FROM THE EXTERIOR TO THE INTERIOR
FROM THE EXTERIOR TO THE INTERIOR In conversation with Architect / Interior Designer, Marco Emilio di Mario
Marco Emilio di Mario: qualified as an Architect (trained at the Mack) now works as an Interior Designer and teaches at the Glasgow School of Art's School of Interior Design. Marco has an in-depth level of work experience for someone of his age, spanning three different countries: Scotland (Glasgow), England (London) and Italy (Rome and Milan). Within the Creative Allies context of MACMAG 48, Marco has worked within various interlinked sectors including Architecture, Interior Design, Theatre Set Design and marketing cosmetics. He has also worked in a freelance capacity for private clients.
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MACMAG: Hi Marco, could you tell us a little bit about yourself?
returned to GSA four months ago to undertake a position as a tutor.
Marco Emilio di Mario): I am Italian-Scottish and grew up in Glasgow. My family are all from Rome and I studied at GSA for five years. I did my Part 1, worked in practice for a couple of years and then came back to GSA to do Part 2. After graduating, I moved into a variety of different things and ended up focusing on Interior Design as my main career path, and that's what I have been doing for the last 10 or 11 years. I
MM: Could you tell us about your process of transitioning from one role to another? MEM: It was quite natural. A lot of the time it was purely circumstantial that I ended up working on projects in those fields. I think that modelling part time for quite a number of years, whilst studying, ended up being quite influential in the path that I took. It really helped me to MACMAG 48