Emma Davis

Display Designer, Stylist & Visual Merchandiser

Design & Creative

Education (RMIT University)(Monash University)
Employer House and Universe
Location Melbourne Australia

Visual Merchandiser & Creative Consultant

Guided by a commitment to styling product and commercial interiors beyond typical window displays and fixtures, Emma's advice and VM execution comes from a quiet tension between creative and commercial motivations.

As founder of studio House & Universe, Emma's work advocates for collaborative and proactive retail spaces and designs laterally and creatively with each client's brand and premises. With a varied network across furniture makers, designers, artisans, artists, food professionals and business, Emma works with clients to open up commercial space to new ideas, activities, promotions, events and display opportunities.

Clients:

Craft Victoria
Habbot Stores
Brooksfield
Patricia Coffee
Fat Stores
Mozi
Olga Bennett
Gregory Matheson
Renee Traitsis
Fog Restaurant & Bar
Strangers From Now On

House & Universe services:

• VM Planning and Execution: With a specialty in niche ideas, House & Universe works for clients to create interesting, artistic and sometimes thought provoking retail and product presentations.

• Mentoring & Workshops: House & Universe develops and delivers creative workshops and mentoring services to assist young designers and practitioners develop skills in micro business marketing for campaigning product to market.

• Strategy: House & Universe works one-on-one with independent designers and/or small business to formulate highly considered and custom visual merchandising strategy, staff training and retail planning.
www.houseanduniverse.com

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Skills

  • Commercial Interior Design
  • Display Design
  • Installation Design
  • Interior Decoration
  • Interior Styling
  • Product Styling
  • Prop Design
  • prop sourcing
  • Retail Display
  • Still Life
  • Styling
  • Temporary Displays
  • Visual Merchandising
  • Window Display
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Portfolio

Employers

  • House and Universe
    Owner, Designer
    2010 - Present

    House & Universe is an interdisciplinary design studio facilitated by Emma Davis. Specialising in display design, prop sourcing and construction, visual merchandising and interior styling.

  • Aesop
    Visual Merchandiser
    2007 - 2010

    At Aesop Emma was employed to coordinate and seamlessly implement high level visual merchandising and window design for 16 Aesop Signature Stores and 14 counters nationally. The position was held within the marketing team and worked closely with the creative director in merchandising, store environment managment, creative direction, prop production, styling and brand management.

Education

  • RMIT University
    Certificate IV Small Business Management
    2011 - 2011
  • Monash University
    Bachelor Fine Art, Painting with Honours
    2004 - 2007

Awards and Achievements

  • Faculty of Drawing Joseph Beuys Award for Excellence $500

    Awarded by Monash University Faculty of Fine Arts, Caulfield for 'Take,' 2007


    2007
  • Interdisciplinary Faculty Award $1500

    Awarded by Monash University Faculty of Fine Arts, Caulfield for 'Take,' 2007


    2007

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