The Home Inspo Stage is the place where innovation meets inspiration.
Each day, the Home Inspo Stage showcases Home Design Experts, offering a wealth of knowledge, trends, and practical tips.
Our stages will return with a brand new lineup of speakers at our next show. In the meantime, take a look back at our August 2026 speakers.
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James is a Sydney-based, multi-award-winning interior designer with over 30 years of experience in various roles within the interior design, real estate, and building industries.
He runs a successful design practice and will be hosting the Home Inspo stage at the Melbourne Home Show. James also shares his knowledge and passion for design as a TV presenter on Open Homes Australia and hosts the new lifestyle TV show Renovate or Rebuild.
Known for his role on The Living Room and as a TV host on Your Money Channel, James is an enthusiastic ambassador for Planet Ark and a mentor for new interior designers.
Living Oceans
Ben is a marine scientist and the founder of Living Oceans, with a career spent in the aquarium industry and ocean technology. His work has focused on one core idea: making marine environments simpler, more sustainable, and accessible for everyday homes.
Cove Design Studio
Caroline is the founder of Cove Design Studio and specialises in thoughtful residential interiors. Drawing on a diverse career centred on client relationships and problem-solving, she creates practical, uplifting spaces that balance creativity with functionality and are tailored to each homeowner's lifestyle
Grafico Group
Damian is an Australian designer, entrepreneur and media personality, best known as Founder and Creative Director of Grafico Group. With over 20 years’ experience, he has grown the business into a leading design studio, recognised for innovative wallpaper, signage and interiors, and has featured on The Block.
ShapeScaper
With over two decades in the landscape and horticulture industry, Dan has gained comprehensive experience across projects of all scales from intimate residential gardens to major commercial developments. While often working in a range of different construction roles, his passion has however always focused on landscape design.
DISKO Designs
Dave is an award-winning interior designer and founder of DISKO Designs. Working across Melbourne and Brisbane, he specialises in distinctive residential renovations that combine creativity, functionality and personality, helping homeowners create bold, individual spaces designed for the way they truly live
Mint Kitchen Group
Frank Iaria is Design Director of Mint Kitchen Group and a Certified Kitchen Designer with more than 40 years' industry experience. A Registered Domestic Builder and award-winning designer, Frank is renowned for creating timeless, highly functional kitchens and bathrooms that seamlessly combine exceptional design with practical expertise.
Evissa
Elena Cazacu, Founder and Managing Director of Evissa, is a registered Architect and certified Passivhaus Designer. She champions sustainable, healthy homes through building physics and off-site prefabrication, redefining Australian housing for a more resilient, sustainable future.
Speciality Trees
When not leading industry forums with his extensive horticultural expertise, Hamish Mitchell owns & runs Speciality Trees, an awarded production nursery growing over 100 acres of ornamental advanced trees. His passion is for trees, and in educating clients on their long-term selection suitability.
Feng Shui Concepts
In a world of constant stimulation, our homes play a vital role in supporting wellbeing. Jane Langof explores how Feng Shui can bring calm and balance into modern homes, showing how layout, orientation and flow shape daily life and how simple changes can create meaningful impact.
SOW Architecture & Design
Ketsa is a registered architect crafting meaningful spaces that inspire connection and purpose. Drawing on her Indian heritage, she blends beauty with functionality across architecture and design. Named Australia's top emerging designer by Vogue Australia in 2020, she's also been widely featured for her furniture and product work.
Katie Rees Your Project Partner
Katie, a building designer with 20+ years' experience and 200+ homes designed, built a service to stop projects failing from unclear early decisions. She now guides homeowners, designers and builders nationally. Her talk, The Home Build Playbook, shares how to take control from day one.
Build Play Live
Kribashini Hannon is a leading Australian building strategist, published author, and founder of BPL. She co-founded BuildHer and co-authored its bestselling guide, empowering thousands of women to renovate and build with confidence.
KE Property Styling
With over 15 years' experience in property styling, Kylie built KE around one belief: beautiful presentation changes the outcome of a sale. Kylie's mission is to help homeowners, agents and builders achieve their goals through styling that's simple, stress-free and results-driven.
Moodi Interiors
An Accredited Interior Decorator and passionate about all things health, wellbeing, Lauren from Moodi Interiors is on a mission to help others create one-of-a-kind, soulful spaces that are great for body, mind, soul and the environment.
Elsewhere Pods
Matt is a Founder and CEO of Elsewhere Pods, an award-winning modular design company. Inspired by Byron Bay and the Northern Rivers floods, he left finance to make sustainable, flexible living spaces more accessible. Through a national partnership with Bunnings, Elsewhere Pods now bringing backyard studios and tiny homes.
Colour Confidence Interiors
Michelle is an interior designer, artist and educator with qualifications in Interior Design and Fine Arts. A KBDi member with experience across multiple creative disciplines, Michelle is passionate about helping homeowners create spaces that reflect their personality, lifestyle and individual sense of style.
Westpac
Known for her ability to simplify complex lending concepts, Michelle is passionate about helping homeowners understand the options available to finance their renovation projects and unlock their property's potential.
Nikki McGar Interiors
Nikki McGar is the founder and principal designer of Nikki McGar Interiors, a Bellarine-based interior design studio specialising in character-filled homes, heritage renovations and boutique holiday accommodation. Known for her confident use of colour and relaxed approach to design, Nikki creates homes that feel personal and deeply connected to the people who live in them.
Nikki Weedon Interiors
Nikki is the founder of Nikki Weedon Interiors, a Melbourne-based studio specialising in personalised residential design. She helps homeowners create kitchens, bathrooms and living spaces that reflect their lifestyle and personality, blending practical design with confident use of colour, materials and custom joinery.
YDM Design Studio
Nina is the founder of YDM Design Studio, a Melbourne-based interior design practice specialising in residential renovations. Passionate about creating wellbeing-focused homes, she combines thoughtful planning, sustainability and beautiful design to help clients create functional, inviting spaces that enhance everyday life.
AGL
Peter is a Product Owner within AGL's Home Electrification team, focused on partner channels, digital customer experiences and helping households navigate the transition to all-electric living. He has been closely involved in the development of customer propositions designed to make electrification simpler and more accessible for Australian households.
Envirotecture
Talina is the Director of Envirotecture, creating sustainable, healthy and high-performing homes through building science and biophilic design. With 25+ years’ experience, she is a Passivhaus Designer and industry leader, recognised for award-winning projects across VIC, NSW and Australia..
ZECO Energy
Travis, Product Manager Electrification at ZECO Energy, brings 25+ years’ experience across solar, storage and multi-tenant energy. A trusted voice in electrification, he helps homes and businesses transition from gas to efficient all-electric living, improving comfort, reducing costs and supporting sustainability.
Aspire Property Experts
Victor, an 8-figure property investor, is the Director of Aspire Property Experts. After discovering property as the path to wealth, he went all in, building a double-digit portfolio and helping over 1,600 clients achieve results that outperform the market by 20%+.
