Robyn Lindsey
Robyn Lindsey is a highly experienced, innovative and inspiring design leader who challenges design thinking to deliver authentic and future facing environments.
Born and raised in Bessiebelle, a farming community near Port Fairy in Western Victoria, Robyn studied Interior Design at RMIT, graduating in the early 1980’s. She also holds an MBA in Entrepreneurial studies from Swinburne University as well as an insatiable curiosity and lifelong quest for knowledge.
She worked in Architectural practices before joining Geyer Design in 1990, subsequently becoming an Associate, Director and Partner helping to develop Geyer’s growth into Asia and then as a Global Strategy and Design Leader of the company.
She has mentored countless designers, inspiring them with her strategic vision, boundless enthusiasm, and determination to continually improve and positively stretch the opportunities that design skills provide.
Her ability to deeply engage with clients, has enabled her to influence and facilitate change, collaborating to create new business opportunities and future focussed outcomes with them.
The clients she has worked with include airlines, global retailer groups, banks, professional services firms, commercial property funds managers, and multinational corporations. Her interest and expertise spans retail, corporate, residential and hospitality sectors.
Robyn has maintained close links with the design industry community by serving on the RMIT University Interior Design Course Advisory Panel, also as a Juror of the Australian Interior Design Awards in 2015 & 2016, through speaking engagements with the DIA, Property Council of Australia and facilitation of design industry events and other Industry Associations.
She was acknowledged for a Lifetime achievement in the 2020 Architecture and Design, Sustainability Awards. Her leadership on retail and commercial workplace projects have led to many National and International Design Awards.
Since leaving Geyer in 2021, Robyn has built her independent design practice collaborating with organisations and their communities to develop transformative initiatives supported by intelligently designed environments.