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#BackyardExperiment 10MIN

How do you activate an underused concrete area in just 8 days? In partnership with the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, Street Furniture Australia conducted a social experiment in Garema Place in Canberra’s CBD. Using techniques inspired by American placemaking expert William Whyte, this short documentary explores the power of public space and its significant impact on users and communities.

#BackyardExperiment was designed by Context, and was the recipient of the 2018 Australian Smart Cities Award, 2018 AILA ACT Landscape Architecture Award for Community Contribution, and the 2017 Research Project Award NSW from Parks and Leisure Australia.

Access Street Furniture Australia’s 49-page #BackyardExperiment research paper.

Making of the Aria Smart Bench: Concept to Good Design Award 2.30MIN

This video takes us through the making of the Aria Smart Bench, from research with users and designers to concept, testing and refining prototypes, to winning the 2019 Good Design Award.

How eBin Saves You Time and Money 2MIN

An Escola eBin by Street Furniture Australia is a great low-risk start to your smart city journey. See how it reduces waste, makes collection more efficient and improves safety.

Aria Seating System 2MIN

Aria is a modular kit of parts including seats, benches and connector panels to allow designers to create Curves, Rings, S-shapes and Back-to-Back settings. Use reliable standard parts in site-specific custom configurations.

Design Your Experience with Aria 30SEC

Modularity allows you to tailor Aria for the experiences you want to provide for your community. Customise settings for dining, working, socialising, rest and play – all with standard parts.

Chinchilla Botanic Parklands, Water Play Park 30SEC

Honouring Chinchilla’s status as Australia’s ‘melon capital’, the town’s exciting new waterplay park is inspired by watermelons, enhanced by Mall Sun Lounges with tailored battens in white, green and pink.

Vivid Sydney in Action, 2019 1MIN

Street Furniture Australia helped two young architects from CM+ with the design and build of colourful, immersive artworks for Sydney’s annual festival of light, music and ideas.

Introducing ARIA (available 2018) 1MIN

Take a sneak peek into ARIA with PowerMe Table scheduled to be released in 2018. ARIA is a modular seating system that can be built into any shape you want. PowerMe is a future-proof wifi charging table.

How Remove an In-Ground Bollard 1MIN

Kieran takes us through the steps of removing and replacing an in-ground bollard.

Factory Timelapse 16SEC

Street Furniture Australia is a proud supporter of Australian manufacturing. Our production team is dedicated to Toyota LEAN practices to minimise waste and maximise quality. All core products are dispatched from the floor, based in Regents Park in western Sydney. Watch the factory in action.

Durability of Street Furniture 30SEC

How durable are Street Furniture products? Our team travelled around Australia to take footage of how furniture items were faring many years after installation. Although no longer ‘perfect’, all the products observed had aged well in a wide range of environmental conditions.

#CiderFountain 39SEC

At the 2016 International Festival of Landscape Architecture, we served Batlow Apple Cider through our Arqua Drinking Fountain. We advise not to try this at home!



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Western Sydney train stations kickstart prototype ‘Power Spots’

Street Furniture Australia has designed and built prototype charging stands as part of a Transport for NSW program to deliver free phone chargers at 15 Sydney train stations. Developed by Street Furniture Australia’s inhouse industrial designers in collaboration with Transport for NSW, the prototypes offer wireless, USB-A and USB-C charging, and can power 7 devices at once. They were built at the Street Furniture Australia factory in Western Sydney. Two Power Spots are now installed at Liverpool and Campbelltown stations. The $1 million Power Spots Project rollout to 15 transport hubs including Bankstown, Hurstville, Lidcombe, Penrith, Wynyard, Central, Town Hall and Bondi Junction will be completed by late 2024. NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen said the Power Spots provide peace of mind: “In the modern world, our phones are our …

  • 18 jan 2024
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Trend Watch February 2024

Children living near green spaces ‘have stronger bones’: The link between stronger bones and green space for children is likely to be the result of more physical activities, Damian Carrington writes for The Guardian. Carington says, “Scientists found that children living in places with 20-25% more natural areas had increased bone strength that was equivalent to half a year’s natural growth. The study, the first of its kind, also found that the risk of having very low bone density was about 65% lower for these children.” The study took place in Belgium with Professor Tim Nawrot at Hasselt University. Nawrot said, “So the real public health message from this study is that urban planners can make stronger bones of children, and that has long-lasting consequences.” Carington adds, “The researchers said …

  • 22 feb 2024
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Top 10 StreetChat stories of 2023

Did you catch these most-read case studies, furnishing tips, new product announcements and special industry events in your StreetChat updates in 2023? Each month our StreetChat enewsletter publishes new projects, products and trends from the public domain; subscribe to receive it in your inbox. 10. Which design firm can see Longhorn Cattle from their office window? 2 countries. 9 cities. 300 landscape architects. Street Furniture Australia and USA partner Spruce & Gander visited offices in Australia and Texas. There were key similarities and some notable standouts. 9. Jazz at The Mint: Product and Book Launch Sydney landscape architects gathered at the iconic Mint Courtyard to launch a design book by our founding directors Darrel Conybeare and Bill Morrison, and expansions to the Linea collection. 8. 2023 Good Cause Giveaway goes to …

  • 18 jan 2024
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