Greg Grabasch - Director
Based in Tarndanya / Adelaide, Greg Grabasch is a Landscape Architect and Design Facilitator and practices throughout urban and regional Australia. Greg completed his Landscape Architecture degree at RMIT as a mature age student with preceding time spent as a Sapper within the Australian Defence Force followed by managing a design construction business in North Queensland. In his previous role as a director at Walyalup/Fremantle practice UDLA through to co-founding Brave and Curious, Greg’s focus in the past 20 years has moved from bomb disposal to supporting community development initiatives within public and Aboriginal organisational realms.
Excited about: building a wombat sanctuary in the Snowy Mountains with his wife, Emily.
Inspired by: design for more-than-human flourishing.
Joe Bean - Director
Based in nipaluna / Hobart, Joe Bean is a co-founder of Brave and Curious, specialising in design facilitation for environmentally and culturally sensitive outcomes. Joe studied Architecture in Western Australia, and has since adapted his architectural skillset to engage with landscape and ecology and to support community driven projects. Joe’s design approach involves diving into the places we are working head first - reading up on local history, working out what birds we are hearing (and what they might need), seeking out the best running trails and learning from local experts - elders, rock doctors, brickies, climbers, storytellers, fishos, brewers and kids. This approach has been happily developed and explored through projects in urban and regional Australia, the Philippines and Zambia.
Excited about: working on the campaign for a Dark Sky Sanctuary for Southwest Sky Country with The Wilderness Society Tasmania. It’s special to advocate for an additional layer of responsible custodianship of wild ecosystems and cultural heritage. https://www.wilderness.org.au/southwest-sky-country
Inspired by: small and mighty migratory shorebirds like the Grey Plover. They fly from lutruwita / Tasmania to the Arctic and back and show us a thing or two about determination, fragility and connection.