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Issue 59 - The Life Outside Issue

Issue 59

The Life Outside Issue

Introducing the Life Outside issue of Habitus magazine. With life increasingly being absorbed into a digital space, there is never a more important moment to hold something tangible. In this context, the power of nature to have a physiological impact on our sense of wellbeing has never been more important. So how can we cultivate the benefits of the our natural environment in the most intimate of places – our homes? This was the question that helped to bring this issue of Habitus to life.

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The GOMA Chair Sees Art And Design Coalesce
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The GOMA Chair Sees Art And Design Coalesce

Brisbane-based lighting and furniture studio Luxxbox have developed the GOMA chair, designed initially for the Gallery of Modern Art Restaurant, it’s the perfect chair for long lunches and deep conversation.


In amongst the local architecture and design industry, there is a lot of reference to the intersection of art and architecture. And why not, it’s an inspiring thought and a positive attitude towards symbiotic collaboration. But while some people say, others do. Brisbane-based design studio Luxxbox, lead by founder and creative director Jason Bird, have recently unveiled the GOMA Chair.

The GOMA chair was designed specifically for the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) and now takes centre stage surrounding the tables at the acclaimed GOMA Restaurant.

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Jason and the team identified Hoop Pine timber, an unsung hero not used widely enough in furniture production, as the material to run with for a number of reasons.

First and foremost, Luxxbox needed to respect the brief for a site-specific design and continue the theme of local design: the Queensland Art Gallery engaging a Brisbane-based studio who then utilise a pine native to the area. “The process of creating this unique chair has been a great collaborative project with QAGOMA. It’s resulted in a quintessentially Queensland product – from material and creative design, through to manufacture and installation,” says Jason.

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Secondly, Queensland Hoop Pine is 100 per cent plantation-grown and one of the world’s best-managed timber resources, according to Jason Bird. In fact, Luxxbox has been incorporating Hoop Pine into its designs for many years.

With optional residential or hospitality applications, the GOMA chair was designed, prototyped and built at the Luxxbox studio and factory in Brisbane. “While the chair might look like a simple timber form, its complexity lies in ensuring it offers durational comfort to the diner,” says Jason.

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Tried and tested, Habitus can absolutely ascertain that a long lunch after a thought-provoking exhibition, or dinner parties with friends and family that extend well into the night, are well catered to with the GOMA Chair.

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Holly Cunneen

Holly Cunneen was the editor of Habitus and has spent her time in the media writing about architecture, design and our local industry. With a firm view that “design has a shared responsibility to the individual as much as it does the wider community,” her personal and professional trajectory sees her chart the interests, accomplishments, and emerging patterns of behaviour within the architecture and design community.

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Issue 59 - The Life Outside Issue

Issue 59

The Life Outside Issue

Introducing the Life Outside issue of Habitus magazine. With life increasingly being absorbed into a digital space, there is never a more important moment to hold something tangible. In this context, the power of nature to have a physiological impact on our sense of wellbeing has never been more important. So how can we cultivate the benefits of the our natural environment in the most intimate of places – our homes? This was the question that helped to bring this issue of Habitus to life.

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