Faculty
Our course is led by a strong team of successful practitioners from across the design and art industry.
Rachel Smith-Robb
BDes Int Arch and Design, BA Art History, Dip Tch Primary
NCSID Advisor
Rachel's role has been instrumental in re-shaping and updating the NCSID. She has worked with tutors and consultants to review the eight modules, upholding Nanette's core vales and vision for the school.
Rachel has a background in interior design and project management, working in both residential and commercial. She has practised around the world, in Rome, London, Melbourne, and Auckland.
Rachel has a passion to see students connect the dots and bring new appreciation and beauty to the spaces around them.
Lead tutor on Interior Design for Residential Contexts and graduate courses Residential Design Project and Interior Design Today
Louise Fowler
BSc
Louise has been part of the kitchen design industry for the past 12 years. It has always been her desire to deliver to clients a well-thought-out space that boasts excellent functionality and a beautiful aesthetic at the same time. She has a broad knowledge of the latest trends as well as an in-depth knowledge of what makes for good design.
Lead tutor on Bathroom Design and Kitchen Design
Appears on graduate course Residential Design Project
Linda Tyler
PhD, MA (Hons)
Associate Professor of the University of Auckland, Linda Tyler has taught art and design history at Canterbury, Victoria, Waikato and Auckland universities. She currently teaches art writing and curatorial practice at Honours level in the University of Auckland's Art History Department, and supervises student research in the university’s Museums and Cultural Heritage programme.
Lead tutor on History of Interior Design
Grace Wright
MFA (Hons), A.T.C.L
Grace is a practising artist with a background in Fine Arts. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts and has held multiple exhibitions in New Zealand, Australia and more recently Asia. She is represented by Gow Langsford Gallery in New Zealand and Yavuz Gallery in Singapore.
Lead tutor on Colour in Context
Katie Smith
MA
Katie graduated with an MA in Textile Art from Goldsmiths University of London in 1995, after studying textiles at Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin. She has worked with fabric in one way or another throughout her life. From clothes to interiors to conceptual art, she’s always been fascinated by the power of fabric to transform places, spaces and people.
Lead tutor on Fashioning the Domestic: Interior Surfaces
Appears on graduate course Residential Design Project
Victoria Gaylard
BHSc
Looking for a change in career direction, Victoria began the Nanette Cameron School course as a student in 2018, where she was introduced to SketchUp. She enjoyed it so much, she sought to further her skills in the CAD program which lead to a 3½ year role at an award-winning, interior design studio in Auckland where she produced all their digital drawings – floor plans, elevations and 3D models for both residential and commercial spaces.
In mid-2022 Victoria embarked on a new journey setting up Victoria Gaylard Design – an interior design studio specialising in kitchen, bathroom and bespoke cabinetry design and commenced studies for a Diploma in Kitchen Design.
Victoria has been the SketchUp tutor at NCSID since 2021 and the Technical Drawing tutor since 2022. She is passionate about life-long learning and enjoys teaching students how to create and present hand-drawn and digital drawings and design documentation, to enhance their design scheme presentations.
Tutor for SketchUp technical courses