By.PONO IS THE CREATIVE PLAYGROUND FOR DESIGNER + MAKER LEAH HUDSON-SMITH
BY.PONO is the creative playground for designer + maker Leah Hudson-Smith. Trained and practicing as an Interior Designer in Melbourne Leah has worked in renowned Architecture firms Hassell, Bates Smart + Wood Marsh. Her Interest in bespoke furniture and joinery sparked a curiosity with woodwork and a desire to explore its materiality. She began experimenting with ideas in her studio and making one-off pieces of furniture. It wasn’t long before she realised this exploration of process, play and research was both informing and informed by her work as a professional designer. Leah’s creative practice through B.PONO seeks to connect the space between Art, Design + Making.