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December 14th, 2009

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Alex Bain on finding his anchor in Herman Miller’s Aeron Chair
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Alex Bain on finding his anchor in Herman Miller’s Aeron Chair

In the last instalment of our three-part performance seating series, Alex Bain from Architectus explains why sitting well shouldn’t feel like sitting at all and explores an unexpected success metric of the hybrid workplace: the grounding power of emotional support.
Dale O’Brien on sitting easy with Herman Miller’s Verus Chair
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Dale O’Brien on sitting easy with Herman Miller’s Verus Chair

In the first instalment of our three-part series exploring what it means to sit your best, we pose the question to Gray Puksand’s Dale O’Brien, who discusses the importance of ease and majority rule when it comes to sitting and reveals why specifying a task chair is not unlike choosing a Volvo.
In a different light: The Geelong College’s Belerren Centre designed by Wardle
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In a different light: The Geelong College’s Belerren Centre designed by Wardle

The Geelong College’s Sport and Wellbeing Centre ‘Belerren’ designed by Wardle is designed around bringing in natural light. But Shade Factor’s job was to help modulate and precisely control it for the most important competitive moments.
Matter meets design in mineral magnificence
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Matter meets design in mineral magnificence

The newest brand to emerge from Cosentino’s creative crucible is Ēclos, a next-generation mineral surface that embodies the organic beauty and tactility of marble in a precision-mineral surface or material.

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With a new category in this year’s INDE.Awards, there is the opportunity to shine the spotlight on the architecture leaders of the future. The Graduate seeks to bring to the local, regional and global stages students and their schools and highlight the innovation, imagination and artistry of the next generation of architects.

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The retail security landscape is changing throughout the world and Australia is no exception. The experts at the Australian Trellis Door Company have the knowledge to lead this change.

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M Moser Associates has reimagined DuPont’s Shanghai R&D Centre as a network of connected neighbourhoods, using local references and workplace strategy to support collaboration, flexibility and future growth.
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