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Copper Balance Pendant at designEX

4 Jun, 2014

The balance pendant is a thin steam bent timber LED light that can work alone as a task light or in a cluster as feature lighting. It celebrates simplicity and elegance through its form and manufacturing process, with little material waste and machining time. The timber is finished with a…

Paperock at designEX 2014

4 Jun, 2014

Paperock is an incredibly strong, non-toxic composite building material made from heat and pressure-cured recycled paper. Manufactured in Australia by an Australian owned company, Paperock is heat resistant to 180C, has no VOC emissions and can be easily installed by a trained carpenter.  paperock.com.au A full list of designers and…

Site Specific

3 Jun, 2014

With a superb site on the Tasman Peninsula, the owners put their trust in a firm of young architects. It was a leap of faith that led them in a direction they would never have thought of. Elaine and Graham Speight weren’t intending to switch their urban existence for a…

Brightgreen’s D900 wins prestigious Good Design Australia Award

30 May, 2014

The D900+, Brightgreen’s most versatile downlight with Tru-Colour technology, was awarded the Good Design Australia Award in the category Lighting and Furniture. The award was presented to Brightgreen at the Good Design Awards Gala Night 2014 held during Vivid Sydney on 28 May 2014. The D900+ was competing against numerous…

Copper at designEX 2014

30 May, 2014

A pendant lighting fixture that pays homage to the honeycomb architecture of a bee’s nest, the interlocking segments are inspired by natural geometry and create a lightweight yet robust construction. Made from Bamboo – one of the most renewable materials on the planet and assembled without the use of glues or adhesives, each…

Mark Tuckey at designEX 2014

29 May, 2014

This strong and sturdy table is made up in 60mm american ash. The timber is predominantly recycled Australian or, like this one, sustainably sourced new timber. Mark Tuckey believe that timber furniture production from sustainable plantations and recycling is the best way of producing low or no footprint in the…

Urban Commons at designEX 2014

29 May, 2014

Urban Commons facilitate shared experiences around food that empower us all to realise healthier more people-oriented places that we aspire to live in. Their flagship suite of products consists of three modular units: a primary planter called Plot, a concrete planter, ballast, and joiner called Pot and a seating element…

Temperature Design at the greenroom, designEX 2014.

29 May, 2014

This Australian made and upholstered armchair by Temperature Design has a seat shell moulded from recycled industrial resin and uses GECA certified foam and timber, 100% recycled lining board and water based glues.  temperaturedesign.com.au A full list of designers and their products presented in the greenroom can be viewed here….

Temple & Webster Emerging Designer Award 2014

26 May, 2014

Design Duo, Edward Linacre & Viktor Legin of design studio Copper, have been chosen as the winner of the Temple & Webster Emerging Designer Award for 2014. The Temple & Webster Emerging Designer Award is a celebration of the design, work and careers of ten of the country’s most exciting…