COLLABORATIVE DESIGN
Aside from designing our own ranges we also work collaboratively with leading architecture, landscape architecture and interior design firms to assist with their design vision and the creation of bespoke products for their public space projects.
We have also worked with some of Australia’s best design talent to collaboratively design some of our own product ranges, more information on these inspirational designers below:
Alexander Lotersztain
Designer of Flinders and Twig for Street+Garden.
Alexander Lotersztain is an Argentinian born Australian designer and founder of the multi-disciplinary design studio Derlot. This highly awarded studio specialises in product, furniture and interior design, as well as hotel concepts, branding and art direction with a long list of international clients.
These include; Idee (Japan), Planex (Australia), Sigg (Switzerland), Asahi (Japan), Mizuno (Japan), UFL (New Zealand), Escofet (Spain), Nestle (Switzerland), Superior (Australia), Virgin Australia Airline (Australia), The Queensland Art Gallery (Australia) and Australia’s first Design Hotel, Limes Hotel in Brisbane.
In 2011 Alexander expanded his studio by founding Derlot Editions to design, manufacture and distribute furniture and lighting to the global contract and domestic markets. His latest brand Les Basic, is a collection of furniture, lighting and accessories for home, work and play.
His work appears in design journals around the world and can be found in the collection of the Pompidou Museum in Paris. He is highly awarded in both product and interior design and in 2010 he was bestowed the inaugural Queensland Premier’s Smart State Designer of the Year fellowship award. He was named one of the 100 most influential designers worldwide in &fork by Phaidon and among the top 25 designers to collaborate with Monocle.
Alexander is design adviser to a number of private and government projects. He regularly presents at conferences such as TEDx and often participates on design judging panels, both in Australia and abroad. He has also appeared on Australian television, as a mentor to contestants of The Renovators.
Surya Graf
Designer of Pebble, Boulder , Segment and TRAQ.
With a background in both Architecture and Environmental Psychology, Surya is an Industrial Designer passionate about creating quality outcomes for the built environment. The philosophy behind his practice is materials led and process driven, with a focus on human centred outcomes. With more than 20 years industry experience his portfolio of work spans across a diverse range of product, interior and major urban design projects.
He has received numerous design awards, including AILA’s National Landscape Architecture Awards and the Good Design Awards, and has also exhibited extensively in Australia and internationally in the United States, Europe and Japan.
Surya is a founding member of Outside Assembly where he continues to design industry-leading products and solutions. Some of the street furniture product ranges he has created in collaboration with Street+Garden continue to stand the test of time.
FORREST GILLHAM
Designer of Gem and TRAQ.
Forrest Gillham is an Industrial Designer who has been making significant contributions to the Australian built environment for more than 20 years. He is an open minded and collaborative designer with a strong belief in the importance of working relationships across all facets of the industry. Drawing on his vast knowledge and experience in architectural, furniture, and industrial design, it has allowed him to provide well-conceived public space solutions.
Many of the projects he has collaborated on have received national and international awards in landscape architecture.
Forrest is a founding member of Outside Assembly where he continues to design industry-leading products and solutions. Some of the street furniture product ranges he has created in collaboration with Street+Garden continue to stand the test of time.
