Amanda Talbot is the founder of the Sydney-based Studio Snoop, a creative consulting and design practice. As a trained architect and interior designer she is devoted to focus on a heart-centric approach to design that holds the key values of love, kindness, joy, and in uniting people together. Studio Snoop draws on her diverse background in design, trend forecasting, and international magazines. They have developed a community of “friends of the studio,” including some of the world’s leading architects, landscape architects, builders, engineers, craftspeople, artists, suppliers, technologists, and philosophers, who all contribute to the creation of the studio’s projects. Amanda is the author of two books, Rethink: The Way You Live and Happy, which explore global living trends in the home and local communities.