The Essential List: Annie Price
Big vintage jewellery, bright lipstick and colourful footwear are the uniform that Wunderman Thompson Melbourne’s creative director Annie Price throws on for a day at working from her kitchen table during Covid-19. And with a keen interest in "hunting for treasure", preserving architecture and mid-century Danish Vikings Annie's tastes are as bold as they are varied.
Get to know her better below.
Lifestyle
o Place of birth: Melbourne
o Hometown: Beaumaris, Melbourne (aka Beauy)
o Staycation: ‘The Nuthouse’ - Flinders (Mornington Peninsula)
-Picture credit: Stephanie Rose Wood
o Vacation: Palm Springs, USA
o Pet: Pearl the rescue dog
o Place of work: Wunderman Thompson Melbourne
o Place of workout: Walking around Beaumaris or Flinders
o Side projects: Hunting for treasure (garage sales, op shops, hard rubbish); our garden; preserving Mid-Century architecture via Beaumaris Modern
-Picture credit: @rowenameadowsphoto
o Mode of transport: Fiat or Cube
o Bonus travel essential: Dancing dashboard Hula girl
Culture
o Artist: Van Gogh
o Musician: Paul Kelly
o Commercials / music video director: Damien Toogood
o Film director: Ken Loach
o Photographer: rowenameadows.com.au
o Film: The Sound of Music or Footloose
o Current Series: ‘Rita’ (Danish comedy)
o Current Commercial: I love Aldi’s ‘unprecedented times chopper’ ad
o Music video: Careless Whisper
o Video game: Crash Bandicoot
o Board game: ALL the boardgames: Sequence, Blokus, Cleudo, Boggle, Scrabble, Chess, Yahtzee, Tetris Link….
o Book: Currently reading ‘Waco – A survivor’s story’
o Newspaper (off or online): The Age
o Magazine: Frankie
o Bonus culture essential: The Betoota Advocate
Food and Drink
o Breakfast: Poached eggs
o Restaurant: Fancy: Donovans | Not so fancy: Miss Viet
o Cheap bite: Huff Bagelry
o Working lunch: My kitchen table (lockdown)
o Favourite dish: Since lockdown - Mac & cheese with tuna
o Signature dish: As above (I’m a terrible cook)
o Snack: Chicken Twisties
o Guilty pleasure: Mint Aero
o Bar: What’s a bar? (Been in lockdown since March)
o Booze: Yes please
o Not booze: Bitter Lemon
o Bonus food: Cow Cheese triangles
o Bonus beverage: G & T
Kit
o Phone: iPhone
o Computer: Mac
o TV: Projector (didn’t want a TV spoiling the décor!)
o Headphones: the free ones from the plane
o Camera: iPhone
o Soundsystem: Bush retro digital radio & His Masters Voice record player
o Pen / pencil: Sharpie and 4B pencil
o Where you document an idea: scraps of paper
o Casual clothing: Vintage / op shop
o Smart clothing: 1960’s maxi gowns
o Footwear: Colourful
o Watch: My dad’s 1980’s Seiko
o Collection: Too many to mention (snow domes, soda syphons, West German Pottery, Vintage eskies, mid century Danish Vikings….)
o App: No square
o Website: The Design Files
o Favourite social media feed: Beaumaris Modern (I’m biased)
o Work program: Microsoft Teams
o Analogue work tool: Pad and pen
o Morning grooming / makeup essential: Bright lipstick
o Bonus kit essential: Big vintage earrings and bangles
