EMERGING: WHISPERING SMITH
Oct 10, 2018
4 minutes
NATALIE MORTIMER
It may be difficult for people to connect a farm upbringing with a creative pursuit like architecture, but for Kate FitzGerald, founder of Whispering Smith, it was these formative years spent getting involved in all aspects of farm life that drove a passion for thinking and making.
“Farming is all about teamwork and coming up with clever solutions to problems,” says FitzGerald, “and as kids we always had access to tools, space and plenty of time to build or invent things. That is where I began solving problems via making.”
FitzGerald grew up in rural Victoria spending her time riding horses and mustering stock. Unsurprisingly, she wanted
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