The project is proudly supported by and has received financial assistance from both the Brisbane City Council and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

After working as an interior designer and landscape architect for the last 14 years, Sam has become increasingly interested in micro scale outdoor spaces such as balconies, patios, decks and verandahs. The new range would cater for such spaces (especially here in Brisbane) as the population grows, urban areas become denser and living spaces become smaller.

We are planning to have a soft launch of the range later this year.

Publication DQ 37

Date Autumn 2010

Article DQ’s Top 10 Forces and Faces in Design

DQ (Design Quarterly) magazine has selected a group of 10 people “across myriad fields” that they feel “have achieved outstanding results in their practice”.  We thank them for including Studio Sam.

The inaugural Australian Design Museum Exhibition was held earlier this year in Sydney. The exhibition provided a unique opportunity to view and purchase iconic, limited and prototype works by Australian Designers.

Date February to March 2010

Location Shapiro Gallery, Woollahra

Curator Sarah King

Photo by Samantha Parsons includes: Elliot the Bookscreen, Siena the Bookblock Tables, an original ‘Wood Chair’ by Marc Newson (1986) and a ‘Big Held Mobile’ by I design things (2010).

Exhibition Postcard by Mark Gowing

Further information and online shop australian design museum

Tomorrow is more than just the day after today.  It is the future.  This installation took a look at how we as consumers, retailers and designers may address various environmental and social issues as we approach ‘tomorrow’.

A series of rooms were choreographed based on colour and lyrics from songs.  Each is a composition of furniture, accessories and found objects including some hand-made pieces from the Studio Sam’s Booksmith Range.

For each product/object a mini autobiography was written to explore their ‘lifecycle’; origin, materiality and outlook for their future.   The products came from different generations and had varying degrees of ‘value’.  Some were prized for their design, some were respected for their durability, some were treasured as ‘collectables’, some were appreciated for their clever reuse of materials and some were esteemed for their low environmental impact and social responsibility.  Visitors were encouraged to engage, discover and reassess the value of things and consider possible new ways of using, collating and enjoying the things they buy and those they already have at home.

Date November 2009 to January 2010

Location Corporate Culture, Brisbane

Curator Samantha Parsons

Photographer Geoffrey Marsh, Pride of Joy Photographics, 0438 455 301

Date September 2009

Location State Library of QLD, Brisbane, Australia

Products on show Elliot the Bookscreen was selected as the backdrop to speakers at the 2009 BWF. Quite a suitable application!  Photo adjacent taken on opening night.

Photograph Brisbane Writers Festival