Biography...
Neale was born in London, the United Kingdom, in 1962. He studied at Chatham House Grammar School and later on went to university at the University of Warwick. After leaving university in his early twenty's he has been career focused, putting a lot of hard work into pursuing his dreams. He started his career at a magazine publishing company in 1988 as the promotions manager of Harpers and Queens magazine and has never looked back. In 1990 he joined with the leading British contract publisher Redwood as the deputy editor of the Marks and Spencer magazine. This magazine was the first-ever 'magalogue' in the United Kingdom and had 2 million customers and readers. He was then promoted to editor and this is where he discovered his 'accidental' love for food. He stayed at Redwood for 6 years before he left to join Brown Publishing where he helped to launch Debenhams magazines, Room Magazine for IKEA and Food Illustrated for the British supermarket Waitrose. In 1999, Neale moved to Sydney after being offered a job editing magazines including Australian Coastal Style, Australian Interiors, ABC food magazine, Vogue Entertaining and Travel and was a regular writer for The Sydney Morning Herald's Good Living Section. Neale also launched the most successful magazine in Australian history, food magazine, Delicious. Neale's first book, The Accidental Foodie, was published in 2005 and featured many of the food industries famous icons. In 2009, Neale joined the television show 'homeMADE' as a judge, critiquing interior designers on their work. The following year, he joined the successful television show 'The Block' as a judge and is still there to date. The logie-winning show films amateur renovators as they design new homes, gaining millions of viewers across Australia. Neale was named interior designer of the year in 2011 by Belle Coco Republic. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the Belle magazine, which is referred to as a 'designers bible'. Neale lives in Surry Hills, an inner Sydney suburb, with his partner David and two dogs.
Neale has a strong position in the interior world and uses this to influence designers in modern and luxury designs. His magazine, Belle, has a large influence on designers, presenting modern interiors and new trends from Australia and around the world.
Neale has influenced designers to be innovative and passionate about their designs. The advice he gives to designers is: ''go with your gut, your heart and your soul." Neale’s advice is aimed at encouraging designers to go with what they feel is right and choose their designs based on their inner thoughts and desires. His quote is showing designers that good ideas come from the inner thoughts and feelings of the designer and not just the influence of the people. Good designers collate their ideas based on what they feels is right at the time. This relates to his designs as he refers them to eclectic and mismatched, meaning that he puts many different designs into one to create a unique piece.
Neale, being born in the 20th century and developing his designs in the 1980's - present, has been a part of the modern design movement. Modernism adopts the approach that designs use a limitless range of materials to create a new art form. Many different tools and technologies are now in use and provide new passages to decoration and interior design. Neale has helped to influence young designers going into the interior design world through his magazine Belle and his opinion and feedback on the television show ''The Block'.
Neale was born in London, the United Kingdom, in 1962. He studied at Chatham House Grammar School and later on went to university at the University of Warwick. After leaving university in his early twenty's he has been career focused, putting a lot of hard work into pursuing his dreams. He started his career at a magazine publishing company in 1988 as the promotions manager of Harpers and Queens magazine and has never looked back. In 1990 he joined with the leading British contract publisher Redwood as the deputy editor of the Marks and Spencer magazine. This magazine was the first-ever 'magalogue' in the United Kingdom and had 2 million customers and readers. He was then promoted to editor and this is where he discovered his 'accidental' love for food. He stayed at Redwood for 6 years before he left to join Brown Publishing where he helped to launch Debenhams magazines, Room Magazine for IKEA and Food Illustrated for the British supermarket Waitrose. In 1999, Neale moved to Sydney after being offered a job editing magazines including Australian Coastal Style, Australian Interiors, ABC food magazine, Vogue Entertaining and Travel and was a regular writer for The Sydney Morning Herald's Good Living Section. Neale also launched the most successful magazine in Australian history, food magazine, Delicious. Neale's first book, The Accidental Foodie, was published in 2005 and featured many of the food industries famous icons. In 2009, Neale joined the television show 'homeMADE' as a judge, critiquing interior designers on their work. The following year, he joined the successful television show 'The Block' as a judge and is still there to date. The logie-winning show films amateur renovators as they design new homes, gaining millions of viewers across Australia. Neale was named interior designer of the year in 2011 by Belle Coco Republic. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the Belle magazine, which is referred to as a 'designers bible'. Neale lives in Surry Hills, an inner Sydney suburb, with his partner David and two dogs.
Neale has a strong position in the interior world and uses this to influence designers in modern and luxury designs. His magazine, Belle, has a large influence on designers, presenting modern interiors and new trends from Australia and around the world.
Neale has influenced designers to be innovative and passionate about their designs. The advice he gives to designers is: ''go with your gut, your heart and your soul." Neale’s advice is aimed at encouraging designers to go with what they feel is right and choose their designs based on their inner thoughts and desires. His quote is showing designers that good ideas come from the inner thoughts and feelings of the designer and not just the influence of the people. Good designers collate their ideas based on what they feels is right at the time. This relates to his designs as he refers them to eclectic and mismatched, meaning that he puts many different designs into one to create a unique piece.
Neale, being born in the 20th century and developing his designs in the 1980's - present, has been a part of the modern design movement. Modernism adopts the approach that designs use a limitless range of materials to create a new art form. Many different tools and technologies are now in use and provide new passages to decoration and interior design. Neale has helped to influence young designers going into the interior design world through his magazine Belle and his opinion and feedback on the television show ''The Block'.
