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During Sydney Design Week, Cult’s award-winning sustainability initiative, Cultivated, is set to present Reviving Design Icons – a rare insight into the restoration process of one of the most iconic chairs in furniture history, a Fritz Hansen Series 7 chair. Since 2013, Cultivated has offered refurbishment services for original mid-century modern furniture. For two days […]
The sheer quantity of furniture thrown out by Australians each year inspired Australian furniture retailer Cult to kick-start a complete sustainability program that offers buyback, refurbishment and recycling services. Titled Cultivated and established in 2013, the program believes “that one of the best strategies for sustainable living is to make and buy things that last.” […]
“There is one story about the Artichoke that I love,” Annabel Hammond tells me from the workshop of Sydney’s Astor Metal Finishes. “We had a lady come in with one that was all banged up and dented with wires hanging off it. Someone had given it to her at a building site, assuming it was […]
“What’s the difference between an original and a copy?” Cult founder Richard Munao asks me one Friday afternoon. “The original you’ll always want to keep and if you don’t, someone else will want to buy it. Whereas the copies? They end up on the side of the street.” We’re chatting about Cultivated – an initiative […]
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