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Stage Management Desk

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The show must go on! The stage management desk controls everything to do with the performance at the venues in the Sydney Opera House in both the front and back of house. The six existing units were well past their use by date and needed to be replaced with a state of the art design to serve for the next 20 years.

Winner of the 2012 Melbourne Design Award for best business and technology product, Charlwood’s solution is a flexible and functional desk that houses all the control equipment and interfaces within a beautiful and ergonomically designed console.

Stage Automation

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Charlwood has designed and engineered three generations of stage automation equipment. Highly valuable devices designed for low volume production with a range that includes a wireless handheld device and a large scale controlling desk. This equipment must be extremely reliable as “the show must go on”!

Hotel Door Locking System

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Charlwood Design worked collaboratively with the client on both the design and engineering of the mechanism and card reader. The design had to allow the card reader to be mounted proud of the door eliminating the need to cut a rectangular hole in the door.

We completed extensive Stress Analysis to confirm that the large die-castings would withstand attempts to force the door lock open.

Advertising Hand Dryer & Signage

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A product range of washroom adverting signage and audio visual hand dryers. Charlwood developed the dryer, sound system and play back technology with our partners to supply a complete solution. The units are IP rated and Vandal resistant and the hand dryer plays ads only when in use.

Speed Detector

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This speed detection device consists of an optical transmitter and receiver units on opposite sides of the carriageway and classifies passing vehicles. It is one of the most accurate speed detection devices commercially available. Charlwood design has designed and engineered two generations of this product. It is an extremely robust and reliable product with die cast construction and an IP 68 rating.

‘Spout’ Basin

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“Spout” is our concept for minimalist bathroom basin design that merges technology and style. It is a unique basin that incorporates an internal sensor- activated mixer tap. The user simply places their hands in the bowl to activate the water with the desired temperature set via a small dial.

All necessary hardware such as the infrared sensor, control box and power can be housed within the basin. There is also a manual override button housed in the centre of the dial that can be pushed for continuous water if you would like to fill the sink.

This design was a recent finalist in the Reece bathroom innovation award.

Stadium Seat Back & Tablet

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Charlwood design was commissioned to design a seat back, writing tablet and connecting folding mechanism for stadiums and university lecture theatres. The tablet’s patented mechanism enables a smooth intuitive folding, and the seat back doubles as a safety barrier to prevent people falling from the row above.

Go-Yo Racing Yo-Yo

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Our client wanted a Yo-Yo that users could race off its string like a wheel, so we developed a mechanism and obtained a worldwide patent. The Go-Yo sold 10 million units in its first year on the market. The ‘C’ clip patent is very simple thus difficult to get around.

G-Clip Earphone Cable Tidy

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Our client wanted a plastic clip designed to keep earphone cables tidy and tangle-free when not in use. Drawing inspiration from young, MP3-playing consumers, we developed a product that reinforced the client’s brand and came in a range of colours and finishes.