Sydney-based interior designer, Ann Gyngell is known for her avant-garde use of colour and innovative design. "Her jewelled interiors have been credited as defining Sydney during the 1960s and 70s" (Vogue Living Sept/Oct10 p189).

Ann has long been committed to industry best practice, becoming a member of the Society of Interior Designers of Australia in 1977. She initially trained at Woollahra Art School during the 50s (1954-56) in water colour, oils, fabric design, sculpture and design and later in Fine Arts and Interior Design at the renowned Inchbald School of Design in London (1973-74). Anne has been described as unwavering “in her love of the happiness that colour can bring” (Vogue Living magazine 2008), a claim corroborated by the Dulux Colour Award she received in 1987.

Before establishing her own practice, Ann Gyngell Interior Design Pty Ltd in 1983, a retail shop and interior design offices in Surry Hills, Ann’s early career influences hark back to interior design roles at: Mary White Interiors at Edgecliff (1956); Dykes, Johnston & Hodge Architects (1957-58); and Marion Hall Best (1958-1961).

As a designer, Ann has made her mark both residentially and commercially. Her work across a diversity of commercial projects has included: Qantas House, George Pattersons, Hyde Park Club (recipient of the House & Garden National Interior Design Award), Tradex Transport, Theiss Toyota, Sydney University Women’s College and Australian Consolidated Press Holdings. Residences of Mr and Mrs Thomas Keneally and the late Sir Frank Packer are among an array of prestigious homes in Ann’s folio.

Many of her projects have been featured in media and in addition Ann’s work as a design columnist, which was published in the Sydney Morning Herald during 1988 did much to raise the profile of the profession.