creative director
Since his days as a graffiti artist Carlos has always been interested in drawing and design.  After one year of studying primary school teaching, he moved to New York to look into studying design there, but returned after a year to complete Melbourne's prestigious Brighton Bay Art, Design & Photography Program.  He then went on to complete a degree in Graphic Design at Swinburne University.

Carlos has worked in several different jobs in many industries, which has given him a deep understanding of various types of businesses.  After university Carlos spent 3 years running a firm in partnership with a friend.
In 2002 he started studio equator so he could have the creative freedom to work in different disciplines and do something meaningful and personally rewarding.

Carlos moved here from El Salvador as a child.  He loves live music and playing with his son Levi, and always brightens the studio with his infectious laugh.

production manager
Born in South Africa, Myke came to Australia in 1980 where he explored his love of music, graphic communication, graffiti art and hip hop stepping and breaking throughout his high school years.  He then completed an apprenticeship in graphic reproduction at a printing bureau, along with a concurrent course in graphic arts at RMIT.
Myke's apprenticeship dealt mainly with old school techniques, from before computers were used in graphic design but afterwards he worked for various print houses, always choosing ones that would give him the experience with computers that his apprenticeship lacked.

Eventually deciding to focus on his love of music, Michael spent 7 years performing and touring the world with his band Nubreed.  Along with two friends, he released one album, some vinyl and several remixes and toured in countries including USA, Canada, China, Singapore, England and Hong Kong.

After Nubreed, Myke worked for a pinball business redrawing the graphics on retro machines before joining studio equator in December 2009 as Production Mangager. Myke longs for approval… of finished art and tender sets and makes sure the studio always have great music to listen to.

finance & administration

Jacinta grew up on a farm in North East Victoria, but now works as our Office Manager.  
After studying arts and information management & systems she worked in finance and administration before spending 3 years in Thailand volunteering in events management, fundraising and several philanthropic ventures including teaching disabled children to horse ride, working with orphans and providing food and clothing to the poor.

Jacinta returned to Australia in May 2009 and has been with studio equator since then.
She loves socialising, riding her bike to work and life in general.
She also loves it when clients pay on time.

interior architect
Benjamin is our very own Frenchman.  He grew up and studied in France where he completed a diploma of art & design, majoring in product and interior design.  After graduating in 2006, he worked as a product designer, designing a large variety of products ranging from bottles to tombstones.

In 2007 Benjamin moved to Australia where he worked for a large event company designing exhibition stands before accepting his current position at studio equator in August 2008.  His favourite part of work at equator is the opportunity to develop new concepts.

Ben loves like a Frenchman, but eats like an Italian and drinks like an Aussie.  He is a keen squash and badminton player, and loves cheese and pasta.  Just as many women have a separate stomach for deserts, Ben has a separate stomach for cheesy pasta!

web programmer
Vedran is our resident "Gen Y" web developer. Born in Bosnia, he came to Australia in 1996.
Veka gained his network computing degree at Monash University.  He has gone on to complete a Masters degree, and is currently completing his PhD.

Veka loves eating McDonalds and spending time with his two Labradors. He also enjoys database design and would one day like to explore a teaching role.

graphic designer

Though born in Sydney, Luke's family moved to Gippsland when he was a year old, and to Warragul when he was 10. After high school, Luke moved to St. Kilda, Melbourne to complete a Bachelor of Communication Design at Swinburne University. Two weeks of work experience with studio equator after finishing his degree in 2010 led to further work, and Luke has now joined the team in a full time position.

Luke has a Triumph Daytona 675, and loves motorcycling and skateboarding in his spare time. He is also interested in lighting design, and would like to one day have his own lighting design studio.

php developer

Dubbo was born in ShanXi province in China and lived there until 2002 when he moved to JiangSu province to attend China University of Mining & Technology (CUMT) where he studied Computer Science & Technology. The course involved a student exchange program with two years study in JiangSu, and a final two years at Swinburne University in Melbourne.  After graduating from this course, Dubbo then also completed a Masters in I.T.

In 2008 Dubbo returned to China and worked in Shanghai programming and developing PHP web games, while his high school sweetheart completed her Masters degree in China. They were married in 2009, and in 2010 both moved to Australia, where Dubbo started work at studio equator as a PHP developer.

Dubbo loves the creativity programming allows him. He also likes database design and getting creative with flash animation.

graphic designer
Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, Angie always loved drawing and comics, but it was not until she moved to Australia in 1998 that she grasped what graphic design and visual communication was.  After winning several awards for her work in visual communication in high school, Angie knew she wanted to be a designer and completed a bachelor of multimedia design at Swinburne University, however she remained more interested in illustration and printed media than multimedia.

Angie also studied Japanese throughout high school and university, and afterwards spent nine months living in Japan to further these language skills.  Upon her return, she worked as a freelance designer for an Indonesian magazine before joining the studio equator team in October 2007. 

Before starting work at equator, Angeline was very shy and scared to speak to Australians because she was unsure of her English, but she is now much more confident and loves working on her English vocabulary and learning Australian slang.  She still loves illustrating, and has the studio in stitches every day with her quirky humour.

management
Carmel completed a degree in criminology, but had a passion for events and advertising.  She worked in advertising and events management for several years and also completed an advertising degree.

In 2002, Carm helped start studio equator in partnership with Carlos.  She is currently on maternity leave looking after little Levi with another one on the way, but still finds time to help from home.

Carm likes print management and client relations.  She also loves dancing and her mum's traditional Italian cooking.

interior draftsperson

Born in Melbourne, Monique spent half her life on the sun drenched Gold Coast, where she explored her love of dancing, music and nurtured her childhood obsession of dolphins. She also had a passion for arts and design, and enrolled in as many arts subjects as she could at school.

With her (very) outgoing Italian dad working as a builder, Monique always had an understanding of the design and development process. She is inspired by retro house design circa 1960 - 1970, and also Melbourne architecture, because it is so different to the architecture in Queensland.

After she finished high school, Monique dreamt of being a fashion designer, but alas, her mum said no. Monique fashioned another career pathway for herself and went on to complete a degree in Interior Technology in Queensland.

After graduating and moving back to Melbourne, Monique was looking for her second job in the city, and came across Studio Equator. We caught her interest and she has been working here as our interior draftsperson since 2010. 

Monique really enjoys what she does at the studio - perhaps even more-so than fashion design.