Tasmanian Forest Industry launches COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing video series
May 14, 2020
The Tasmanian Forest Industry has released a four-part video series to support mental health and wellbeing within the industry through COVID-19. The videos were created as a collaboration between eight industry organisations and supported by the Tasmanian Government.
Spence & Lyda’s Innate Collection is a Timely Rally Cry
May 4, 2020
It’s never been more critical to make your choices Innately Australian.
Spence & Lyda - Making Local
May 4, 2020
“Furniture should never be seen as a fashion statement. Things have to have a story, resonate with you, and actually have meaning to you." "It's just not sustainable for us to be importing everything we sell. So that's why it's important if we're making here, to use our woods, and so we do... especially with so much talent here, so much great raw product, why wouldn't we?” — Fiona Lyda, Spence & Lyda
Spence & Lyda - Buying for Life
May 4, 2020
“There is that layer to sustainability that is about not overt use of energies and maintaining the materials of the planet. For me, it's more that, the piece itself will live forever and not be thrown out, which is its own story I guess." — Fiona Lyda, Spence & Lyda
The Innate Collection
May 4, 2020
“The Innate Collection" became about who we are as Australian’s. We were trying to understand and drill down to what is innate in an Australian." - Fiona Lyda, Spence & Lyda
Planet Ark’s Make It Wood Campaign joins Tasmanian Timber
April 27, 2020
Planet Ark’s Make It Wood Campaign will be joining Tasmanian Timber Expert Michael Lee from the Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood (UTAS) to deliver webinar presentations to 21 Australian architectural firms encouraging the use of Tasmanian Timber.
How our homes make us feel has never been more important
April 6, 2020
Humans have an innate affinity with the natural world. Now that we are spending most of our time at home due to COVID-19, the environment that we surround ourselves with is more important than ever. In recent years research has shown that design features within the built environment that reconnect people with nature (Biophilic design) can have a positive effect on wellbeing. Biophilic design can reduce stress and improve your emotional state. The bottom line is that nature makes us feel good – and we can all use a little of that right now.
The Lady in the White Ute talks Tasmanian Timber
April 2, 2020
Laura McCusker Furniture was established in 1996 under the flight path as she documents, in Sydney’s gritty, industrial inner-west. Since relocating to Hobart in 2003 she and Peter Howard have continued to make quality hand made, bespoke pieces tailored to their clients’ specific needs. Whether the brief be to craft an exquisite cheese trolley to delight and intrigue, or to create a timeless rocking chair from hand picked timbers, Laura can do it all.
Grown in Tassie, crafted in Queensland: Meet Blackwood Collective
March 23, 2020
Just north of Brisbane’s CBD, sits Gareth Robertson’s workshop, Blackwood Collective. And it’s not just any workshop. Blackwood Collective specialises in high-end custom residential and commercial furniture, joinery and carpentry. Every piece coming out of the workshop expertly handcrafted with an acute sense of detail, made to perfectly fit the space it will call home. While Robertson is a fan of all Tasmanian timber species, as the name of his business suggests, Tasmanian Blackwood is Robertson’s material of choice, time and time again.
A new generation of innovative timber products with sustainability at their core
March 16, 2020
The balance between conservation of our wild natural places and producing enough beautiful wood products to meet society’s demands, is not an easy task. But it’s vital that we get it right. Because as The Ultimate Renewable resource, trees are part of the solution to the greatest challenge of our time – climate change. Enthusiasts of using timber across their range of large-scale projects, Sydney architecture firm Fitzpatrick + Partners were invited to take part in the Visiting Architects Program, an experience designed to showcase Tasmania’s forest management practices and forest products. The firm got an up-close glimpse of the innovative forest products that are leading the nation’s forestry sector and how Tasmania’s processors are committed to getting the most out of every log.
Tasmania’s managed forests make a strong case for world class sustainability
March 11, 2020
Tasmanian timber is sourced from forests that are sustainably managed, independently audited and certified to an internationally acclaimed standard. The end product is revered by designer makers, architects, interior designers and furniture makers. Playing a significant role in the global fight against climate change, timber is The Ultimate Renewable resource. On the back of the Visiting Architects Program, Rod Pindar, partner at renowned architecture firm, Fitzpatrick + Partners and Anne Schutter, Manager of the Biodiversity Program at the Forest Practices Authority (FPA), discuss Tasmania’s world class forest management system and how its sustainable management is ensuring Tasmania’s forests and forest species flourish for eternity.
An eye-opening experience for Fitzpatrick+Partners
February 19, 2020
Timber is the material of choice for Sydney-based architects Fitzpatrick+Partners. Considered an authority in timber construction on large scale projects, offering expertise on some of the world’s greatest buildings, founding Principal, James Fitzpatrick is turning heads in the design world. Fitzpatrick+Partners were invited to take part in the Tasmanian Visiting Architects Program, an experience designed to showcase Tasmania’s forests and forest management practices. The Partners gained a new found knowledge around Tasmania’s regrowth forests.
Expressions of Interest: Tasmanian Timber In-Office Presentations
February 19, 2020
Tasmanian Timber will be in Sydney in May (week commencing 18 May) and Melbourne in June (week commencing 1 June) 2020, offering in office presentations to architectural firms.
Broached Goulder Opens at the JamFactory for Adelaide Fringe
February 13, 2020
Broached Commissions will be exhibiting Broached Goulder, designed by celebrated Australian designer-maker Jon Goulder at the JamFactory in Adelaide during the 2020 Adelaide Fringe Festival. The collection made entirely from sustainably sourced Tasmanian timbers, honours four generations of knowledge and inherited craftsmanship within the Goulder family.
Broached Goulder - Environmental Custodianship
February 12, 2020
“There's an essential environmental custodianship now. So, how do we sustainably use the resources that we have? How do we express through design the most beautiful articulation of those timbers in form, and how do we celebrate the local in a sustainable fashion? We use local because it talks to the story that we're telling, which is essentially an Australian one.” — Lou Weis, Broached Commissions
Broached Goulder
February 12, 2020
“This collection is easily the best work I’ve ever done. It has such a deeper meaning and feeling and context. I don’t think pieces like this have been made before.” - Jon Goulder, Designer + Maker
An Efficient Closed Loop System (VAP)
February 6, 2020
“One of the big things we've learned is the efficiencies of the systems; that every piece of material is used and reused. So, that whole closed system loop was really fascinating to see." — James Fitzpatrick (Principal), Fitzpatrick + Partners
An Amazing Technical Resource (VAP)
February 6, 2020
"One of the great things is the helpline. How do I finish this product? How should I detail it? I want to do this; what do you think I could use? What species should I use? Or, I've got this potential project, how could I go about it? It's just an amazing resource that you could just ask any of those questions." — James Fitzpatrick (Principal), Fitzpatrick + Partners
Regrowth Forests for Future Generations (VAP)
February 6, 2020
“I have a base knowledge and a good understanding of timber and how it's used, but really I think this showed how little knowledge I did have and how some of that knowledge was actually wrong." — James Fitzpatrick (Principal), Fitzpatrick + Partners
Sustainability, Innovation & Collaboration (VAP)
February 6, 2020
“We’ve all walked away with preconceived notions dispelled and our knowledge level has just gone through the roof." — Paul Reidy (Partner), Fitzpatrick + Partners
