Reggie

Reggie in certified local tassie oak and dyed black FSC eucalyptus

hypnotised this past month by the textural giddy-up of my new drum pendant light, Reggie, I missed whispering howdy to the outside world. so a booming happy wednesday and without ado here's...drumroll...rrrrReggie, dedicated to Tasmania's tallest growing hardwood Eucalyptus Regnans. or good ol' Tassie Oak as we botanically challenged like to say.

Reggies inside chevrons laid flat

mona and the leathered eggs

happy everything! holidays seem a distant memory but this morning's radiowaves declared easter's looming. really?! alas, my leather eggcups and vessels currently look like this. on saturday at 12pm they'll be dramatically trussed, studded coddled egg cuddlers. along with fetching vessels. MONA market, Hobart - 12 to 5pm.

profiled and postable

it's the news we hope all you lighting enthusiasts have awaited…  Pod Luxe is only 3 - 7 working days from a power point near you!  that's right, our luxurious leather pendants have joined the collection of unique homewares to dot the delightful shelves at hardtofind, and are ready to 'add to cart' pronto.

in honour of the new arrival, hardtofind have also given us our very own cyber spread.  so, after you've bagged yourself a couple of pendants (who can say no to free shipping?!), jump to their blog and peer into the grey matter that conjures these luminous creations.

photos: Chris Crerar

stacked, folded, done, dusted.

the final installment of flat.stack.fold 2013 was delivered at full-tilt this week.  two fruitful, brisbane-based workshops, devoured by nine extraordinary tasmanian designers, culminating in the completion of nine extraordinary, new tasmanian designs.
loading our precious protos in the dodge (l-r) master craftsman Jye Edwards, Street & Garden Furniture Co. director David Shaw, and Design Tas GM Rye Dunsmuir

noteworthy highlights?  our mentor, David Shaw, delivering us to Brand + Slater Architects in his fabulous ex-Vegas dodge… enlightened moments behind-the-scenes at metal fabricator, Rockpress… a beer-fuelled presentation (at west ends über cool watering hole, Depo) to haled designers from Luxx Box, Derlot,and the curators from Artisan… and, of course, the buoyant feedback received for our newest luminaire - a flat-pack version of pod luxe - 'bolb'!  

watch this space for details on the official unveiling of our future-friendly creations in september.

euro-meets-wildlife watering hole, Depo - co-founded by director of award winning design studio, Derlot, Alexander Lotersztain.  the mans prolific!  

flat.stack.fold

Q. how do you stuff a grand, incandescent bovine into a humble envelope?

good question!  and perhaps a tad ambitious.  but we are eager to to explore the possibilities when Design Tasmania kicks off the second edition of their flat.stack.fold (FSF13) workshops next month.  acknowledging our conundrum (large leather pendant seeks petite packaging for future-friendly travel), Design Tas selected us to take part in their four day, bi-state intensive, alongside seven other forward-thinking furniture designers.  expertly guided by Street & Garden Furniture Co. director, David Shaw, our flat-packed, stacked and folded creations will be unveiled for public scrutiny in september.

there's no business like...

we'd like to take a moment to thank you (yes you. right there. hello!) for your tremendous support of a humble business with grand dreams of illuminating the homes and lives of the masses.  we also enthusiastically welcome our newest allies, Business Spectator and Bendigo Bank, who've graciously cast us as the tas-wege stars of their new online business consult series!  THE Business Spectator himself, Alan Kohler will be joining Bendigo Banks sage business advisors in imparting their wealth of business savvy, as part of a four-part series broadcast nationally via the Business Spectators website.  lights, camera, eeek!  stay tuned…

pod luxe

long enamoured by natures ingenious design and the 'slow' crafts of our forefathers, we've literally returned to our roots to draw inspiration for our new range.  INDUSTRY OF NATURE is the irresistible convergence of the natural world and ancient crafts.  POD LUXE, the radiant debut from the collection, borrows its form from the reticulated tunic of the corm (not horticulturally versed? ...the bulbous encasing of irises, gladiolus, et al), and has been sculpted through the time honoured tradition of cuir bouilli (non parlez-vous français? ...the boiling and taming of leather).

our tactile little beauty beckons for a closer inspection, doesn't it?  be amongst the first at tonights Autumn Design Launch Party in launceston (though, p'haps enjoy the gourmet snags after fondling the hide).  or catch Objects in Place by the water in hobart 'til the twentieth…

monument 112

this month, the esteemed architecture and design mag, Monument dimmed the grandeliers and turned the spotlight on their creator (eep!).  procure or peep at a copy for some insight into the passion, the vision and divine afflatus (also known as a good bottle of red) that gives light to a grandelier.  we also spilled the beans on what WDT adventures will be dominating your facebook feed in 2013… oh you know, world dom and the like...

sneak peek....

a good day at the office most certainly should involve lounging with a cuppa and riveting read (beneath an orange flocked baroque, no less).  making multi-tasking look easy is, WDT stylist, Verity Olsen at the grandeliers latest photo shoot at ecoco.  kisses to the most generous Di Loone for the use of her gorgeous store, and for her patient smile as we dismantled, re-arranged... and swept up fragments of antique urn (oops!).  capturing all the action was sharp shooter, Chris Crerar, whos alluring new pics will debut on our site next week.  here are some before and after hoops to whet your appetite in the meantime...

love us? like us!

150 is about the most friends a human being can have and maintain meaningful relationships with, according to UK anthropologist Robin Dunbar.  so here we are, at that magical number, and the support is quite literally illuminating. so much so, that we've made it our mission to refute this dunbar drivel and spread the grandelier 'like' far and wide! if you love us, but don't like us, then please take a moment to visit Who Did That on facebook and give us the ol' thumbs up. with new products and paris just around le corner, there's much visual titillation to come...

dry those chips

last month checked out new blackwood veneers at tas wood panels in devonport... it's like a supersized bakery.  with a chip dryer.  TWP just lumbered this into their landscape. apparently significant energy savings can be achieved thru investing in better dryer control, heat recovery technologies and system optimisation.  yes, a building is being constructed around this monster.