Trend Watch November 2024
A new UK report into 'Highway Greening - Best Practice and Lessons Learnt' by LDA Designs, and UN-Habitat produces a Toolkit to improve our public spaces that encourages community engagement.
- 20 nov 2024
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government contracts
Street Furniture Australia is an approved supplier for the below contracts.
Local Government Procurement NSW
LGP308-3: Playgrounds, Open Spaces, Modular Structures, Exterior Lighting, Recreational and Associated Infrastructure
Street Furniture Australia is an approved supplier of goods and services for Local Government Procurement, which represents NSW councils, not for profit organisations, universities, state government agencies and departments.
Municipal Association of Victoria
PP4924-2016: Provision of park and playground equipment, open space and recreational infrastructure, outdoor furniture, signage and related products & services
Street Furniture Australia is a preferred supplier of the Municipal Association of Victoria, which represents the state’s 79 councils.
Local Government Association of Tasmania
PP4924-2016: Provision of park and playground equipment, open space and recreational infrastructure, outdoor furniture, signage and related products & services
Street Furniture Australia is a preferred supplier of the Local Government Association of Tasmania, which represents 29 councils.
Local Government Association of South Australia
BUS244-0314: Supply of Goods and Services for Open Spaces, Parks, Gardens & Playgrounds
Street Furniture Australia is a preferred supplier of the Local Government Association of South Australia for goods and services for open spaces, parks, gardens and playgrounds.
LocalBuy
BUS244-0314: Supply of Goods and Services for Open Spaces, Parks, Gardens & Playgrounds
Street Furniture Australia is a LocalBuy supplier of goods and services for open spaces, parks, gardens and playgrounds for local and state government, universities and not-for-profits in Queensland.
recent news
Street Furniture Australia presents at LPA Design Studios’ Summit
June Lee Boxsell spoke to landscape architects and engineers about Australian innovation and climate action at the recent LPA Design Studio summit in Irvine, California. Another wonderful collaboration with our US distributor partner Spruce and Gander. Using analogous insight, June drew parallels between the collaborative relationship of industrial designers and engineers at Street Furniture Australia to the very similar relationship between landscape architects and civil engineers at LPA Design Studio. During an hour long interactive presentation, June demonstrated the critical interactions and back and forth between design and engineering teams, from early inspiration and market research, through design, material testing, prototyping and the many rounds of product testing prior to going to market. To illustrate our process for designing and manufacturing furniture, June shared The Story of a Chair. The Story …
- 24 sep 2024
Trend Watch October 2024
Designers Elisapeta Heta, Jade Kake and Raukura Turei on Kaupapa Māori design for climate Ataria Sharman, editor of Assemble Papers, connects with three designers to explore Kaupapa (way) Māori as a solution to our climate crises. Principal at Jasmax, Elisapeta Heta speaks of ‘climate resilience’ and ‘sustainability’ as Pākehā or white terms, preferring ‘kaitiakitanga’ (meaning guardianship), as a better way of looking at our relationship to our natural environment. An Indigenous approach to design is about the kaitiakitanga, understanding that all of life is connected and that humans are not superior to the natural world, we are part of it. Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) brings land and life together rather than separating them. Sharman writes, “Kaitiakitanga projects offer a more holistic approach, such as understanding people as part of the land …
- 25 oct 2024
