LASA vist to Jacobs Creek Visitors Centre

The Landscape Association of South Australia recently hosted the National Landscape Conference here in Adelaide. As part of the event, the delegates went on a tour of the Barossa Valley and and stopped Jacobs Creek Visitors Centre for lunch, as it was an opportunity to show case a recent LASA award winning project.
WAX felt privileged to be able to discuss the project with the delegates and open up a dialogue regarding their view points on the use of native plants in a contemporary setting, the value of biodiversity and sustainability, and of course, enjoy a glass of the local wine!

Graffiti of the Loop

During the opening night of the Bowerbird Bazaar at the Queens theatre, WAX engaged aerosol artist 'Aka the Store' to tag one of the Loop seats. Guests arriving at the event were greeted with the evolving art, and the Loop was transformed into an amazing canvas of colour and shape. WAX would like to thank Bullseye Creative and DaKlinic for their support and assistance in bringing this event together.

Bowerbird Baazar

WAX Design has been invited to be a part of the inaugural Bowerbird Design here in Adelaide, show casing the award winning Loop Seat. We have engaged an aerosol artist 'Vans Omega' to paint a seat during the event.

Please see flyer below for details, an opportunity to see many talented local and interstate designers, artists, crafts people and more. Feel free to check out their website, http://www.bowerbirdbazaar.com.au/

SPASA Award

A recent WAX Design project at Kensington Park has picked up an award at the Pool and Spa Association of South Australian. The contemporary pool installed by Quantum Pools has recieved a Gold Medal for the under $50,000 geometric pool catergory.

Award of Excellence, Landscape Associaton of South Australia

WAX is proud to announce it has recently received an award for the landscape design at Jacobs Creek Visitors Centre. The Award of Excellence recognises the contemporary use of native plants, creating a sense of arrival to the centre and show casing the environmental view point that the company is adopting. The design is a focal point for the ongoing projects that Orlando Wines are instigating, as a result of the positive feed back this project has generated from the visitors, the employees and the community.

WAX's success in this project are also attributed to Greg Stirling from Orlando Wines and Bob Knott from Galwer and Barossa Landscape Services.

WAX featured in Poolside Showcase Magazine

See the current Poolside Showcase Magazine, May 2009 Edition 11 on pages 144-146 for a contemporary pool in Kensington Gardens which WAX designed in conjunction with Quantum Pools.

Swale Garden in Beaumont

The client has recently completed construction of a new Energy Architecture home and required an environmentally considerate garden to compliment the philosophy of the built form.

WAX has designed a garden of mass planted indigenous and native Australian plantings to increase biodiversity and reduce water consumption. A series of swales and detention basins have been constructed to redirect storm water and retain up to 90% of the ground water run off, lined with sedges and rushes which also assist in filtering any overflows before entering the water table.

A large productive area of raised vegetable gardens and fruit trees (watered by a grey water system) assists in their sustainability with waste reduction through a compost system.

The Rundle Project

WAX Design in collaboratrion with SPUD, Tanya Court and Naomi Horridge have been working with Adelaide City on an exciting new approach to the planning and implementation of public art within Rundle Street. The Rundle Project is based on the belief that the best artworks will emerge when artists and the artistic process is strongly supported Council.

The Rundle Project document in a graphic form delivers a typological public art framework for the street that clearly articulates a range of opportunities in both content, form and place. Six types of art are proposed each responding to the unique qualities of Rundle Street.

[1] Intervene (artisitcally changing the fabric of the Rundle Street)
[2] Engagement (performance and public interaction)
[3] Objects of Design (creation of high quality street furniture)
[4] Canvas (the Rundle Street as an outdoor gallery)
[5] Illuminate (innovative lighting response)
[6] Fusion (collaboration of artists and designer to create new outcomes)