About the designer
Patrick Adeney is a Melbourne-based designer and maker working under the name Studio Adeney. After apprenticing as a cabinet-maker following studies in fine art (painting) at Monash University, Melbourne, he established his own business. Adeney’s solid-timber furniture collections bring together his technical precision in making with a fascination with structure and the expressive potential of construction. Adeney’s Mara bench and Arlo stool received commendations at Australia’s Next Top Designers at Denfair, Sydney in 2022, and his Winslow lounge chair was awarded the Clarence Prize for Excellence in Furniture Design in 2023.
‘I conceived Banana lounge as a contemporary reinvention of the classic Australian backyard lounge, building on established design principles developed through my current body of work. Through this piece, I hope to highlight an important connection between contemporary furniture in the public eye and its place in the family home – a symbiosis that is key to the preservation and celebration of both.
Limited to an edition of ten, the Banana lounge aspires to join a lineage of iconic Australian lounges, including Marc Newson’s 1980s Lockheed lounge and the Tessa T8 by Fred Lowen from the 1970s – the latter of which occupied pride of place in my grandparents’ lounge room.’ – Patrick Adeney