Design Declares Australia

Chairperson

RENY®

We are in the business of creative exploration, pioneering transformation for organisations & brands focused on designing better outcomes for humanity.

Co-Founder / Managing Partner

Co-Founder / Design Director

Surfrider Foundation Australia

Advisory Board Member

Chumpy Pullin Foundation

Member Board of Directors

Skin Check Champions

Advisory Board

ELECTRIC ⚡️

Partner

Eon Labs

Mr Simple - Sidelife

mwah. making work absolutely human

Luxottica Group

General Manager Wholesale

Oakley Asia Pacific

General Manager - Arnette Sunglasses ANZ

Sales Director

CEO / Partner @ RENY®Studio | B Corp

As a co-founder and managing partner at Reny ®, I have the amazing opportunity to help transform companies through Orbital Design (picking up where Human-Centred Design left off, giving Mother Nature a seat at the design table, leading to social and climate impact). 

I am an award-winning writer for my publication Uncluttered White Spaces (2009-16), and my new book, Lessons in Creativity, will be available in all good bookstores from May 2025 through Wiley Publishing.

As a certified B Corp, we design creative solutions, products, and brands that impact the community, climate, and humanities.

I have experience working with driven leaders, obsessive designers, genius engineers, demanding CEOs, ambitious CMOs, hard-driving founders, eager investors, observant writers, precise technologists, insightful artists, visionary directors, gifted misfits, hopeful students and passionate up-and-comers.

Client/Project experience: Patagonia, Google, K-Mart, Canon, Nike, Adidas, American Apparel, Dolce & Gabbana, Ray-Ban, Chanel, Prada, City of Sydney, City of Melbourne, Tourism Australia, Cancer Council, Heart Foundation, Mr Simple, Herschel, ProBuild, Stone Island, CP Company, Boxfresh, Giro, Oakley, Electric, Luxottica, Bank of SA, Westpac Bank, St George Bank, Australia Post, Land Rover, Boody, Re-Design, Vandal, Warner, Carryology, IMG.

I have advised senior executives and boards and worked with some of the world's most important brands. I currently serve as Chair for Design Declares, the advisory board for the Surfrider Foundation, and I was the founding board member for The Chumpy Pullin Foundation. 

My insights and writing have been featured in Fast Company, ABC, Inc. Magazine, and other prominent publications, earning me recognition as an awarded writer. My new book, Lessons in Creativity, will be available in May 2025.

I frequently speak on the value of Orbital Design (For Impact), creativity, and technology through platforms like TEDx and Vivid Sydney. I was also invited to speak at Parliament House with the Prime Minister and government officials on the role of creativity and design in shifting our future.

Ben Rennie

Michele’s clarity and interpretations of our thinking has certainly helped me reform my own clarity on our talk. I love how Michele broke this down in the best possible way. I will be printing this off and putting it on my wall as a reference.

I always try to remind people when I am presenting on a stage to an audience, I am not there as a success story (quite the opposite actually), I am there to remind them how hard it is, that it’s always hard and that getting comfortable with the idea of hard is where we find our creativity, in the space where fear and curiosity exist together.

Thanks Michele. Love this.

Founder at Reny® | Chair at Design Declares AUS | Author of Lessons in Creativity |

Creative Technologist • Entrepreneur • Science Communicator • Host and producer of STEAM Powered and NepoPod

My notes from How to Kick the Shit Out of Plan B with Ben Rennie and Miff Rennie at SXSW Sydney. Great perspectives on their personal journeys when Plan A goes out the window.

Some similarities here with Maggie Jackson's session on uncertainty, my notes here: https://lnkd.in/dZD3nSJ4

It also reminded me of Tim Minchin's "Play It Safe" created for the Sydney Opera House 50th Anniversary, check it out: https://lnkd.in/dpjTyBRc which he spoke about in his panel with Suzie Miller, Josh Niland, and Jonathan Kneebone at SXSW Sydney last year (brilliant session).

#sxswsydney2025

How to Kick the Shit Out of Plan B

Fritz & Lewis LLC

Success of Manic Man - 1M views on YouTube
Dona Nobis Pacem - Official Selection - Thriller Film - NoHo Cinefest 2024
Take Me Out - collectively over a million views from YouTube and instagram. Won film of the night at Indie Film Night October of 2019
re:attachment (2022) Best College Short Film Poppy Jasper Film Festival, feature screenplay of re:attachment 2nd Round Selection by Sundance Institute 2025 Feature Development Track.

Featured on Authority Magazine, Film Threat, Indy Reviews, Film Shortage, and Short of the Week's October 2024 best films of the month.

Head

V3 Electric, Inc

Helping take stress off the grid by finding quality homes with high kwh consumption to offload energy into solar powered-battery storage, reducing the risk of wildfires and outages.

Renewable Energy Developer

ILUM ENERGY SOLUTIONS

Creating designs and setting appointments for homeowners to ensure the future of their energy savings.

Solar Designer and Specialist 

Fritz & Lewis Films

Head of production of numerous short films including Take Me Out, re:attachment, Dona Nobis Pacem, and Manic Man.

Production Manager

Limit Break Media Inc.

Helping small businesses and e-commerce with marketing strategy, website design, commercial and media production.

Assistant to CEO Ronnie Quillen.

Head of Physical Production in Los Angeles.

Media Designer

Momentvs

Route Sales Representative

better earth

Knocking on doors and pursuing leads to help homeowners generate thousands in savings from the rising cost of electricity through renewable solar energy production, protect themselves from blackouts, and ensure a more commission free environment.

Solar Specialist

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Studio Tour Guide

Malibu Racquet Club

Server/Busser/Front Desk/Court Manager

Reel Security Corp.

As a Production Security Guard, I played a critical role in maintaining the safety and integrity of high-profile film and television productions. I was responsible for ensuring secure sets, protecting cast and crew, and safeguarding confidential production details. My experience spans major projects, including Lucifer, Westworld, Euphoria, American Crime Story, and They Cloned Tyrone, along with specialized assignments for industry leaders like Lucasfilm and Ford.

With a deep understanding of set security protocols and discretion, I contributed to seamless productions by preventing unauthorized access, managing high-traffic environments, and coordinating with production teams to uphold safety standards.

Film Production Security Guard

Storyteller and Renewable Energy Consultant

Writer and Director of a few award winning short films:
Manic Man, re:attachment, TAKE ME OUT, The Modern Interview, Dona Nobis Pacem, HE110, MY AMERICAN DREAM, THLÍPSI

Mental Health Advocate
Stories that confront sensitive & complex truths.
Director: Manic Man (1M views on YT)
Explore my reality one frame at a time.

Graduate of New York Film Academy 2020
Based in LA

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