This December will see designer Shaynna Blaze present a two part special on Foxtel that will see her create an exclusive signature range of interior lighting to rival the world’s best.
Shaynna’s World of Design was filmed this year in Milan, Venice, New York and Melbourne. The program sees Blaze gather design inspiration from each place – and also share her own ideas and design principles along the way, not just for interior lighting, but for everything in the home.
The program produced for The Lifestyle Home channel is the beginning of Blaze having a far bigger presence on Foxtel. 2016 will see the premiere of a new weekly reality concept ‘Deadline Design’. The series which is yet to begin filming, will feature Blaze in her element as an interior designer, dealing with real briefs. Blaze will also continue in her co-host role on Selling Houses Australia, and as a judge on The Block although that program is likely to be cut back to one season in 2016.
In episode one of Shaynna’s World of Design, viewers are invited to her busy design studio in Melbourne, giving an insider’s look at her working life, including presenting to clients and working on design projects, as she reveals what she’d love to do next – to design her own range of lights.
Little does Shaynna know her dreams are about to become a reality, as it’s confirmed she’s been commissioned to design her very own lighting range, to be launched in the U.S. Both excited and nervous, Shaynna’s creative spark goes in to overdrive and she gets a flash of inspiration…from a whiskey glass.
A project as huge as this one requires a lot of research, which leads Shaynna to her first stop, Italy. Shaynna meets with local designers, editors and artists and takes a sneak-peek inside some of Milan’s most stunning homes, while soaking up inspiration from her surroundings: high fashion, stylish bars and stunning architecture. Moving on to Venice, Shaynna witnesses the famous glass blowers and mosaic makers of the region, before visiting the dazzling multi-coloured houses of Burano. Throughout her Italian journey, Shaynna’s ideas and designs start to develop – and now the hard work of turning this vision in to a reality begins.
Episode two will feature Shaynna’s Italian journey, her lighting designs are brought to life for John, her business partner. He’s so impressed, he proposes launching them at the Atlanta Trade Fair, except there’s one catch, Shaynna will need to design two more lamps for the US market – and quickly.
Shaynna embarks on the next leg of her journey, New York City, the birthplace of industrial design. Here she researches its amazing architecture from classic Art Deco to futuristic, to recycled industrial buildings, as well as meeting with designers and other inspiring New York locals along the way.
Back in Melbourne, and as the prototypes for Shaynna’s designs start to arrive, it’s a race to the finish line and the most crucial date on Shaynna’s calendar – the Atlanta Trade Fair.
Shaynna’s World of Design – This December on Lifestyle Home
Deadline Design – Coming to Lifestyle in 2016
