from the Street & Garden Furniture Co.
“A great place to hang out” was the prerequisite for this ex-warehouse
space in Brisbane, Australia. Considerations included where to place
games tables, sound system, bar and balconies for Fridays afternoons and
entertaining clients. It was to become a place creatives gravitate
towards and fight to leave.
The Street and Garden Furniture Co. design team set out to adapt
fabrication methods and materials from recent street furniture products
defying expectations of scale.
The play of light though voids, derived from classic computer games,
cherry blossoms and dappled light, create impromptu patterns day and
night. Both structural and decorative elements are adorned in this way;
the gates weighing 140kg each represent an enlarged Rorschach inkblot,
while they swing without a sound on custom hinges.
Externally street art was commissioned to bring further life into and
around the space. While internally, a balance between the white of a
gallery space and the robustness of a warehouse was sought. The
designers workstations defy gravity, creating both private and shared
spaces to encourage collaboration and conversation.
The strong connection between the in-house design team and the local
design community has seen many memorable exhibitions in design, art and
music come together in this space.
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