Your name: David Crane
What you do: CEO for Winning Appliances
Your latest project: Creating the new Winning Appliances flagship Redfern Showroom on Danks street, Redfern with a focus on providing the best retail and customer experience the appliance industry has ever seen.
Who are three people that inspire/excite you:
1) My family inspire and excite me every day
2) Richard Branson because of his branding ability and innovative approach for entering new industries all wrapped up with a good sense of humour.
3) Winston Churchill for his strategy and an unwavering approach of never giving up.
What is your favourite thing to do: Cooking and entertaining at home with friends and family.
Car/bike/plane/boat model: On a budget: Fiat 500 Arbath – Italian styling and flair with a sound that makes you smile. Not on a budget: Aston Martin Vanquish
Chair model: Either the Ox Chair by Hans Wegner or the Eames chair by Charles Eames
Residential space: Modern and simple
Commercial space: Should provide variety and a GREAT shopping experience
Decorative product: Funky and colourful socks
Functional product: iPhone
Handmade good: A quality pair of shoes
Mass-produced good: Dishwashers
Meal: Sushi
Restaurant: Sushi E
Drink: A good Cabernet/Shiraz blend
Bar: The Baxter
Item in your studio: A good coffee machine
Piece of technology: Sonos sound system
Historical figure: Secretariat – you have to love an underdog story (even if it was a horse)
Fictional character: Harry Potter
Vice: Chocolate
Virtue: Too honest
What does the term ‘Design Hunter™’ mean to you? Ideas that evoke beauty inspiration and change