Annie Ivanova grew up in Bulgaria before moving to Australia. She’s an art curator, an advocate of cultural diplomacy, and the founder of the design firms Anibaba Co. and Studio Ivanova.

This episode is a sponsored collaboration with the Taiwan Gold Card Office.

Ivanova’s worked with art institutions like ZKM, Centre Pompidou, Ars Electronica, The Barbican, Centre Pompidou, Aaros Museum, Australian Centre for the Moving Image and Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, and the National Palace Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Taiwan. In 2016 she received an ANZ Chamber of Commerce Business Award for ‘outstanding contribution to the Australia-Taiwan partnership’.

Her 2016 book is called “Taiwan by Design: 88 Products for Better Living”.

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See a cut-down version of this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZI2lm0vJjU

EPISODE CREDIT
Host / Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu
Project Manager / Serena Pai
Editing / Gerald Williams

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27. Gold Card series: Annie Ivanova (Founder, Anibaba + Studio Ivanova)