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Centre Essentials

Design to Delivery

Synthesis offers a comprehensive range of display, marketing and communication products for shopping centres and retail environments throughout Australia.

Designed in-house, our products are made to order on-site at our Melbourne premises. You can choose a standard item from our catalogue or products can be tailored to meet your individual specifications.

Synthesis is extremely proud of the quality of our products and the standard of service we offer our valued customers.

Visit our Centre Essentials catalogue to see our range of products including:

+  Poster stands
+  Entry barrels
+  Counters
+  Showcases
+  Please Take One stands
+  Gift wrapping stations
+  Mobile demonstration kitchens
+  Santa settings/displays

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Slimline Poster Stand | Our Centre Essentials rang Slimline Poster Stand | Our Centre Essentials range of poster stands and mall essentials is custom made to order in our Melbourne production facility and delivered across Australia and New Zealand.

Shown here is our compact Slimline 30” x 40” Poster Stand finished in white.  As we design and produce our range in-house, all colours and finishes can be customised to match existing décor and branding, including full colour logos. 

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The Centre Essentials Eco poster stand comes in a The Centre Essentials Eco poster stand comes in a range of sizes, including the A2 shown here.  Custom designed and built to order at our Melbourne premises, in simple black or fully customised to match your existing decor and branding, our poster stands are shipped Australia wide.

To see our full poster stand and product range, view our catalogue by visiting us on the web (link in bio).

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Custom Donation Bins | Our company specialises in Custom Donation Bins | Our company specialises in the creation of custom donation bins tailored for recycling or charity purposes. Our latest custom donation units feature a three-bay lockable donation bay and durable solid surface tops. These mobile units are designed for versatility, offering customisation through branding or decals, and can be easily repurposed for future promotional campaigns.
Custom poster stands, 100% designed and made to or Custom poster stands, 100% designed and made to order in Melbourne, delivered Australia wide.

Pictured here is our 30" x 40" Eco poster stand in silver with brushed aluminium trim for Australia Fair on the Gold Coast.

Contact us for custom design of your concept or choose from the Centre Essentials range shown in our catalogue (view via the link in our bio.) All products are 100% designed and produced to order in-house so all colours and finishes can be customised to match existing decor and branding.

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#custommade #customjoinery
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Custom Acrylic Poster and Brochure Stand – fully Custom Acrylic Poster and Brochure Stand – fully designed and produced in our Melbourne premises to meet a client’s brief, these custom poster and brochure stands are timeless pieces of mall furniture.   
 
Contact us for custom design of your concept or choose from the Centre Essentials range shown in our catalogue (view via the link in our bio.)  All products are 100% designed and produced to order in-house so all colours and finishes can be customised to match existing decor and branding.

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Mobile Customer Service Counters and Please Take O Mobile Customer Service Counters and Please Take One stands can be custom produced to suit your branding from black and white or any colour in between. Timeless Satin Black with custom branding was chosen for the Spencer Outlet Centre in Melbourne.

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Custom Demonstration Kitchen | This beautifully de Custom Demonstration Kitchen | This beautifully detailed custom demonstration kitchen features select grade blackbutt joinery, imported porcelain tiles with accent terracotta grout, Corian bench tops and Ariston appliances, all hand crafted into three portable modules. All of our Centre Essentials range is fully fabricated at our Melbourne premises to your order, with colours and sizes customised to meet your requirements.
 
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DFO Uni Hill | Custom Visual Merchandising Display DFO Uni Hill | Custom Visual Merchandising Displays : for over 30 years Synthesis has been designing and producing visual merchandising displays from a single plinth to a complete interior. The VM pods designed for DFO Uni Hill incorporate mannequin plinths and showcases, each produced as individual units to allow total flexibility when grouping or as standalone displays.

Our Centre Essentials range is 100% designed and built to order in Melbourne and delivered Australia wide. 

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Slimline Poster Stand | Our Centre Essentials rang Slimline Poster Stand | Our Centre Essentials range of poster stands and mall essentials is custom made to order in our Melbourne production facility and delivered across Australia and New Zealand.  Shown here is our Slimline 30” x 40” Poster Stand finished in silver and brushed aluminium.  As we design and produce our range in-house, all colours and finishes can be customised to match existing décor and branding including full colour logos. 

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Meet the Eco poster stand family! Now available in Meet the Eco poster stand family! Now available in A3, A2 and A0 in addition to the original and ever faithful 30" x 40" poster size.  Custom designed and built to order at our Melbourne premises, in simple black or fully customised to match your existing decor and branding. 

To see our full poster stand and product range, view our catalogue by visiting us on the web (link in bio).

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Custom Industrial Poster Stands - Synthesis recent Custom Industrial Poster Stands - Synthesis recently produced these industrial/retro style poster stands for a valued client. The bespoke stands have been produced from a combination of steel & aluminium and are finished in a smooth, satin black powder coat.
 
Synthesis custom designs and fabricates poster stands to suit the architectural style of any public space, shopping centre, hotel, office or entertainment venue.

To see more of the Centre Essentials poster stand range go to www.centre-essentials.com.au

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Directory Pylon – Custom designed and fabricated Directory Pylon – Custom designed and fabricated for Grafton Shoppingworld, the double sided directory pylon is freestanding and easy to position in place.  The pylon features a removable directory panel allowing for easy updates and a snap frame for marketing signage.  Colours and finishes were chosen by Grafton Shoppingworld to compliment existing colours and finishes in the centre.
 
The Centre Essentials range is 100% designed and made in Melbourne and shipped Australia wide.
 
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Poster stands and entry boxes proudly designed and Poster stands and entry boxes proudly designed and made to order in Melbourne, shipped Australia wide!

Shown here are the Slimline 30 x 40 poster stand and Budget Entry Box. 

As we design and produce everything in-house, all colours and finishes can be customised to match existing decor and branding.

Or we can custom design from your concept to bring your marketing ideas to life.

View our catalogue via the link in our bio.

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The Centre Essentials mobile counter is a series o The Centre Essentials mobile counter is a series of modular units that can be rolled out of storage for when you need it, then hidden away when you don't. 

Great as a seasonal gift wrapping counter or promotional/information counter, this counter is available in various sizes, with or without overhead signage. 

And because we build to order at our premises in Melbourne, colours and finishes can be fully customised to match existing decor and branding. 

View our catalogue at our website for other variations or call us for a quote.

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Custom poster stands, 100% designed and made to or Custom poster stands, 100% designed and made to order in Melbourne, delivered Australia wide. 

Pictured here are our popular Eco poster stand, in beech with a black T-mold trim produced for Rose City, Queensland.

Colours and finishes completely customisable to match existing decor or branding. 

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#shoppingcentre
#posterstands #promotion #custommade #customjoinery #CentreEssentials #marketingtools #display #signstand
Custom Portable Demonstration Kitchen :  Produced Custom Portable Demonstration Kitchen :  Produced by Synthesis as part of our Centre Essentials range, this demonstration kitchen was fully customised to match the colours, finishes and existing architectural detail of the Brickworks Centre in NSW.  The kitchen features a lovely natural oak bench top and produce shelves, black powder coated trims, stainless steel appliances and a white subway tile fascia panel.  Natural oak planters provide space for a touch of greenery to finish off the look.

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Custom orders 1 to 100! Proudly made in our Melbou Custom orders 1 to 100! Proudly made in our Melbourne workshop, a single poster stand or hundreds of hand sanitiser units, all custom made to suit your requirements.
 
This recent order of custom black Eco poster stands for Peninsula Fair Queensland featuring floating acrylic logo panels, is an example of how we can brand any of the Center Essentials product range to suit your project.

We are just an email away from helping to bring your in-centre poster stand, display or VM ideas to life.

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Centre Essentials display cases set of three recen Centre Essentials display cases set of three recently completed for a valued customer. Fully fabricated at our Melbourne premises to your order, colours and sizes are fully customised to meet your requirements.  Featuring security secured acrylic top and shown here with a vinyl wrap finish.

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Centre Essentials kid's trestle tables with matchi Centre Essentials kid's trestle tables with matching fence posts and traditional picket PVC fencing panels. Because we build to order in our Melbourne premises, colours can be customised to your requirements. 

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Centre Essentials offers a comprehensive range of Centre Essentials offers a comprehensive range of Justice of the Peace Booths, proudly made in Melbourne and delivered nationally.
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You can choose a JP Booth with drawers and/or cupboards and sneeze guards can also be supplied.
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And because our JP Booths are fully designed and fabricated in-house, colours and finishes are completely customisable. We can even supply the chairs!

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Yarra Ranges Regional Museum | A Toast to Melba ~ It has been wonderful to support Yarra Ranges Regional Museum once again with custom graphic elements and joinery.  A Toast to Melba shares rarely seen objects, photographs, and personal treasures from Coombe Yarra Valley, Arts Centre Melbourne, and Yarra Ranges Regional Museum—brought together for the first time in this dynamic new exhibition.

Thanks again to the YRRM exhibition team for the opportunity to assist you on this project.

Photo - Sean Paris Photography

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Flashback Friday: Curved, carved, and complex ~ Ev Flashback Friday: Curved, carved, and complex ~ Every project leaves lasting memories and enables us to deliver better outcomes for future projects.  The project pictured here was a hand sculptured relief panel installed into a new cinema development in Richmond, Victoria, in the early 2000s. 

Today, 25 years later, the design, development, templating, carving, coating, and polishing techniques used in this project remain relevant and are still utilised in our processes. This project presented unique challenges, especially with the intricate curves that needed to align perfectly with the joinery, ceiling, and wall contours. To address this, we developed an innovative templating method, which we incorporated into early 3D CAD/CAM modelling systems. This approach continues to be a vital part of our work, ensuring that we can achieve seamless integration between new and existing complex curved contours.

The final result was an installation that appeared as a single, flawless piece of polished brass.

With each project comes experience and knowledge, we learn about new materials, create new production methods, and work out how to solve problems we didn’t even know we had. As we enter our 37th year in operation, we take pride in the thousands of projects we've successfully completed.

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Melbourne Holocaust Museum – Underground: The Hi Melbourne Holocaust Museum – Underground: The Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto ~ Synthesis recently had the privilege of completing the build for Underground, an exhibition of rare artefacts from the hidden archive of the Warsaw Ghetto, on display for the first time outside of Europe.

The Synthesis scope of work encompassed the off-site production of all joinery, including a suite of handcrafted solid timber-framed, free-standing display furniture and forms meticulously assembled without any visible fixings. Once the joinery frames were installed, they were painted and wrapped in fabric. Custom showcases and graphics by Synthesis were then fixed to the joinery, completing the installation of built form.  Additionally, lightboxes, free-standing showcases, and display walls were designed, manufactured, and installed by Synthesis  to support and complement the exhibition story.

Thank you to the MHM exhibition team for entrusting Synthesis to help bring the exhibition to fruition.

The exhibition is currently on display until 30 March 2025. 

For a full list of exhibition credits and further information, please see https://mhm.org.au/underground/

3D Exhibition Design: Space Arrangers
2D Design:  Studio Tweed
Build methodology, production design, off-site construction, installation, signage and graphic production, showcases and finishing, and photos 4 - 6: @Synthesis_designbuild

Photographs 1 - 3: @simonshiffsays
Science Gallery Melbourne | SCI-FI: Mythologies Tr Science Gallery Melbourne | SCI-FI: Mythologies Transformed offers fresh insights on science fiction, a genre built on envisioning alternative futures and imaginary realms. The lines connecting science fiction with ancient philosophy and mythologie s are brought to light through the work of Asian and First Nations women artists and collectives.

The Synthesis team was contracted to complete the built form scope for the SCI-FI: Mythologies Transformed exhibition including design and development of the engineered 7.5m x 7.5m floor structure and elements to support the Red Silk of Fate installation. Custom LED lighting baffles were created for use throughout the exhibition in addition to semi-circular plinth joinery, a custom seating and display library fixture for the reading zone (complete with old school fat back TV and DVD player) and freestanding, internally illuminated plinths and showcases.  The exhibition built form also included many re-purposed elements of joinery, seating and tables from previous Synthesis exhibition builds and installations at SGM. 

Thanks once again to the Science Gallery Project Team and Curators for entrusting Synthesis with helping to bring the Sci-Fi exhibition to life. 

The exhibition reopens to the public from 19 Feb 2025. 

Exhibition Design: Sibling, Forde + Nicol, Napp Studios
Images 1 & 4 -  Matthew Stanton
Images 2, 3 & 5 - Synthesis Design + Build
Images 6 & 7 - Phoebe Powell
Flashback Friday: Christmas by Synthesis at Parkmo Flashback Friday: Christmas by Synthesis at Parkmore Shopping Centre 1989 ~ 35 years ago, the Synthesis team were hard at work creating what would become a truly memorable Christmas installation.

Centred around a 100-year-old carousel, beautifully restored & refurbished by the team at Wittingslow Amusements, the Santa setting at Parkmore Shopping Centre came alive to the delight of young and old.  The amazing sight of the carousel turning to the sound of Christmas carols, surrounded by sparkling white, silver, and pastel decorations (it was 1989!!) made it a Christmas installation with a difference and drew customers from far and wide.

The set design and supporting marketing campaigns went on to win many awards.

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Buxton Contemporary Gallery | Assembled Audience O Buxton Contemporary Gallery | Assembled Audience Octagon ~ It’s no mean feat to prefabricate free standing, self-supporting engineered structures that meet building codes, Australian standards & fire regulations whilst achieving the design intent of the artist’s vision.

But this is what we do.

As registered builders working to support the arts, Synthesis specialises in developing build methodology to achieve a full project life cycle from material selection and connection methods to repurposing built form at the end of a project, including deinstallation and recycling.  Synthesis takes into account every aspect of compliance, meeting all codes and regulations to keep visitors safe when enjoying museums, galleries and public spaces.

The example pictured here provides a glimpse behind the scenes of the recent build; Assembled Audience at Buxton Contemporary for the artist Taryn Simon’s sound installation.  Audiences have responded with “fear and delight” in the enclosed, pitch-black space.

This is the last week you can experience the same crowd never gathers twice closing on 13 October.

Curated by: Annika Aitken
Exhibition Design: @anitagigidesign
Build methodology, construction, installation, finishing, and photo: @Synthesis_designbuild

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