What had to be solved
The proposed store interior needed to support live phones, customer interaction and national consistency, while reducing the original fitout budget.

A national retail programme for live-mode telco stores across Australia, beginning with cost review and moving into large-team rollout management.
A case where design intelligence means making an idea more buildable, repeatable and affordable.

Senior project manager and design review lead.
The proposed store interior needed to support live phones, customer interaction and national consistency, while reducing the original fitout budget.
David reviewed the interior design, identified cost reductions, then managed a team of six project managers through rollout of around 200 stores.
The initial store budget was reduced from about $500k to $425k, followed by broad implementation across Australia.
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.