What had to be solved
Airline spaces have to work hard: brand clarity, passenger movement, security, contractors, live operations and immovable opening dates all converge.

Regional front-of-house terminal rebuilds in New Zealand, plus international terminal and sales-office reimaging work in Australia, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan.
This work shows the professional foundation behind the paintings: structure, sequencing, detail and judgement under pressure.

Project manager and design-management lead for terminal and sales-office reimaging work.
Airline spaces have to work hard: brand clarity, passenger movement, security, contractors, live operations and immovable opening dates all converge.
David managed design/build programmes, site coordination and contractor delivery, including Taiwan as a new Air New Zealand destination with a three-month design/build window before first flight.
A sequence of regional and international aviation environments delivered with programme discipline and an understanding of operational detail.
This kind of work explains the structure in David’s paintings: the clear edge, the controlled crop, the object treated seriously, and the confidence that comes from decades of making ideas survive contact with real-world constraints.