To ‘homify’ is to create an ambience that is comfortable and immediately relaxing … a feeling that evokes, ‘I’m home’.
Street Furniture Australia proudly presented ‘Homifying Sydney Olympic Park’ – a webinar accredited by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects for 1 Formal CPD point – as part of the Land-e-Scape online festival.
The presentation streamed on the Land-e-Scape conference platform and for free on YouTube.
It is currently available to watch on demand via YouTube.
The video is currently available to view on demand via YouTube.
What is the webinar about?
The session will explore how human-centred design was applied for community consultation at Sydney Olympic Park.
Human-centred design is a process more typically seen in product or software development than in placemaking. Street Furniture Australia uses human-centred design to create products and services, however, it turns out the methodology is also an effective tool for deeply understanding the needs and aspirations of a community.
The Homify project is an initiative led by the Sydney Olympic Park Authority in collaboration with CM+ and Street Furniture Australia.
The webinar will be hosted by June Lee Boxsell, Head of Innovation at Street Furniture Australia, with David Martin and Mark Armstrong.
David Martin is a registered landscape architect and Manager of Public Domain Design with the Sydney Olympic Park Authority. David has more than 30 years of experience in both the private and public sectors and is a passionate advocate for sustainability and landscape architecture.
Mark Armstrong is an industrial designer and one of the leading human-centred design voices in Australia. Mark is a Fellow at the Design Institute of Australia and Inductee to the Hall of Fame. He is also Practice Professor in Design at Monash University, and Design Advisor to Street Furniture Australia.
These two experts, from very different fields, will share their experience collaborating on Homify.
Insights from interviews were grouped by persona and condensed into four categories: ‘Say’, ‘Think’, ‘Feel’ and ‘Do’.Homify pilot trial in Jacaranda Square, Sydney Olympic Park.
The Street Furniture Australia factory, in Regents Park, Western Sydney, is both a manufacturing hub and R&D studio for our Australian-designed and made street furniture products. We run fun and informative group events for customers throughout the year, to share how products are designed, tested and built, and the latest products and projects. Director of Tract Julie Lee said: “It was a great opportunity for our team to look behind the scenes and understand the innovation, research and climate positive outcomes Street Furniture Australia is focusing on. Thank you for having us!” Place Design Group Associate, Liam Isaksen, said: “The factory tour is a fun experience to learn about the design and manufacturing process of public furniture we use in landscape architecture design. Seeing the work behind the scenes and …
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