A historic Tasmanian sandstone barn will soon be the setting for the 2025 Clarence Prize, one of Australia’s most prestigious awards for contemporary furniture design. This highly anticipated event and exhibition officially opens on Saturday 6 September at the charming Rosny Farm Arts Precinct, just outside of Hobart. The biennial awards program has been an […]
Herman Miller and Eames Office are celebrating 75 years – and more than 2 million permutations – of the Eames Shell Chair. It’s hard to imagine a world without the Eames Shell Chair, but the market had not seen anything like this unique seating configuration when Herman Miller introduced it in 1950. Making its mark […]
With their modern-retro take on high-end speakers, Tasmania’s Pitt & Giblin have embraced aesthetic appeal without forsaking the principles of acoustic design, writes Engel Schmidl. Room acoustics play a transformative, yet sometimes mysterious, role in how we perceive, interact and engage with a space. Often, however, the aural character of a space is a lower […]
Dedicated to workplace innovation and research-led design for almost 60 years, Schiavello Furniture has heralded the next evolution of its online presence – a new digital space designed to inspire. Beyond aesthetics, the aim was to create a dynamic, purposeful tool that blends technical resources with endless inspiration and creativity. This new digital design destination […]
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