Principal + Design Director / Hare + Klein
Meryl Hare OAM

Principal Meryl Hare has over 35 years-experience in design. She is a Fellow of the Design Institute of
Australia and has received a DIA citation for services to the Design Industry. She was inducted into the
DIA Hall of Fame in 2011, House & Garden Hall of Fame in 2018 and Belle Hall of Fame in 2021. In 2020
she was awarded the IDEA Gold Medal Award and was nominated as The Luminary at the 2022 INDE
Awards. She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2024 for her contribution to design.
Hare and Klein is a five-time winner of the Australian Interior Design Awards, among many other
awards. The practice has also been selected for the prestigious Andrew Martin International Design
Review in 17volumes, published by teNeues, as well as numerous publications. In 2021 she won the
Australian Good Design Gold Award for Product Design for her design of the “Bridge Table’. Meryl has
published three books all by Thames & Hudson.

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How to Build & Scale a Profitable Design Business
Friday 12 June 2026
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Design Talks
Hans Galutera
Founder
HG DesignWorks LLC
Juliet Ashworth
Owner & Creative Director
CHADA
Darren Palmer
Owner
Darren Palmer Interiors
Meryl Hare OAM
Principal + Design Director
Hare + Klein
Timeless or Trend-Led? Designing Beyond the Algorithm
Saturday 13 June 2026
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Design Talks
Lynne Bradley
Principal
Lynne Bradley Interiors
Meryl Hare OAM
Principal + Design Director
Hare + Klein
Lucy Gough
Stylist, Author and Founder of 'The Interior Styling School’
Interior Styling School
Hafia Javed
Design Principal
Studio HJ.