The Nest is an experienced team of strategists, designers, UX specialists, developers and content makers, based in Sydney, Australia.

The company is owned and  managed by Robyn Buchanan and Stuart Buchanan:

ROBYN BUCHANAN

Robyn Buchanan has been working in creative design and web development for fifteen years, developing sites and projects for renowned international artists such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Goldfrapp and Depeche Mode, plus Australian clients such as Wendy Harmer, Kid Confucius, Metro Screen and more.

Between 2007-2010 Robyn was Web Manager at the Biennale of Sydney and delivered multiple online sites and strategies for the 2008 and 2010 Biennales. This included the popular ’60 Seconds with the Artist’ vodcast series and the 2008 Online Venue, where she worked directly with artists to assist in the production of online artworks.

In addition for her work with THE NEST, Robyn has worked in agencies such as Tangerine and McCabes (London), Digital Eskimo (Sydney), and was co-director of the zeroG agency with Stuart Buchanan from 2002-2007.

STUART BUCHANAN

Born in Scotland and now resident in Sydney, Stuart Buchanan has been developing and managing projects for the arts and creative industries since 1990.

Prior to moving to Australia, Stuart worked for many years as an arts marketing professional in the UK, driving digital innovations for British arts organisations.  He developed the inaugural web site for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1995, delivered an online series of international collaborative projects in his role as Head of Marketing for London?s Royal Court Theatre and established sites for the Old Vic Theatre, Bush Theatre, Siobhan Davies Dance Company and London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since moving to Australia in 2003, Stuart has been a founding member of a succession of creative organisations – helping to establish Sydney’s FBi Radio (and managing the station for over three years); devising the framework for the Creative Sydney festival and acting as the inaugural Executive Producer in 2009; and more recently, founding the experimental music platform, New Weird Australia.

His work has been praised by both The Guardian Newspaper and MTV Music Television, winning a MTV Europe Award for his online work with Goldfrapp in 2004.

Stuart writes regularly about art and technology on his blog, The Shared Experience.