Cocoon Design Pty Ltd

Happy festive season from all the grubs at Cocoon

The most enthusiastic of clients! Michael & Marg will be enjoying Christmas in their new home. We got them in as promised..thank you to the Builder- Mair Renovations, all the subbies, other consultants & our Cocoon team.

New house -getting close to finishing in time for Xmas. Design and construction all done in 12 months! Well done Gene Raciti!

JEANBAG — The coolest beanbag made from denim jeans

Congratulations KT Doyle for the creation of JEANBAG -recylcing our ol' denim

jeanbag.com.au The coolest beanbag made from denim jeans

Slab Pour!! After several months on the 'drawing board", great to see this house coming out of the ground! The boys were knee deep in setting concrete, but still had time to check out a viral video on their smartphones...

"Magnificent Monday" coming soon to Cocoon...a free day for us grubs to explore things that ignite our passion.

"Inspire the world with your bigness"! Remember - you do no one any favors dumbing yourself down and living small.

Royal Seed Building Project by Emma Sykes, Natalie Scicluna and Natasha Mason

We're so proud of our young graduate Gene Raciti & his friends who are heading over to Ghana to help with an orphanage building project. Show some support for the initiative these young folk are taking. They need a few bucks to make it happen.

pozible.com Six friends embarking on an orphanage extension project in Ghana in 2014

Thankyou our friends, clients, likers....seasons greetings from the motley grubs of cocoon & one contented Sally

Espersen, Maria Bang

beautiful example of re-purposing used wine bottles.

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Thanks Jonathan & Amy from Ontera Carpets... came by to show us the latest carpet tiles & took a bite of the Diddly Squat sausage roll ute on the way out.

They came to the Cocoon Design Pty Ltd office to show us carpet...and got lynched for a photo shoot. Thanks Jonathan & Amy!!

The cocoon grubs doing a "selfie" & ready to serve

Phew, 2 hrs fielding questions @ Speeddate a Sustainable Designer!

& we thought our grubs were scary!

Amazing Caterpillar. Visit our website for more amazing photos and videos http://bit.ly/KZAfeT

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Brisbane | SDSD

Wanna date us? SPEED DATE a SUSTAINABLE DESIGNER ..is on again Sat 18/5 2:30-4:30pm. Ann & Gene from Cocoon Design will be there to answer your questions & generate ideas...& if you don't like us, there's a bunch of other sustainable designers you can check out. Register at link below.

sdsd.ata.org.au The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) is Australia’s leading independent organisation promoting sustainable solutions for households. ATA provides independent, practical advice on how to make homes cheaper to run, more comfortable to live in and more environmentally friendly.

Great feedback from our client at the University of Qld: "Service was fantastic! Management during construction was excellent: timely responses & very flexible with providing alternative solutions on site. Contractors gave positive feedback on performance." Gotta love it when the client, the builder & the users are happy!!!

What if the energy of a space can affect your well being & mood? Good news is that it can!! Take notice of the spaces you inhabit frequently....are they good for you? Need a revamp? -we can help.

"ddd dunno about the rest of ya, but I,I I had a good time" (Sallycat at the Cocoon Xmas garden party).
Big thank you to all the terrific grubs who turn up every day to toil and play: Liz Haysom; Klara Kormendy; Gene Raciti; Melany Hayes; Sally who keeps us in touch with the important stuff; & Chris our "secret weapon". so blessed to have you all in the cocoon.

"Beauty is ....an altered state of consciousness, an extraordinary moment of poetry and grace.” (Leonard Koren)

"Sculpture By the Sea" - On Now in Sydney:Bondi/Tamarama on 19 Oct - 4 Nov & in PRTH: Cottesloe Beach, 8 - 25 March 2013.
This installation "Cast Away" by dear & brilliant friends Ruth Downes & Geoff Webster.
Thank you to our new "likers" ... still aways to go. 100 likes of our Cocoon Design page and the boss takes the grubs out for lunch.

beautiful sculpture from Lysani, high school work experience student in our office recently...Struggling to find something for her to do indoors, we sent her into the garden to collect what "called" her and create something that reflects something about her...

hot desking at Cocoon....wish the boss would buy us another chair.

Brisbane | SDSD

WANNA DATE US? Ann & Gene from Cocoon Design will be participating in SPEED DATE A SUSTAINABLE DESIGNER -allowing people who are renovating/building to discuss their ideas with the experts. FREE event tommorrow Saturday 25/5 at the State Library Brisbane.
Register online and pick who you want to date...Geez feeling a bit like a wallflower at the school dance...

http://sdsd.ata.org.au/brisbane/

sdsd.ata.org.au The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) is Australia’s leading independent organisation promoting sustainable solutions for households. ATA provides independent, practical advice on how to make homes cheaper to run, more comfortable to live in and more environmentally friendly.

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Brisbane | SDSD

Wanna date us? Cocoon Design will be participating in this FREE event.
SPEED DATE A SUSTAINABLE DESIGNER will allow people who are renovating or building to discuss their ideas with the experts and explore the best environmental options for their home.
10 MINUTES for each "date". 26 MAY 1-3pm
http://sdsd.ata.org.au/brisbane/

sdsd.ata.org.au The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) is Australia’s leading independent organisation promoting sustainable solutions for households. ATA provides independent, practical advice on how to make homes cheaper to run, more comfortable to live in and more environmentally friendly.

Multi-purpose hall space designed for flexible use by varied community groups. Features ventilated flooring inside the room capturing the cool air from under the building.

Our first project where we asked the clients to meditate on the "energy" they wanted in the finished space. Great to see this place being so well utilised by the students.

UQ News TV on Vimeo

UQ Law School Learning Centre opens ---video from UQ News TV....designed by the grubs from Cocoon

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The University of Queensland News Online

Our latest project -UQ Law School Learning Centre.... thanks so much Liz Haysom & Rachel Heise & Gene Raciti - the team from our office who toiled so hard for this one!!!

uq.edu.au University of Queensland News.

Merry Christmas

Family Court

"Sally" our office mascot who calls all the shots....

This project involved refurbishing 18 typical brick "------houses" into more attractive amenites... opening up the buildings, eliminating dark dingy corners. The reports are that vandalism has been significantly reduced.