Jane Hilliard

Background

About Jane Hilliard

FOUNDING DIRECTOR & HEAD DESIGNER / BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN / REGISTERED BUILDING DESIGNER Jane’s aim is to create change and lessen our impact on the planet through the built environment – it’s a challenging task! Jane strives to make good design available to more people whilst practising enoughness. Enoughness is about understanding what you need to live a healthy, happy and reciprocal life with those around you and our environment and not taking or using more than this. Her endeavours and passion for sustainability, integration, user well-being, affordable housing and buildability have created the foundations of what Designful provides. Jane says: “I question clients and prompt them to really consider their lifestyle. What are their true necessities? What is enough? What are their true values? We work out what the needs and desires are for the build – together.” Jane and Designful take budgets very seriously and invest time in creating concepts that address all requirements of a project, functional, financial, aesthetic and environmental. They like to look at what can be removed to make space for the meaningful. Jane’s favourite quote is “make it simple but significant”. She does not agree with complicating things for the purpose of design interest or just because you can. She appreciates refined and considered ideas that benefit more than one party. In life and in business, she is looking for win-win-win-win outcomes! Wins for Designful, our clients, society and the environment. When not at the Designful + Homeful helm, Jane appreciates a simple life, investing in her home and family and those we share with, being outside, appreciating nature and trail running! Designful is a building design studio, located in Hobart, Tasmania. “Herein lies the Designful difference. We take the time to get to know our clients, their families and their values in order to design homes that support healthy, down to earth and mindful lifestyles. We design differently in order to reduce mortgages and environmental impact and nurture connections with family, friends, nature and community. Be willing to reconsider your vision of your ideal home and what you think you need, because in reality some of it will come at the cost of your ideal lifestyle and our biggest home - planet earth.”