Category: Furniture
Mezzanine's Marcus Piper chats with Keith Melbourne, a new breed of furniture designer who is fusing industrial processes with creativity to help local industries forge ahead.
The 'replica' furniture market has long been focused on European mid-century classics, however the concept is now expanding on Australian shores – leaving local designers searching for new ways to protect their intellectual property.
New among the ever-expanding range of outdoor furniture to grace the Obodo showroom is the Maiori suite of offerings. Boasting café style collections such as Mica and Stipa (robust takes on Mediterranean rattan), it is, however, the two designer ranges by Christophe Pillet and Normal Studio that set this offering apart.
There are many dichotomous aspects to Trent Jansen – designer, maker and perhaps even historian. The iconic furniture designer brings us closer to our collective past through the modern interpretation of urban legends, as discussed in MEZZANINE.
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