Design from passion. Driving positive change.
Brett is Design Director at Returnr, Returnr Marketplace & BeetBox, and works freelance under the brand MMTH. Brett is a former Associate Principal at Cobalt Design, and a few years ago he pulled together a group of mates to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis.
As Returnr & BeetBox’s founding Design Director, Brett has been a key driver of the team aiming to eliminate single-use-packaging waste with engaging products and revolutionary systems. Brett employs design to drive behaviour change. Ultimately achieving positive social impacts and strategic business outcomes.
Brett’s professional design journey started at a small company designing & manufacturing hospital beds. Then as the first Associate Principal at Cobalt Design, Brett instigated the development of a design thinking practice within the business, designed a world first scientific instrument, worked on detailed DFM of the first Melbourne designed & manufactured tram, and lead the design of the innovative Food Justice Truck that fed asylum seekers with a 75% subsidy & won the highest Victorian design award in 2015.
A graduate of Monash University in Industrial Design & Mechanical Engineering, and a graduate of Melbourne Business School’s MBA program, Brett is a member of the Design Institute of Australia & Engineers Australia.
Brett lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife and three children.
Awards & Commendations
2022 Good Design Award - Good Design Australia (Returnr Marketplace)
2022 Designers Australia Awards, Award of Merit - Design Institute of Australia (Returnr Marketplace)
2021 Premier's Design Award, Service Design Category Finalist - Victoria State Government (Returnr Marketplace)
2020 Premier's Design Award, Product Design Category Finalist - Victoria State Government (Returnr free-to-borrow reusable products)
2020 Commendation, Sustainable Design - The Design Files Design Awards (Returnr, Deposit-Return system & products)
2020 Good Design Award - Good Design Australia (Returnr, Free-to-borrow reusable products)
2019 Finalist, Sustainable Design - The Design Files Design Awards (BeetBox)
2019 Good Design Award - Good Design Australia (Dittoki Chopsticks)
2019 iF Design Award - International Forum Design (BeetBox, The world’s first Glass Lunch Bowl)
2018 Good Design Award - Chicago Athenaeum (BeetBox, The world’s first Glass Lunch Bowl)
2018 Good Design Award Gold Winner - Good Design Australia (BeetBox, The world’s first Glass Lunch Bowl)
2017 Premier's Design Award, Product Design Category Finalist - Victoria State Government (IXL Fresco Aurora)
2015 Premier's Design Award, Overall Winner - Victoria State Government (Food Justice Truck)
2015 Premier's Design Award, Service Design Category Winner - Victoria State Government (Food Justice Truck)
2015 Good Design Award - Good Design Australia (4300 FTIR Handheld Scanner)
2015 Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences Selection - Good Design Australia (4300 FTIR Handheld Scanner)
2015 Good Design Selection - Good Design Australia (Food Justice Truck)
2014 Good Design Award - Chicago Athenaeum (KeepCup Brew)
2014 Good Design Award - Good Design Australia (Melbourne E-Class Tram)
2014 Powerhouse Museum Selection, Good Design Australia (Melbourne E-Class Tram)
2014 Dean's Commendation Award - Melbourne Business School (Corporate Strategy)
2014 Dean's Commendation Award - Melbourne Business School (Negotiations)
2009 Fringe Furniture invited exhibitor - Melbourne Fringe Festival (Rient Stool)
2009 Finalist, Commercial Furniture - VIVID (Rient Stool)