Yarra View | Australian Open | CHARD International

Creative Director, Gary Chard, has three decades of experience creating exciting interior spaces. Our approach involves more than superficial decoration. While well-considered aesthetics remain at the heart of our work, we believe effortless functionality is just as important to an environment’s impact and enjoyment.

Projects are guided by a consistent methodology: thorough research, interaction, feedback, collaboration and strategic design delivering sustainable and engaging outcomes that are always innovative and timeless. Much of our work is event based, so we are experts in interpreting and translating brands into 3D experiences.

CHARD has worked closely with the Australian Open for 15 years, bringing their corporate hospitality spaces to life. We consider everything the guest sees, smells and hears, to create immersive, fully engaging spaces. The ten pop up corporate spaces at this years Australian Open ranged from exclusive VIP experiences to large restaurants accessible to the public.

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YARRA VIEW Suite

Australian Open 2019

Client: Tennis Australia

Build: Red Exhibitions

Photographer: Armelle Habib

Furniture: Dann Event Hire and Harry the Hirer

Planting: Nathan Burkett Design

Tennis Australia introduced this 100 seat and 150 square metre marquee overlooking the Yarra River as a new offering in 2019. The brief requested that the general lfeel of the room should be polished with an emphasis on “bringing the outdoors inside” and summer.

CHARD adopted a playful approach to achieve a sense of summer, and implemented this in a contemporary neo Memphis application which has currency in todays’ marketplace