About Matt Michel Design

Established in 2007, the Matt Michel Design team strives to combine a creative solution with technical experience to provide a unique outcome for each project. It is important that it responds to our client’s vision, site, budget and timeframe. A small Boutique Studio in Castlecrag on Sydney’s North Shore, we work in collaboration with clients, and their consultants and contractors, to achieve a balance between functional and aesthetic.

We can also tender to our network of skilled cabinetmakers, builders, architects, stonemasons, glaziers and other trades, resulting in quality products that not only look great and will stand the test of time but are also great value for money.

Our Services

Design of kitchens, butler’s pantries, bathrooms, wardrobes, home office, laundries, AudioVisual, and other custom cabinetry.

Selection of materials and finishes, fixtures and fittings (appliances, bathroom PC items, lighting, blinds and curtains etc), interior and exterior colours, sample boards, procurement of furniture.

Most projects involve 3 stages, Concept, Documentation and Implementation on site.

Projects

All

Audio Visual

Bathroom

Bedroom

Dining

Ensuite

Entry

Fireplace

Full fitout

Hallway

Hamptons Style

Home Office

Industrial

Kitchen

Laundry

Living

Mid Century Modern

Modern Coastal

Modern Minimalist

Powder Room

Staircase

Study

Walk in Pantry

Walk in Robe

Wardrobe

St Ives Kitchen

Oyster Bay Duplex

Narraweena Kitchen

Marine Parade Double Bay

Manly Kitchen

Longueville House

Packages

Essential – 1 Space

Stages 1, 2 Concept, Documentation

Design only including 3D colour perspectives, plans and elevations, material specifications that you can pass onto your own builder, cabinetmaker and other trades to supply and install.
T+Cs apply

Detailed – 1 Space

Stages 1, 2, 3 Concept, Documentation + Tender, Site Liaison

From Concept to completion, we create a site-specific concept, compile all documentation for quotation by 2 separate cabinetmakers, and liaise with all qualified trades including builders, stonemasons, plumbers and electricians on site through to completion.
T+Cs apply

Comprehensive – Whole House, Duplex or Apartment

As per package 2 but including multiple rooms: typically, kitchen, main bathroom, ensuite, powder room, laundry, study or living room audiovisual, 3 separate wardrobes. Scope of works for builder tender and body corporate approval in apartments. Any trade discounts sourced can be passed onto clients realising significant savings.
T+Cs apply

Multiple – Multi-Res Development or Executive Rental

Subject to fee proposal after site visit or review of DA drawings.
Can include design of wet areas (kitchen, bathroom, laundry), entry foyers and common areas, selection of materials and finishes. Pictorial schedule of iInclusions, styling and procurement of furniture.

Alternatively we are able to act as a consultant on an hourly rate as required.

Our people

Matt Michel

Matt is Qualified with a Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design UTS 1992) and Member of the Design Institute of Australia (MDIA), and The Kitchen and Bathroom Designers Institute Australia (KBDi).

Matt has worked independently as a “Cabinetry Consultant” after gaining experience as the in-house designer for a Bathroom Vanity Manufacturer, a large Sydney Kitchen company and Multinational Decorative Glass Manufacturer. Matt utilises the accuracy of Computer Aided Design for final drawings and detailing, but still prefers the speed of a pad and pen to communicate ideas with clients and contractors on site. Partial to quips and analogies to explain things from a different perspective, Matt’s favourite saying is “If you cant hide something, make a feature of it..”

Danielle Fairclough

With extensive expertise working in the United Kingdom, Danielle is qualified with a BA Honours in 3-Dimensional Design (Plymouth University, Exeter) and a diploma in Interior Design (KLC School of Design, London)

Now based at MMD in Australia , she adds her skills with selection and nomination of interior materials, finishes and furnishings, and gets involved from the start of each project with site measures and further on with documentation. Danielle’s favourite saying: “The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail”.

Andrew Quinn

A fully qualified Building contractor who strives to uphold a Smooth Transition from demolition to Installation working to realise that the Design Intent of MMD concepts are reflected Onsite. His Company name states it all ‘MIH Constructions’ (Make it Happen) Andrew’s favourite saying is: “The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten”.