It looks as though we’ve hit on a really good design here. We received word late in April 2018 that our furniture arm (PodMarket™) has received another international design award. Not bad from a Melbourne based studio. This time it’s the Italian A’ Design Award. The Pende table series was…

Is There Something Wrong with the Traditional Star Rating System for Energy Efficient Buildings? This is the street frontage of an old house, showing a Superpod® house extension going up soon (peeking out from behind) in an old established part of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The house at the front is…

Why do modern Australian buildings have condensation and mould? It is not uncommon to find mould in new buildings, something that one would think should not be the case. This raises the question, are the overall causes of mould unknown? More likely, the causes of mould are well known, and…

Some of us grew up with Hans Christian Andersen children’s stories. One of my favourites is The Emperor’s New Clothes. At the risk of losing the poetry of a well-translated version of this story, the summarised version as seen on Wikipedia is as follows: A vain Emperor who cares about…