Founded in 1992 by husband and wife team Gordon and Susan Tait, TAIT has evolved from a small-scale, artisan based production to a fully fledged international manufacturing operation.
Habitusliving.com caught up with TAIT to ask them about their favourite things in the world of design and beyond.
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Your name: Gordon Tait & Susan Tait
What you do: Design, Manufacture & retail Outdoor Furniture
Your latest project: working with two Australian designers on new outdoor furniture ranges for 2012
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What is your favourite…
travel destination Italy
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hotel/place to stay Mum’s beach house at Bendalong on the NSW coast
airline Qantas
magazine Green
three people that inspire/excite you
1) Richard Serra /sculptor
2) Justin Hutchinson – fellow designer always buzzing with fabulous green design ideas
3) Bob Brown
design classic Moto Guzzi Le Mans
new design post it notes
meal BBQ
restaurant Cutler & Co
drink Old Fashioned
bar Geralds Bar, Carlton, Melbourne
(386 Rathdowne Street Carlton North VIC 3054
(613) 9349 4748)
gallery/museum Tate Modern
book The Faraway Tree – Enid Blyton
item in your studio Diamond Maquettes
artwork The Winged Victory Of Samothrace /2nd century BC
artist Mother nature
piece of technology rapid prototyping
creative philosophy ‘made locally’
