Dec 17 2008

Yule Love These Trees

Brisbane's top creative thinkers 'Branch Out' for design.

Pine needles – plastic or pure – aren’t everyone’s cup of tea at Christmas. So when Surya Graf and Alexander Lotersztain looked at repeating the success of their 2006 Spark project they turned their attention to reinventing that most iconic of trees.

The pair teamed up with David Shaw and Bjorn Rust to create Branch Out – a program, once again, aimed at promoting “design and cross-fertilisation among some of the best creative thinkers and industry in South East Queensland”.

The team set a challenge to 12 of Brisbane’s top creative studios to create designs for unique Christmas Trees – with size the only limitation (two metres high and one metre across).

Those invited to participate included everyone from Architects to Advertising companies. Held in a converted warehouse in West End’s river precinct on 4 December the exhibition presented 12 very different and unusual tree designs [pictured below].

“Branch Out proved to be another memorable landmark event that brought together creatives with professionals from diverse industries. It was a celebration of design excellence, a party, and a chance to meet, mingle and exchange ideas, while also creating a focus on the Brisbane creative community,” say the organisers.

 

BVN branch out

 

 

BVN Branch Out 2

Bligh Voller Neild

 

 

Brand+Slater branch out

 

 

Brand+slater branch out straw tree

Brand+Slater Architects

 

 

DBI Closet Christmas tree branch out

 

 

DBI Closet tree branch out 2

DBI 'Closet Christmas Tree'

 

 

Derlot Branch out

Derlot

 

 

Fairweather proberts Branch out

 

 

fairweather proberts branch out 2

Fairweather Proberts - 'Lemon Christmas Tree'

 

 

Gamble Branch out

 

 

Gamble branch out 2

Gamble McKinnon Green 'The Christmas Wall' (Hoop Pine seedlings handed out to guests at the end of the event)

 

 

Hassell branch out 1

 

 

Hassel Branch out 2

Hassell Brisbane

 

 

Husque branch out

 

 

Husque branch out

Husque - Marc Harrison

 

 

Make branch out

 

 

Make Branch out

Make Advertising Agency 'The Good Will Tree'

 

 

PDT Branch Out

 

 

PDT branch Out 2

PDT Architects

 

 

Pistols at dawn branch out

 

 

Pistols at dawn branch out

Pistols at Dawn

 

 

Street & Garden branch out

Street & Garden


Event Sponsors

Euroluce
euroluce.com.au
Stylecraft
stylecraft.com.au
Planex
planex.com.au
Derlot
derlot.com
Street & Garden Furniture Co.
streetandgarden.com.au


Photography

Adam Sebastian West
Zenstick Photography
zenstick.com.au

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