Whether you’re entertaining more frequently or simply moving morning coffees and meals outside to embrace the warmer weather, preparing your outdoor space for the season ahead is essential.
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Textiles play a large part in making A Life Outside comfortable and characterful. Although improvements are always being made to our processes, some waste is unavoidable during manufacture. But with the help of After, we’ve diverted 500kg of textile waste — that’s the size of a 1-year-old elephant! — from landfill.
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Our metal expertise extends beyond the material to the processes associated with it – so welding is a critical technique for us. This fiery method joins metal components together to form a complete whole that is more than the sum of its parts.
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With Spring on our doorstep, we’re gearing up for longer days, warmer nights and more time spent in the great outdoors. We caught up with landscape designer Fran Hale to hear her thoughts on architecture and design, Melbourne, sustainability and more…
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A double-story Victorian-era villa in the inner south-east of Melbourne emerges from its cocoon, reimagined by Neil Architecture with a thoroughly contemporary single-level pavilion inserted into the garden as a distinct counterpoint. Designed to embrace the garden setting and provide modern, light-filled spaces, the pavilion is a perfect backdrop for our Swing Chairs and Voom Dining Table.
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Cycle is an elegant stackable outdoor chair that explores the potential of material purity. Durable and versatile, it harnesses metal expertise honed over 30+ years of R&D – and the benefits of technical innovation. The chair’s freeform frame is processed efficiently on an advanced tube-bending machine – providing a vital, yet rare, cost-effective alternative to imported products. Resulting from designer Adam Goodrum and Tait Design Studio’s explorations into material efficiency, Cycle delivers a contemporary, commercial and streamlined aesthetic. Designed to easily carry, lift, stack, move and transport (equalling fewer carbon miles), the minimal frame is elegantly stabilised with custom glides.
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This year’s NAIDOC theme is ‘Keep the fire burning! Blak, loud and proud’. At Tait, we are on a lifelong journey of learning so we can better celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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We are honoured to have recently participated in a powerful three-day cross-cultural think tank, Rubbish on the Shore. Gathered on Miwatj Country in Arnhem Land, we delved into design solutions for ghost net and associated marine debris affecting Indigenous communities and Sea Country across Northern Australia.
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QT Melbourne has emerged in a new light, unveiling a fresh chapter for its iconic rooftop destination. Extending the life of an iconic rooftop setting 7 years after its launch with a refurbishment that saved time and materials – and came in at a third of the cost of new product.
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