Our Mission
Bringing lasting enjoyment to public spaces.
Street Furniture Australia designs and manufactures high quality, durable furniture for the public realm. We uniquely run both an R&D program and factory under one roof in Western Sydney, Australia.
We work to bring enjoyment to all those who create, build, maintain and use public places. We are committed to:
- Creating spaces that makes smiles.
- Thoughtful design that treads lightly on the planet.
- Ensuring public spaces are accessible for everyone.
- Partnerships that help our clients create a sense of place.
- Long-term thinking, so our business and the spaces we help to create endure.
Since 1986 our furniture has featured in over 30,000 projects in Australia and around the globe. All our products are made-to-order, finished, quality-controlled and dispatched from the factory floor to ISO standards.
Recent international projects include Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, Google Campus in Washington, Houston Botanic Garden and Long Island Rail Road in New York.
In 2024 we achieved carbon neutral certification for our organisation and all our products through Climate Active™. Certification is underpinned by a commitment to making significant and quantifiable reductions to emissions related to our operation.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which our factory is situated, the Darug People of the Darug Nation, and acknowledge their ancestors who have been Traditional Owners of their country for thousands of years. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Clients and Partners
We partner with:
Our clients include:
Transport for NSW, Sydney Olympic Park Authority, TCCS ACT, Queensland Rail, Long Island Railroad (Metropolitan Transportation Authority MTA NY), Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority (VIDA), Cumberland City Council, Hassell, Architectus, ASPECT Studios, REALMStudios, Arcadia Landscape Architecture, OCULUS, Tract, GroupGSA, Urbis, TCL
Design and Research
We continually improve the quality and environmental performance of our products through research projects and testing new materials, processes and business models. We encourage our suppliers and contractors to uphold similar quality and environmental standards.
Our calendar of events throughout the year provide regular touch-points with our industry, including our 14 year partnership with AILA for the AILA Festival and our annual Western Sydney Symposium, co-hosted with AILA and Cumberland City Council.
Manufacturing
All products are made-to-order and dispatched from our factory in Western Sydney, Australia. Our factory gives preference to local suppliers, uses energy efficiently and practises LEAN manufacturing methodologies to minimise waste. The operation is ISO-certified in quality, environment, health and safety.
Awards and Media
Accolades for furniture design and research projects.
Street Furniture Australia is an award-winning company, featured in the press for our activation projects in collaboration with government, universities and landscape architects.
2024 Good Design Award
– Winner
Piatto Chair received a prestigious Good Design Award in the Product Design category for exceptional design and innovation. The Jury praised Piatto Chair as a robust and aesthetically pleasing solution for public domain seating.
2022 Good Design Award
– Gold Winner
ChillOUT Tree received the highest honour for design and innovation in the country, at prestigious Gold level. The award is shared by Street Furniture Australia with ChillOUT Hub collaborators Georges River Council, UNSW and the University of Sydney.
2021 National Planning Institute of Australia Awards for Planning Excellence
UNSW, Georges River Council, the University of Sydney and Street Furniture Australia together received a National Award for Best Planning Ideas – Small Project for the ChillOUT Hubs – Smart Social Spaces Creating Connected Green Places project.
2020 Planning Institute of Australia Awards for Planning Excellence, NSW
UNSW, Georges River Council, the University of Sydney and Street Furniture Australia were awarded an Award of Excellence in the Best Planning Ideas (Small Projects) category for the ChillOUT Hubs – Smart Social Spaces Creating Connected Green Places project in the NSW state awards.
2019 Smart City Awards Highly Commended, Cross Sectoral Collaboration
The smart cities partnership between Georges River Council, the UNSW Built Environment Team and Street Furniture Australia was highly commended by the Committee for Sydney.
2019 Good Design Award
Winner, Furniture and Lighting Category
The Aria Smart Bench received a prestigious Good Design Award Winner Accolade for outstanding design and innovation.
2018 Smart Cities Award – Built Environment
Street Furniture Australia’s #BackyardExperiment white paper was named winner of the Built Environment category at the inaugural Australian Smart Cities Awards in October 2018.
2017 NSW and ACT Parks and Leisure Award – Research Project
#BackyardExperiment won the Research Project Award at Parks and Leisure Australia’s 2017 NSW and ACT Regional Awards of Excellence.
Community Contribution Landscape Architecture Award – AILA ACT Awards 2018
The #BackyardExperiment Garema Place Pop-Up Park, designed by Context Landscape Architects, received the state Landscape Architecture Award.
Street Furniture Australia in the media.
“Streetwise and sustainable” – review by Architecture & Design
Industry publication Architecture & Design reviewed Street Furniture Australia’s sustainability practices and “comprehensive approach to responsible design, waste minimisation and recyclability, repair and spare parts, and sustainable timber.”
9 February, 2020
World Bank Report: The Hidden Wealth of Cities – Creating, Financing, and Managing Public Spaces
Street Furniture Australia received a mention in the report for exemplifying innovation in the public realm with our Smart Social Spaces and ChillOUT research. (p102)
World Bank Group, by Jon Kher Kaw, Hyunji Lee and Sameh Wahba, 2020
‘There Are Park Benches. And Then There are Smart Park Benches.’
Mike Cherney, The Wall Street Journal, 26 June 2018
‘Georges River Gets Modern Touch With Smart City Innovations’
Jennifer O’Brien, CIO, 19 February 2019
‘This Urban Space Designer Attributes 3 Factors to Its 30-Year Success’
Jessica Muddit, Company Director Magazine, July 2018
‘Turning a Dull Park Into a Place People Actually Enjoy’
Adam Sneed, CityLab by The Atlantic, 1 March 2017
‘6 Low-Cost Techniques to Activate Underused Urban Space’
Ariana Zilliacus, ArchDaily, 23 February 2017
‘Study Proves Improved Landscape Design Attracts More Visitors’
The Real Estate Conversation, 20 February 2017
