Alfons van Maanen,
BA Design (Industrial Design), RMIT. Twenty
years commercial experience in product, graphic and architectural
design projects from concept development through to production and
construction.
Alfons has been a senior designer with BiGfiSh for 10 years. His skills
range from visualisation, freehand and technical drawings (CAD), materials
technology and construction systems through to project management.
Renata Slusarski,
BA Design (graphic design), University of South
Australia. Background includes training in festival arts. Formed BiGfiSh in
1991. Renata works extensively on concepts using computer generated
programs. Much of her recent work is based on designs for public
spaces including seating and sculptures as well as signage features for
municipalities throughout Victoria.
Renata believes good design should respond with integrity, humour and
beauty to the needs and desires of its participants/users
Roddy Ramos, Roddy Ramos, DLI welder, steel fabricator, artist/sculptor. Following an apprenticeship in Boilermaking, Roddy has spent fifteen years working with production teams creating large exhibition pieces such as 'Walking with Dinosaurs', as well as stints in film, theatre and dance production. He brings a wealth of experience to BiGfiSh and an abundance of energy and commitment.
Judi Stansfield, is a valuable member of the BiGfiSh team. In a former life, Judi was a Media Studies and English teacher, and fights herself daily to stop correcting everyone’s spelling and grammar. In this current life, she is the “financial controller” at BiGfiSh and the one we turn to for writing creatively, sourcing things and french pastries.
