Julian Beattie, Makestuff (Studio Furniture 2018)

Julian Beattie has been designing and building furniture for the past 25 years. Starting from humble beginnings in the garages of whichever rental property he was occupying in Geelong, Melbourne and finally Torquay, to the workshop built by him to house his company Makestuff. Building many bars and comercial fitouts, among other things, has given him practice in different design and building techniques borne of varied and challenging briefs. While all the time returning to the rewarding work of custom made furniture, often with the curves that are one of the signatures of his style. Julian is all about creating unique spaces with heart and warmth and loves to bring graceful curves to a piece, softening the edges to be gentler on the eye. This – combined with a love of timber – has lead to many distinctive pieces over the years which are now becoming a collection. Website: www.makestuff.com.au

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