017). "Studio Visit: David Hicks". The Design Files.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Meade, Ivan. "In Conversation with David Hicks". Life M Style.
- ^ Kelly, Annie. "Australia's David Hicks Has Picked Up a Few Tricks from His Namesake". https://www.1stdibs.com/.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Kiely, AnneMarie (March 2022). "Tour an interior designer's modern minimalist Melbourne home". Vogue Living (March / April).
- ^ Henderson, Jan. "At Home With David Hicks". Australian Design Review.
- ^ Henderson, Jan. ""Sky-High Glamour by David Hicks"". Australian Design Review.
- ^ Pearson, Chris (April 2017). "Luxe Is More". Belle Magazine (April): 100–107.
- ^ "Intimate : a private world of interiors / David Hicks ; photography by Ivan Terestchenko and Shannon... - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ Whitaker, Neale (January 2017). "Lap of Luxury" (PDF). Vogue Living (January / February 2017): 81, 82.
- ^ Tomic Hughes, Dana (15 October 2018). "A celebration of the finest Australian interior design at NGV's Rigg Design Prize 2018". https://www.yellowtrace.com.au/.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Chancellor, Jonathan (20 September 2022). "Superstar Melbourne designer's David Hicks has bought in Darlinghurst". The Daily Telegraph.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Jones, Janice (August 2017). "Star Billing" (PDF). Belle Magazine (August / September 2017): 164–169.
- ^ Hicks, David (2016). Intimate: A Private World of Interiors. Australia: Thames & Hudson Australia. ISBN 9780500500835.
- ^ "The Block". 4 March 2014.