After graduating from Landscape Architecture with honors in 2007, Alex began working as a furniture maker in the south-west where he learnt a great deal of technical skills and gained experience in high end furniture production. Since then he has been devoted to establishing himself as a designer-craftsman creating truly unique works. In 2008 Alex won the Australian Furniture Industry Student award for his Mantis Chair. This afforded him the opportunity to spend three months traveling through Europe focusing on furniture, art and design. Alex visited various furniture manufacturers and also attended several short courses, one of which was a Vitra Design Museum workshop in France with the Campana brothers.

In early 2010 Alex was offered the opportunity to join the Midland Atelier collective and moved to Perth to pursue his goal of becoming an established furniture designer. During this time Alex has worked on the Atelier’s largest commission to date- the production of a range of high end reception furniture for Wesfarmers new level 12 fitout- in addition to a host of private commissions.