42. Ameé Allsop on embracing your current season
Ameé Allsop is a New York-based architect who is learning to embrace a new season in her life. The last time we met was while photographing her home for my book Still: The Slow Home. She shares her journey transitioning through the different seasons of her life as an architect, furniture designer, wife and mother.
THIS EPISODE FOCUSES ON
Growing up in a creative and resourceful household.
Moving to New York with her family at a young age.
Interning for an interior architect in Manhattan at the age of 13.
Studying architecture at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
The influence of Troppo architects on her design ethos.
The importance of respecting materials, proportion, space and light in design.
Working for architect Paul Johnson.
Working for architect Peter Stutchbury.
Learning to appreciate the design process.
Her first solo project and the lessons she learnt in.
Transitioning from architecture to furniture design and creating her first collection.
Becoming a mother and adapting her creative practice to suit this role.
FEATURED ON THIS EPISODE
Ameé’s instagram @ameeallsopstudio
My book Still: The Slow Home
Red Dirt Road project in the Hamptons, NY
Poet and artist Annette Kelsey
Artist and designer Charlotte Perriand
Artist Eva Hesse
Artist Georgia O’Keeffe
Architect and furniture designer Eileen Gray
Book Then Again by Diane Keaton
Athena Calderone’s podcast More Than One Thing
Podcast production: Yaga Media