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Johnny Chamaki Design Studio, Sydney Australia

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Johnny Chamaki grew up during the 1980’s in Sydney, Australia. He was intrigued with plants, drawing and making his own toys. With an inquisitive and creative mind established he progressed to painting and started to sell various art works to his friend’s parents around the age of 10.

A major direction shift in pursuing a career in design came from a school project. He made a helmet based on the famous Australian Outlaw, Ned Kelly. With words of praise from his teacher, he combined the love of Australian Art and Ned Kelly history, and some 20 years later into furniture pieces (called The Outlaw Series).

Chamaki completed a Bachelor of Architecture at University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) in 1996. Upon graduation, he was awarded the most talented designer of his year. Other design awards and accolades have been coming in ever since, including Emerging Designer Award 2002 , 9 th International Design Award (from Japan the only student winner in its 10 years history), 2005 Spanish International Furniture Competition (awarded 1st prize amongst 900 other designers from around the globe), and his design pieces has been published internationally since 2004.

In 2002, Chamaki established Johnny Chamaki Design Studio mainly focusing on Furniture, Objects, Interiors and Architecture. Johnny Chamaki Design Studio’s mission is to provide designs, which embodies art, design, science and technology into Furniture, Objects, Interiors and Architecture.

Education
1990-1995   Bachelor of Architecture Degree (B.Arch), University of Technology, Sydney UTS
1981 – 1986  High School Certificate HSC, Cabramatta High School.

Practice
2002    Johnny Chamaki, Design Studio, Sydney, Australia
2001 – 2002 Design / Project Architect, Mirvac (Henry Pollack ArchitectsHPA)
2000 – 2001 Design Architect, Westfield Design & Construction Pty Ltd
1999 – 2000 Project Architect, Knight Frank
1997 – 1998 Architect, Gordon & Valich Architects Pty Ltd

Visiting Designer:
2005 International Design Conference in Argentina. Invited speaker for Living & Jardin Revista Publications, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Oct 05)
2003-2005  First Year Design, School of Architecture, University of Technology, Sydney UTS 2007 Design and Innovation, Australian Government (Sept 07)

Awards and Recognition
2008 Winner of Excellence in Australian Housing Awards for Rockpool Apartments, Australia 2005 1st Prize in the 5 th International Design Competition Andreu World, Valencia, Spain Jury Members: Mario Bellini, Piero Lissoni, Antoni Arola, Ulrich Buttner & Cindy Allen 2005 Awarded a design grant from the Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney, Australia 2002 Emerging Designer Award, Australian Art Works, Melbourne, Australia
2001 YCOMO Award for Vox Interior, New York, USA
2001 Gold and Ari Honorable Design Award, First Prize Entry, Tel Aviv, Israel 1999 International Design Distinction Award, Shinkenchiku Magazine, Tokyo, Japan
1995 Talented Architect Award, presented by students of School of Architecture , University of Technology, Sydney
1994 9th Membrane International Design Competition, Honorable Mention Award, Osaka, Japan

Design Exhibitions
2005 “Architecture,Interior & Design within an Australian Context: Johnny Chamaki Design Studio” for Living & Jardin Revista Publications, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Oct 05)
2004 Online ExhibitionDesign, Pol Oxygen, Sydney Australia (July 04)
2003 Australian Young Artist and Designer Exhibition, Australian Arts Works (Aug 03) Emerging Talented Designer, Young Moss Gallery, Sydney, Australia (Jan 03)
2002 Chairs, Tables and Things, David & Stellar Gallery, Adelaide, Australia (Oct 02) Australian & New Zealand Young Guns Exhibition, Luxley Design Studio, New Zealand (May 02)

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JOHNNY CHAMAKI Design Studio Sydney