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The R&D department is excited to announce the addition of 5 new products to the Street Furniture Australia core range.

As the value of public spaces comes into focus, this article shares seven case studies of street furniture being used to help improve community wellbeing. Both tactical pop-ups and permanent installations are featured below, with examples of projects that foster community engagement and measure social impact. Street Furniture Australia products have been tried-and-tested to activate spaces and deliver results. Select from our range to bring life, joy and comfort to your community. Case 1. Creating Millions of Smiles Woden Experiment was a six-month prototype installation by the ACT Government that aimed to bring life, joy and comfort to Canberra’s Woden Town Square. Brightly coloured seats and tables were configured in random positions to create a casual and welcoming vibe. Community interviews, observations and workshops were at the heart of this …

The Aria Seating System, PowerMe™ charging tables and eBins will be on show at Street Furniture Australia’s exhibit, Stand C069, next month at Civenex. The infrastructure expo takes place on March 14-15, 2019 at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney. It is co-located with the Sydney Build Expo. Visit our stand to meet our team and see how the modular Aria suite works, test our new augmented reality app, charge your phone and laptop at the PowerMe™ Tables and explore the eBin Smartsensor dashboard to learn how it can save you money. Aria and Augmented Reality The Aria Seating System is a modular kit of parts that allows designers to create custom configurations. Tailor site-specific settings for the community with opportunities to work, dine and socialise outdoors. Aria includes one, two …

It was a year of collaborative projects, smart technology, smart furniture and smart cities – but first and foremost great public spaces that answered their community’s needs. Count down our top six StreetChat stories of 2018, that were most popular with subscribers. 6. Competitions: Win a Drone and Smart Watch StreetChat subscribers contributed some creative entries in both competitions, but there could only be one winner for each. Luke Cox from Phillips Smith Conwell Architects in Brisbane was named the winner of the android smart watch for his acrostic poem entry. Matthew Moore, also from Brisbane but with HASSELL, took home the DJI Spark Mini Drone for his beachside augmented reality Aria. See the gallery of entries. Matthew Moore’s augmented reality Aria, by the sea. 5. Smart Social Spaces Georges River Council and the …

Street Furniture Australia’s new Aria Smart Bench with PowerMe™ Table is featured in The Wall Street Journal as part of an article on the Smart Social Spaces project. Georges River Council with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) will investigate how data collected by smart furniture and sensors can be used for urban management and the local community. New furniture including Aria and PowerMe has been installed at two locations in Georges River: a plaza, Memorial Square in Hurstville, and two sites in a suburban green space, Olds Park in Penshurst. UNSW will collect the data and work with Georges River Council on responsive asset management. Street Furniture Australia is the industry partner for this project. Excerpt from the article, by Mike Cherney: SYDNEY—The bench in your local park may soon know that you’re …

The PowerMe™ Table and Aria Seating System will launch in the US at the ASLA Annual Meeting and Expo in 2018, October 19-22 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Aria and PowerMe allow communities to sit back, relax and recharge their devices, and to work, dine and socialize outdoors in public space. Join us for this exciting debut at Booth 1439 – come say g’day, charge up your phone, and try our new Build ARIA augmented reality app. Add Street Furniture Australia to your personal Expo planner! Look for the Bronte Beach banner: PowerMe™ PowerMe™ is a charging table that integrates with a range of Street Furniture Australia seats, including the Aria System, so you can sit back, relax and recharge. We’ve all been caught without battery: PowerMe provides peace of mind in …