Vert Design is a Sydney-based studio and design house consisted of a dynamic team of designers who combine the experience of a commercial design practice with the innovation of a small production house. Founded in 2005 by Andrew Simpson, the studio operates as a testing ground for new concepts and self-initiated experimentation, as well as offering design concepts, modelling, prototyping and manufacturing to clients from niche boutique brands, to multinational organisations. This approach at the process edge of making has led to innovations and technological advancements, such as the sustainable reuse of materials, all of which inform Vert’s product design output. Vert works across industrial design, strategy and craft including industrial and medical products, glass, ceramics, furniture, lighting, consumer electrics, wearable tech, fashion, jewellery, eye-wear, boats, shelters, and automotive parts.
Depending on individual assignments, Vert has on hand a select group of talented collaborators including engineers, doctors, architects, artists and illustrators available to produce an ideal combination for each project.
Andrew Simpson is the founder and director of Vert Design and has designed a huge range of products over its fifteen-plus years of operation, from the intimately hand-crafted through to mass produced industrial products. Andrew’s approach to design is open and honest, with the act of designing, prototyping and making core to his practice. Andrew’s experimental approach at the process edge of making has led to a great diversity of design within Vert, where expertise gained through self-initiated projects informs work with a range of leading Australian and global brands. Constantly searching for meaning and value in design, Andrew’s approach considers the human connection, while his experimental work in the studio has led to several innovations including the development of sustainable materials made from waste.
Andrew’s work with Vert crosses all aspects of industrial design, strategy and craft including industrial and medical products, glass, ceramics, furniture, lighting, consumer electrics, wearable tech, fashion, jewellery, eye-wear, boats, shelters, and automotive parts. Andrew graduated in Industrial Design from the University of Technology in Sydney in 2005 and his work has appeared in over 20 exhibitions in Australia, Europe, North America and Asia. His commitment to fostering young designers has manifested in mentoring, lecturing and teaching roles undertaken with numerous Australian educational institutions, as well as public lectures, judging of national and international design awards and board advisory.
Vert Design acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands they work on, the Gadigal Lands of the Eora Nation, and to pay respect to Elders past, present, and emerging.
Our Clients.
Over the last decade Vert Design have worked hard to forge strong relationships with some of the worlds leading businesses and brands. Regardless of the size of our clients, our commitment is to deliver world-class solutions that push the boundaries of possibility is always the same.
Media and Awards.
People somehow assume that designers are creative genius’ and we pull creations out of our brain because of some unique inspiration, but reality is design is work and what we’re good at is creating a process which allows us to work through complex problems and produce meaningful outcomes.
— ANDREW SIMPSON
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