PASCALE
GOMES-MCNABB
Pascale is a critically acclaimed, award-winning Melbourne-based designer (Bachelor of Architecture degree).
With a bold take on design, she is influenced by the intersection of architecture, art, travel, food, nature and culture. An ex-restaurateur, she has created some of Australia’s most respected, award-winning establishments - Cumulus Inc., Cutler & Co, Penfolds’ Magill Estate Restaurant and Stokehouse among others.
Pascale’s design work includes commercial and residential interior landscapes, furniture, objects, jewellery and lighting. She creates holistic environments delivering visually engaging, intuitive, functional, beautifully nuanced designs.
An interest in art and artists led her to co-establish John St Studios, Brunswick, 2015. Curating shows at the Johnston Museum and Spring1883. Pascale is an ongoing Melbourne Art Fair ambassador. An inaugural member of the DIA Practice Group, in 2019 she won the DIA/Dulux Study Tour scholarship.
PGMD Pascale’s eponymous studio has won local and international awards for its hospitality designs and residential projects.
What is one thing you would change/create to make the world a better place for women?
Equality…and no I don’t want to be a man.
I would create a more female centric world, and create more space/time/allowance/understanding/etc. for women to be (who they want to be without societal expectations).
Photographs: James Morgan
