For this reason they also believe in maximum community involvement in the design, construction and management of all projects. Merrima is staffed by Indigenous people and is committed to promoting self-determination for Aboriginal people by assisting them to express their culture through the built environments they live in. She worked as an associate of the Merrima Aboriginal Design Unit from 1995-1999, an architectural practice in the Government’s Architects Office in Sydney. Post-graduation, she searched for a way to utilise her skills in the most meaningful way possible to create interiors that had a real connection to the environment and the people who used them. After growing up in Coffs Harbour in northern NSW, she went on to study at the University of Technology, Sydney. Alison Page is an award winning creative at the forefront of contemporary Australian Aboriginal design.Īs a descendent of the Walbanga and Wadi Wadi people of the Yuin nation, she champions the creative expression of Aboriginal identity.
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