Hope Lives Here

In 2005, Louise was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, a cancer of the bone marrow. Louise was just 18 years old. Within days she was receiving chemotherapy and blood transfusions - commencing a treatment protocol of 36 months. At one stage Louise spent more than three months straight in the Haematology Ward at the Newcastle Mater Hospital.

Hope lives here is a vision that challenges and re-imagines the standards of how we provide and receive cancer care. The vision for the ward is to introduce colour and materiality that promotes hope, joy and safety.

Louise is a multi-award winning designer who navigates clients through the anatomy of design from concept to delivery. Through a curated design narrative, Louise specialises in concept development, placemaking and curating spaces that ignite feelings of joy.

Louise is on a mission to realise memorable and creative design solutions through bold application of colour and exploration of texture and materiality. Her true purpose: to challenge the design industry with curiosity, authenticity and heart.

Winner - Dulux Colour Awards 2020 (Student Category)
Bronze - International Design Awards 2020
Honourable Mention - International Design Awards 2020