who we are
Strada is a Melbourne based design studio dedicated to enhancing our public realm by crafting innovative designs for street furniture, products and spaces.
Our outdoor environments are essential for fostering connections, rejuvenation, and staying active. It's our mission to design products that meet these needs and encourage meaningful connections with both others and the public spaces around us.
Our approach is guided by core values, and they're seriously important to us. Things like keeping plastics out of our oceans, supporting local community and equitable access to public space and amenities. Adopting responsible production methods are high on our priority list. We're tapping into the potential of recycled materials and employing innovative manufacturing techniques. We’re dedicated to locally made products, emphasizing craftsmanship and meticulous attention to detail.
Where conventional street furniture and products often feel prescriptive and predictable, our designs take on unique forms and personality, providing better accessibility, versatile functions and interaction.
from concept to production
Our work is grounded in technical know-how. We have an acute understanding of materials, assembly and fabrication. Applying this expertise with attention to detail means that ideas and concepts are translated into refined, robust products.
Strada is led by award-winning industry leader, Damon Obst. He is a creative thinker passionate about design and the environment. With extensive experience across complex multi-disciplinary projects within Australia and abroad, he has established himself as an industry voice and advocate for quality and innovation. His work and philosophy is grounded in a strong connection to our landscape, people and places.
Damon Obst
Director
what we do
We’re here to help you solve problems with exceptional, unique product and furniture design. More than 25 years of industry experience has us equipped to tackle a broad range of projects. Through collaborations, partnerships and professional contacts we’re able to work at any scale or complexity.
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From seats and benches to planters, bike storage, bollards, lighting, signage and everything in between.
We specialise in those one-off, bespoke, site specific projects as well as designing for a broader range or suite of products.
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The ability to design a broader space or landscape that beautifully integrates furniture and products - designing product and space, is our unique offering.
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We can take your ideas or concepts through detailed and prototype stages and help navigate through to manufacture and installation, where we have strong relationships with fabricators.
‘captivating, memorable designs that help the planet and help people come together and connect in the outdoor environment.’
Studio strada acknowledges and pays respect to the traditional custodians of the lands on which we live and work, the Bunurong and Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation and pay respects to their Elders, both past and present.