Studio Edwards

Name

Studio Edwards

Legal name

Studio Edwards

Website

https://studio-edwards.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture & Interior Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial Interior Fit-Out (Offices & Corporate) (IMAFANAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Residential Design-Build & Renovation-Integrated Builders (IMAFABAE)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Interior design services
• Sustainable construction
• Modular retail systems
• Small-space design

Headquarters

HQ city

Collingwood

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architecture & Interior Design Services: Project-based fees for architecture and interior design services spanning residential, retail, workplace, and public projects. Services include new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects. Revenue is generated through design fees, project management, and construction administration.
2. Product Design & Collaborations: Licensing and collaboration revenue from designed products including lighting (XO pendant with Rakumba, Fold with Sphera), furniture pieces (Offcut stool, Squeezebox), and modular systems (Shift+Space).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Studio Edwards is an architecture, interior, and design practice delivering project-based design services across residential, retail, workplace, and public/exhibition commissions throughout Australia. The studio designs and sells/licences a curated set of standalone products including the Shift+Space relocatable modular retail system, FOLD lighting range (with Sphera), XO pendant (with Rakumba), and reclaimed-material furniture such as the Offcut stool, Squeezebox, Daddy Long Legs, and Chips. Services include new builds, renovations, adaptive reuse, prefabricated construction, and exhibition installations, with a specialisation in small-space, sustainable, and constraint-driven design.

Product overview

Studio Edwards is an architecture and interiors practice that offers design services across residential, retail, workplace, and experimental installations. Their portfolio includes both architectural projects and physical products they have designed and produced. Notable physical products include the Shift+Space modular retail system, FOLD lighting range (in collaboration with Sphera Lighting), XO pendant (for Rakumba), and various furniture pieces like the Offcut stool, Squeezebox, Daddy long legs, and Chips. The studio also creates exhibition installations and experimental works through the alt.material collective. Their architectural projects span from tiny homes (Base Cabin, Microloft) to accessible housing (Enable Prefab) to commercial spaces (Finesse, Today Design workplace).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture & Interior Design Services Project-based architecture and interior design services for residential, retail, workplace, exhibition, and public-sector clients across Australia. Engagements cover new builds, renovations, adaptive reuse, prefabricated construction, and exhibition installations, delivered with a focus on small-space, sustainable, and constraint-driven design.
• Shift+Space Modular Retail System A relocatable, modular retail framework engineered for assembly, disassembly, and reuse, configurable from narrow laneway stores to larger gallery-like interiors. Built from galvanised steel stud frames, salvaged Oregon timber, and industrial-grade wool felt; developed in collaboration with fashion label LOWF for adaptive retail architecture.
• FOLD Lighting Range A lighting range co-developed with Sphera Lighting for commercial and residential applications. Features a tapering silhouette fabricated from 1.6mm folded steel, available in 900mm and 1730mm lengths in a super-matt ace black finish.
• XO Pendant Light A high-end LED pendant luminaire designed and manufactured in Australia with lighting partner Rakumba. Pays tribute to sailboat racing using translucent film with three brass battens acting as an exo-skeleton; dimensions 95cm x 95cm x H 18cm.
• Offcut Stool High stool made entirely from reclaimed timber offcuts bound together with an industrial ratchet. Dimensions 720mm h x 280mm x 320mm; each piece is unique due to its reclaimed material composition.
• Squeezebox Multipurpose stool and coffee table designed for small-space living, with a height customisable via an integrated hinge system. Can be made from excess or scrap timber.
• Daddy Long Legs Stool An adaptation of the IKEA 'frosta' stool extending it to higher seating height suitable for bench-top dining in domestic and commercial spaces. Uses aluminium flat bar, zinc-plated fixing bolts, and recycled fabric.
• Chips Seat High seat made from garden twine, mycelium, and waste sawdust collected from the studio during woodworking operations, exploring bio-based material use in furniture.
• Base Cabin Mobile Retreat A mobile micro-home retreat designed to be transported on a trailer and wheeled into its desired location, inspired by the A-Frame cabin and iconic Airstream trailer and clad in black rubber.
• Skyloft Prefabricated House A three-level prefabricated home in Fitzroy employing a prefabricated steel structure elevated above an existing single-storey studio via slender steel columns and wrapped in perforated mesh.
• Enable Prefab Accessible Home A prefabricated home designed to accommodate the needs of older Australians to support aging in place, adhering to Liveable Housing Australia's guidelines with widened doorways, accessible power points, and adaptable interiors.

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero waste construction achieved in 900 sqm workplace project (Today Design)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered key, core, notable and minor.

• LOWFkeyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Collaboration with fashion label LOWF to create Shift+Space, a relocatable modular retail system. Project explores architectural potential of raw, utilitarian materials with galvanised steel, salvaged Oregon timber, and industrial-grade wool felt.
• Today DesigncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Strategic partnership with B Corp certified strategic design agency for workplace design projects. Collaboration includes 900 sqm zero-waste workplace (2023) and Today Pavilion for Purpose Conference 2022. Projects emphasize circular design, demountable construction, and sustainability.
• ArupnotableStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Collaboration on Floating Wetland project ('mushi') - a floating wetland for the Yarra River made from organic waste and mycelium mushroom. Arup contributed engineering expertise for the project developed with Swinburne University.
• Swinburne UniversitynotableStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Research collaboration on Floating Wetland project using mycelium and organic waste for water purification and wildlife habitat. Project showcased at Melbourne Design Week 2021 in Royal Botanic Gardens.
• Sphera LightingkeyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Collaboration on FOLD lighting range - tapering silhouette lights designed for commercial and residential applications. Fabricated from 1.6mm folded steel, available in 900mm and 1730mm lengths in super-matt ace black finish.
• RakumbakeyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Collaboration on XO pendant light design paying tribute to sailboat racing. The high-end LED luminaire uses translucent film with three brass battens acting as exo-skeleton. Also collaborated on Lightloft temporary space (2015) for product launch.
• alt.materialnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerBen Edwards co-founded and actively participates in alt.material collective, organizing exhibitions exploring sustainable design and alternative materials. Exhibitions include Plasticity (2018), Elasticity (2019), Ductility (2020), Ingenuity (2020), Availability (2022), and Community (2021). Events held at NGV Melbourne Design Week and various Fitzroy/Collingwood locations.
• Never Too SmallkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on NTS Space (180 sqm flexible workspace with steel-framed pods) and Squeezebox furniture design. Never Too Small is a platform focused on small-space living, with projects including the Microloft apartment available via Airbnb.
• Louie QuilaominorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGraphic designer collaborated with Studio Edwards and Vision Studio to create and refine the brand identity for the flagship Vision Studio optical store in Glen Waverley.
• NGV (National Gallery of Victoria)notableOthersNGV hosted multiple alt.material exhibitions as part of Melbourne Design Week, including Elasticity (2019) and Community (2021). Also shortlisted for NGV Victorian Design Challenge with Floating Wetland project.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• NMBW Architecture Studio: Melbourne architecture studio with comparable scale and a strong portfolio in residential, adaptive reuse and community projects, intersecting with Studio Edwards' residential and adaptive reuse work.
• Folk Architects: Australian architecture studio with a comparable design-led ethos and smaller footprint, overlapping on residential and small commercial commissions. Operates in adjacent award circles to Studio Edwards.

Broad incumbents

• Bates Smart: One of Australia's largest and longest-established architecture practices, with deep capability across commercial, workplace, residential and interiors. Larger and more diversified than Studio Edwards but competes for the same premium workplace, hospitality and residential commissions nationally.

Direct peers

• Carr Design Group: Melbourne-based interior design practice operating across residential, hospitality and commercial interiors at a comparable scale. Directly competes for premium retail, workplace and residential interior commissions in the Australian market.
• Techne Architecture + Interior Design: Melbourne architecture and interior design studio delivering multi-residential, workplace and adaptive reuse projects at a comparable scale. Overlaps with Studio Edwards on residential, commercial interior and adaptive reuse categories.
• Austin Maynard Architects: Melbourne-based architecture studio of comparable size with a similarly strong design-led brand, sustainability ethos and award profile. Known for constraint-driven residential and adaptive reuse work that overlaps with Studio Edwards' methodology.
• Hecker Guthrie: Melbourne-based architecture and interior design practice working across residential, retail and workplace with comparable mid-sized studio profile and design-led positioning. Operates in the same Australian design-award circuit and serves similar high-end retail and residential clients.
• Jackson Clements Burrows (JCB): Melbourne architecture practice with deep experience in residential, interior and adaptive reuse projects. Comparable mid-sized design-led practice competing for similar Australian design awards and high-end residential commissions.
• Golden: Australian design studio known for distinctive retail, hospitality and workplace interiors with a similar small-team, design-led model and press profile. Competes for the same kind of brand-driven retail and commercial interior briefs.
• Wardle (formerly WOWOWA Architecture): Small Melbourne architecture studio with a comparable scale and design-led residential and commercial portfolio. Active in the same Australian design awards and press, and shares the small-team, founder-led creative practice model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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