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Announcing our New Perth Showroom Partner + Wine In Design Launch

We are delighted to announce our new showroom partner Innerspace, located at 509 Murray Street in the heart of Perth. The company represents leading international furniture brands, from Flexform and Thonet to Herman Miller, whilst maintaining an equal dedication to bespoke Australian design.

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Creating Bespoke Design Elements

signarture kuranda artwork applied to mirror feature in hospitality setting 

Signarture artworks are original, customisable and scalable. Beyond the ready to hang range of artworks that are available to browse and purchase through our online gallery, our designs can also be applied to a wide range of materials from glass to wallpapers, timber to metals to create points of distinction for a range of projects.

For professional interior designers and architects this offers the opportunity to create bespoke, decorative features in a range of settings from hospitality to residential, or to augment client branding in a commercial settings.

We worked with the design team at Graphite Architects to adapting our Kuranda design to create the bespoke mirrored artwork feature shown above. The colours were customised to tome with the upholstery fabric they had already specified, and the design was oriented, scaled and applied to mirrored glass through a specialist fabrication process.  

The options are limited only by the imagination and the clients' budget.

February 25, 2016

Advice › Award › Design ›


Highly Recommended + Top Houzz Influencer

Houzz rates Signarture Highly Recommended and a Top Influencer

We are delighted to have received two further awards from the Houzz community, and according to the advice letter we received "that's a really big deal". Time to break out the champagne!

The Influencer badge is awarded to design professionals whose advice and knowledgeable posts are most appreciated by the Houzz community. 

The Recommended badge only goes to the top-rated professionals on Houzz.

As at the end of 2015, Houzz was reported as having 35 million unique monthly visitors worldwide, with over 1 million design professionals, such as Signarture, active on the platform.

Signarture was the 15th most recommended of some 35,000 Artists and Artisans worldwide, and the top recommended of some 800 within Australia.

If you're renovating or redecorating, we highly recommend Houzz as a your go to resource for inspiration, advice and discovering the right professionals to bring your dreams to fruition. Be warned, it can be addictive!

View our Houzz profile here: http://www.houzz.com/pro/signarture

Designed and Made in Australia

australian designed australian made signarture braidwood perspex art diptych

Over the last decade or so there has been an increased awareness of the benefits and impacts of buying locally made products. According to all the research, we are becoming ever more conscientious about the impact that our purchasing behaviour has on local economies and the welfare of workers.

Moreover, there's been a large scale rejection of mass produced products. We're far more interested in the provenance of the goods we do purchase and whether their production is sustainable. We're increasingly seeking out products that express our individuality - whether that's a bespoke artwork or an artisanal gin. 

Signarture was founded in 2006 with a philosophy that all the products would be both designed and manufactured locally, taking a sustainable approach to production that would support the local economy.

So, as we celebrate Australia Day, we thought we'd share with you how the provenance of your Signarture artwork.

All fabrication and printing is performed in Sydney:

 - The acrylic glass material - Perspex or Plexiglas - that is used for the uniquely transparent artworks can only be sourced from overseas. None is manufactured in Australia.

  - Likewise the canvas is a specially coated material that is imported from the USA, but the timber for the frames comes from sustainable Australian plantations, and the frames assembled and canvases hand-stretched in Sydney.

 - Even the trademarked metal brand plates are produced in Sydney. Every little helps to reduce the carbon footprint.

And when it comes to the design, that's all local too. Unlike many businesses that outsource a whole range of functions, including digital design, Signarture supports and fosters local design talent and has provided professional experience, and often ongoing opportunities, for a succession of students from UNSW Art & Design.

Happy Australia Day!

Signarture Wins Best of Houzz 2016

Signarture awarded Best of Houzz 2016We are thrilled to start the new year by sharing the news that Signarture has been awarded Best of Houzz for a third successive year.

The award is determined by a variety of factors, including the number and quality of reviews received throughout the previous year. Signarture consistently received 5-star ratings from their clients and several images of their artworks are among the most popular in the Artwork category as voted by the 35 million members of the Houzz community.

We're very grateful to those clients who took the time to write their reviews that earned us the award. If you haven't yet taken a look at Houzz, it provides not only inspiration for your next renovation or redecorating project, but an easy way to connect with the design professionals who can help make it happen for you.

We received this message from Jason Chuck, Managing Director, Houzz Australia: “We’re so pleased to recognise Signarture as one of our “Best Of Houzz” professionals, voted by our enormous community of homeowners and design enthusiasts from across Australia and more than one million businesses worldwide."

Thank you clients, thank you Houzz and thank you Jason!

Check it out here: http://www.houzz.com/pro/signarture

December 15, 2015


Signarture Cockatoos are Featured on Houzz

Renovation and Home Design

We're delighted to see our signarture Pink Cockatoo and Black Cockatoo featured side by side in a story on Houzz this week by Susan Redman. 

We released these fine art prints on perspex late last year, and the framed version earlier this year, and these stunning, iconic birds are now certainly on-trend. As Susan writes:  

Goodbye flamingos, blackbirds and owls, and hello cocky!

Australasia’s raucous native parrot is the latest feathery find to feature in our homes. If you can’t imagine upholstering a whole armchair or sofa in bird-printed fabric, try introducing the cockatoo trend by choosing an item that can be quickly added to or subtracted from your decor – such as an artwork, cushion or ceramic piece. 

Order yours now through our online gallery!

Renovation and Home Design

We're delighted to see our signarture Pink Cockatoo and Black Cockatoo featured side by side in a story on Houzz this week by Susan Redman.

We released these fine art prints on perspex late last year, and the framed version earlier this year, and these stunning, iconic birds are now certainly on trend. As Susan writes:  

Goodbye flamingos, blackbirds and owls, and hello cocky!

Australasia’s raucous native parrot is the latest feathery find to feature in our homes. If you can’t imagine upholstering a whole armchair or sofa in bird-printed fabric, try introducing the cockatoo trend by choosing an item that can be quickly added to or subtracted from your decor – such as an artwork, cushion or ceramic piece. 

Order yours now through our online gallery!

December 03, 2015

2016 › Colour › Pantone ›


Pantone Colour of the Year 2016: Rose Quartz & Serenity Blue

Pantone Colour of the Year 2016

Well, our predictions were at least half right.

For the first time, Pantone have announced the blending of two colours, Rose Quartz and Serenity - a calming blue - as their colour of the year for 2016.

Blended and graduated colour tones have been a popular trend over the last few years and the driving force behind their choices is always to reflect what is taking place in our culture, to express a mood and an attitude. As we thought, this year that reflects the yearning for calming tones as an antidote to our fast paced, technology dominated and uncertain lives.

According to Pantone's official press release "as consumers seek mindfulness and well-being as an antidote to modern day stresses, welcoming colors that psychologically fulfill our yearning for reassurance and security are becoming more prominent."

"Joined together, Rose Quartz and Serenity demonstrate an inherent balance between a warmer embracing rose tone and the cooler tranquil blue, reflecting connection and wellness as well as a soothing sense of order and peace." says Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director, Pantone.

Highly appropriate colour choices for our turbulent times.