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FORM JOURNAL –––––––––––––––––– VOLUME ONE
(GRIEVE GILLETT ANDERSON)
DINO VRYNIOS For Dino Vrynios, leaders compel
*DINO VRYNIOS * ANTHONY BALSAMO *
people into action by giving ideas away rather than coveting them.
“This type of leadership is so valuable because it empowers people to become makers, shapers and creators,” he says. “It creates an environment where people don’t feel they need to ask permission to do, and ultimately innovate. This is the type of society we need to become in South Australia, because it is going to take many people contributing to ensure our future.” Vrynios, architect and lead for strategic development at Grieve Gillett Anderson, is currently involved in a number of projects as a director, including Tutti, a multi arts organisation for artists with a disability, and Escapod, a luxury regional accommodation start-up that utilises prefabricated modules. Vrynios is also on the SA Chapter Council of the Australian Institute of Architects, an inaugural Co-Creative Director of the Festival of Architecture and Design and the winner of the 2015 Jack Hobbs McConnell Travelling Fellow in Architecture Award.
MEET THREE CREATIVES WHO ARE PART OF A NEW WAVE OF INNOVATORS MOTIVATED TO CHANGE THE FACE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DESIGN.
Vrynios is responsible for taking the lead on another future-led idea: ‘driverless cities’, which he believes Adelaide could be. “Imagine if we took the leap and become the first city in the world to be driverless; that would lead to greater conviction for our state’s vision.” On the topic of innovation, Vrynios says, “When I talk about innovation, I describe an ‘edge’. If we stay at the ‘edge’, we don’t learn, we don’t grow or change and a state of inertia takes hold. If we question convention and test new ideas we step through that threshold, shift the boundaries of our knowledge and create a new ‘edge’. I have always been inquisitive and a bit of a dreamer so it makes sense I like to imagine what lies in the space beyond the ‘edge’.”
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