Tasmanian Timber Masterclasses Online

July 4, 2018

Two free masterclasses, Working with Tasmanian Timber and Timber for Internal Applications, designed specifically for architects, interior designers, specifiers, builders, and joiners, are now available online.

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Masterclass - Working with Tasmanian Timber

July 4, 2018

This seminar is designed for builders, joiners and those working with timber. It covers the species of Tasmanian timber available and their source of supply, major characteristics and product range. It will then discuss essential aspects of timber storage and handling practice for preparing and assembling major architectural and timber-rich components. As timber is a natural material, the wood moisture content (MC) and its management are critical to successful production and installation. Guidance will be provided on this and similar issues, suitable finishes, grade definitions and suppliers.

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Masterclass - Tasmanian Timber for Internal Applications

July 4, 2018

This seminar is designed for architects, interior designers and anyone specifying timber. It covers the species of Tasmanian timber available and their source of supply, major characteristics and product range, before discussing essential detailing and specification practice for major architectural applications. As timber is a natural material, its slight movement in response to surrounding environmental conditions calls for clear design approaches. Guidance will be provided on this and similar issues, suitable finishes, grade definitions and suppliers.

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Jon Goulder breaks the mould with his all Australian Innate Collection for Spence & Lyda

July 3, 2018

Fourth-generation Australian furniture designer-maker Jon Goulder has pushed the envelope with materials and methods, creating the bespoke 'Innate' collection in collaboration with renowned Sydney design retailer, Fiona Lyda of Spence & Lyda. The first iteration of the Innate collection features moody dark tones and celebrates the use of Australian materials including the use of Tasmanian Oak and Blackwood.

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Innate Night

July 2, 2018

"I'm proud to be the designer that's bringing Australian Timbers to this industry." - Jon Goulder, Jon Goulder Design Studio

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Our niche: to create projects that speak of this place

June 16, 2018

Architect Robert Morris-Nunn tries to use timber in every project. "The fact that it is a warm, living material means that people relate to it. If you think of Tasmania, it is the quality timbers that are here, and they should be used. It's a locally available resource. They're not used nearly enough, and they speak of this place like nothing else.

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Simon Ancher on sustainability, non-standard public seating and pushing the limits

May 28, 2018

Sustainability is paramount to the objects created by Tasmanian furniture maker Simon Ancher. It is central to not only the materials he chooses but his design approach to the object itself.

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Simon Ancher Studio

May 23, 2018

"Boatbuilding techniques, cold-moulding and strip planking. - It's really quite amazing what you can do with timber" - Simon Ancher, Simon Ancher Studio

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Freycinet Lodge Coastal Pavilions

May 21, 2018

"We love using Tasmanian Timber. By using Tasmanian Oak we know that we are getting good quality timber." - Michael Lane, Cordwell Lane

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Circa Morris-Nunn Architects

May 21, 2018

"We belong to a place and utilise the products of that place" - Robert Morris-Nunn, Circa Morris-Nunn Architects

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Pizazz that’s Supernormal

May 7, 2018

Jason Stancombe, furniture designer and founder of Relm Furniture, was commissioned to design the dining furniture for Supernormal Natsu pop up restaurant, at the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) garden restaurant. The restaurant was temporary, part of Natsu, a 10-day festival held in January 2018. The Supernormal pop-up site was designed by Peter King – Senior Exhibition Designer at the NGV.

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House for Compassion: the Tasmanian Oak floor saving lives

November 17, 2017

It’s not often that a floor can make a claim to be saving lives. But the Tasmanian Oak floor, laid in a new-build charity home in Tasmania, is helping hundreds of families in third world countries.

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Forty thousand reasons to choose Tasmanian Oak

November 17, 2017

Anna Gowen, architect at TONIC Design, has designed the most opulent ceiling you could imagine for the ten-pin bowling alley at Crown Casino in Melbourne.

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Tasmanian Oak dowels deliver design flexibility and simplicity

November 17, 2017

The Noosa-based Australian furniture business began with their now-famous Babaneese stool, with Tasmanian Oak legs. Having now sold over 2000 stools, Green Cathedral co-founders and owners Sally and Tim Scarce have since become Tasmanian Oak devotees.

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From raw to refined: Pumphouse Point

November 17, 2017

Creating special places in spectacular landscapes is something Tasmanians have a knack for. And for visitors to the award-winning Pumphouse Point – a hotel like no other in the centre of one of the world’s most pristine natural environments – the experience is a truly remarkable one.

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Bringing in the light – the vast Tasmanian Oak ceiling exceeding expectations

October 17, 2017

When you get a man with a vision, and that vision is to create a tropical-themed 80sqm outdoor entertaining area at the back of his place, incredible things happen. Despite the grandeur of the lush space, it is the Tasmanian Oak ceiling that makes this renovation extraordinary.

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Hydrowood: a vast resource reclaimed

October 10, 2017

Consumers are taking an increasing interest in the provenance of products. As such, the brand story has become an essential and valuable component of the marketing mix.

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