# Who benefits from Indigenous design? | Alison Page

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Podcast: [Design Speaks Weekly](https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-speaks-weekly-7434039)
Published: 2026-05-11T18:30:00+00:00
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Alison Page is a Walbanga and Wadi Wadi woman and a leading design entrepreneur. Her portfolio spans collaborations with Indigenous designers Dillon Kombumerri and Kevin O’Brien from the Merrima Aboriginal Design Unit and eight years as a panellist on ABC’s The New Inventors. She is also the founder of the National Aboriginal Design Agency, and has helped bring First Nations knowledge and culture into contemporary Australian design. Ahead of her upcoming exhibition at Melbourne School of Design, presented as part of Melbourne Design Week, Alison discusses the growing interest in Indigenous design – and the opportunities and complexities it brings. Further Reading Alison Page on artwashing in architecturehttps://architectureau.com/articles/alison-page-on-artwashing-in-architecture/Melbourne Design Week 2026 announcedhttps://architectureau.com/articles/melbourne-design-week-2026-announced/Alison Page: Creative Shape Shifterhttps://designweek.melbourne/event/alison-page-creative-shape-shifter/

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