Questions we hear before the brief.

Start with a conversation. Bring whatever you have: a brief, a planning condition, a site plan, or just an idea. StudioDG works from any starting point and can help shape the brief itself if one doesn't exist yet.

Typically: initial conversation, concept development, design development and engineering, documentation and approvals, fabrication, then delivery and installation. One artist carries the project through every stage, so there is a single point of accountability from first sketch to certified artwork.

It depends on scale and approvals. Smaller works can move in a few months; large civic commissions integrated with construction programs run to the project timeline. The earlier StudioDG joins, the smoother the program.

Budgets vary widely with scale, material and complexity. Percent-for-art budgets are usually set by the planning condition. For other projects, StudioDG can help scope an artwork to the budget you have rather than the other way around.

As early as possible, ideally at masterplan or DA stage. Early involvement lets the artwork integrate with the architecture and be priced and programmed like any other trade package, rather than bolted on at the end.

Yes. StudioDG delivers commissions across Perth and regional Western Australia, and can discuss projects further afield.

Concept development is normally a paid stage, consistent with industry practice and most percent-for-art guidelines. You will see and approve concepts before anything is fabricated.

A WA planning mechanism that requires developments over a certain value to allocate a percentage of construction cost to public art. The specifics vary by local government, and StudioDG can walk you through what applies to your project.

It depends on your local government area and project value. If you send through your DA conditions, StudioDG can tell you what the obligation involves and how to meet it.

Yes. StudioDG meets the registered artist requirements used by WA local governments and works directly with public art coordinators throughout the approval process.

StudioDG does. That includes concept submissions, coordinator liaison, engineering certification and the documentation councils require to sign off the condition.

Percent-for-art budgets typically cover the full artwork scope: concept, design, engineering, fabrication and install. StudioDG structures its fee so the whole obligation is delivered within the allocated budget.

StudioDG designs every artwork and manages fabrication directly, working with trusted WA fabricators and trades where the work calls for it. The studio stays accountable for quality from workshop to site.

Predominantly durable exterior materials: steel, aluminium, corten, stone and integrated lighting among them. Material choice is driven by the site, the concept and the design life the brief calls for.

Every piece is engineered and specified to the design life set out in the brief, and documented for asset registers and maintenance planning. Durability is designed in, not assumed.

Yes. Artworks are engineered by qualified structural engineers and issued with the certification your builder, certifier or council requires.

Each commission is delivered with maintenance documentation suited to asset registers. Artworks are designed to keep maintenance practical and infrequent, with access and cleaning considered from the concept stage.

Yes. Facades, screens, soffits, canopies and other architecturally integrated work are a core part of the studio's practice. Daniel trained as an architect, so integrated work is developed in your model environment and coordinated against structure and services.

Yes. Lighting is often designed into the work from concept stage, coordinated with the project's electrical scope.

Daniel Giuffre, a Perth-based artist trained as an architect. That background means the studio speaks both languages: concept and drawing, art and construction.

One artist carries the whole commission: concept, engineering coordination, documentation, fabrication management and installation. Clients deal with a single accountable person rather than a chain of consultants.

Yes. StudioDG regularly responds to expressions of interest, competitions and tenders for civic and developer-led commissions.

Yes. StudioDG routinely works inside architect-led consultant teams, issuing documentation your builder can price and your certifier can sign.

Where the brief calls for it, yes. Civic work in particular benefits from community and stakeholder engagement, and StudioDG designs that into the concept stage.

The studio's focus is public and architecturally integrated work, but interesting private commissions are always worth a conversation.

Email daniel@studiodg.com.au or call +61 419 098 115. Briefs are welcome at any stage, including before there is one.

On the Work page of this site, and on Instagram at @studiodg_art. Site visits to completed commissions around Perth can also be arranged.

The artist retains copyright in the design, consistent with standard public art contracts, while the commissioner owns the physical artwork. Licensing for marketing and documentation is normally covered in the commission agreement.