Resident
Established in 2011 by Simon James and Scott Bridgens, Resident is a globally focussed design company from New Zealand.
Residents mission is to offer products with an unparalleled level of creativity and innovation, coupled with the benefits of fast global delivery.
Our furniture and lighting is for design-conscious people who are passionate about the way they live. The highest level of refinement is pursued in each object, while also holding the unique fingerprint of the designer.
We balance the desire for new ideas and progression with an appreciation for simple forms. The result is objects that can harmonise with a room or act as a deliberate contrast.
Ethos
As makers of furniture and lighting for both commercial and residential spaces, Resident’s practice spans multiple scales and contexts. Regardless of where our focus is, three founding beliefs guide our work.
Design for how we live today
Resident places human needs and desires at the centre of it all. Our collective understanding is that an object should improve the everyday. We design products that help you to host, work, share, recharge, relax and collapse.
Craftsmanship as luxury
As architects of objects, our interpretation of value begins with craftsmanship. We carefully consider detail, push the limits of material, and are inspired by the elemental forms found in nature.
Each design is a living representation of the time and application of skills that’s involved in making an object functional and beautiful.
Built to transcend a lifetime
Design that is resilient and admired; cared for long after its first owner. We consider structural harmony and account for how a piece of furniture might endure wear and tear during the course of its life.
The Offset Dining Table is a bold and heavy-duty furniture piece, which displays the beauty of solid oak in generous proportions. Each Offset leg attaches via an off-centre threaded connector, which enables the legs to locate themselves in an individualised and adjustable position.
Solid, stable, and hardwearing, this is a durable piece for everyday use.
The Offset family includes a dining table, bench, stool,coffee table, and shelf.
Explore our collection of designer lighting to complement this piece.
The Pier Chair is inspired by the thick and straight cylindrical pillars of pier structures. Made entirely from solid oak, the dining chair is composed by using only mortise and tenon joints, allowing the wood fibres to run continuously throughout, giving the piece sustained durability.
Pier’s solid oak seat and backrest are precisely carved by CNC to create a comfortable seating position. Easily stackable, the Pier Chair has a strong yet refined presence that suits a range of domestic and commercial interiors.
The Pier Stool is inspired by the thick and straight cylindrical pillars of pier structures. Made entirely from solid oak, the stool is composed by using only mortise and tenon joints, allowing the wood fibres to run continuously throughout, giving the piece sustained durability.
With its unique and continuous sled legs, Pier casts an elegant silhouette to compliment any bar or benchtop. Easily stackable, the Pier Stools are available in two heights to suit a range of domestic and commercial interiors.
The Offset Bench is a bold and heavy duty furniture piece, which displays the beauty of solid oak in generous proportions. Each Offset leg attaches via an off-centre threaded connector, which enables the legs to locate themselves in an individualised and adjustable position.
The Offset Bench is the perfect complement to a broad range of spaces including entry and hallways, dining rooms and bedrooms.
The Offset family includes a coffee table, dining table, bench, stool and shelf.
The Offset Coffee Table is a playful and irregular piece that displays the beauty of solid oak in generous proportions.
The Offset family includes a dining table, bench, stool and shelf.
The Offset Stool / Side table is a playful and irregular piece, which displays the beauty of solid oak in generous proportions. Each Offset leg attaches via an off-centre threaded connector, which enables the legs to locate themselves in an individualised and adjustable position.
Solid, stable and hardwearing, this is a durable piece for everyday use.
The Offset family includes a dining table, bench, stool and shelf.
The Ghost Pendant is a minimalist pendant light made from two pure borosilicate glass tubes. In a combination of technology and materiality, a warm LED light source shines invisibly through the glass to spectacularly illuminate the lower edges. The result is a delicate visual presence with a powerful light source for the space below.
The Phase Pendant Small is an exercise in creating harmony in the contrast between shadow and luminosity. Drawing inspiration from the lunar phases, this compact crescent pendant is suspended discretely from two slimline wires. The dark bronze body is accompanied by a warm LED lit acrylic diffuser, enhanced with a subtle linen textured appearance.
Handmade in New Zealand.
The Phase Pendant Large is an exercise in creating harmony in the contrast between shadow and luminosity.
Drawing inspiration from the lunar phases, this voluminous crescent pendant is suspended discretely from two slimline wires.
The dark bronze body is accompanied by a warm LED-lit acrylic diffuser, enhanced with a subtle linen-textured appearance. It serves as a striking centrepiece for any room, while giving the impression of weightless suspension.
Handmade in New Zealand.
Pure, soft and ambient, the Drift Pendant is an organic triangular form that glows with even, diffused light. Inspired by a pebble stone, the Drift Pendant alludes a sense of calm and tactility, floating serenely as a weightless form.
Designed for Resident by Michael Young, Drift combines poetic simplicity with careful and precise engineered rigour.
Available in two sizes, the Drift Pendants can work effectively as standalone pieces or in clustered arrangements - bringing gentle, ethereal illumination to residential and commercial spaces alike.
Miko has one ex-display Tri Pendant Light by Resident for sale.
Tri is an elegant pendant, whose geometric form resembles the inside of an equilateral triangle. Tri contains a high-quality LED light source elegantly diffused through a recessed acrylic diffuser.
Entirely handmade, Tri is a modern alternative for home, office, or retail spaces.
The Bloom Pendant’s super-elliptical form is inspired by the gentle dynamic flow of paper lanterns. Its glorious lit effect is the result of transparency and light. Two contrasting materials – a finely perforated mesh core and frosted blown glass, combine to project a soft focus texture onto the inside of the shade.
At the same time, an unobstructed pool of light is projected downwards onto objects below. Bloom’s distinct character is evident both in its on and off state, creating a versatile, value for money pendant light.
The Parison Pendant is a mouth-blown glass pendant created with a mixture of coloured and clear glass.
The Parison’s surface is a consistent gradient of opaque black or white at the top, to transparent at the base. The underside surface contains facets, creating a beautiful contradiction between fluid and jagged.
Circus is a remarkable system of interconnected rings that can be arranged to create a striking vertical decoration.
Each brass ring projects an elegantly diffused warm LED light source outwards around a 360-degree plane. The revolutionary plug and play system allows for power sharing between rings and a large range of variations to suit spaces of various shapes and sizes.
Circus is a theatrical and truly flexible system ideal for commercial and residential environments.
Tri is an elegant pendant, whose geometric form resembles the inside of an equilateral triangle. Tri contains a high-quality LED light source elegantly diffused through a recessed acrylic diffuser.
Entirely handmade, Tri is a modern alternative for home, office, or retail spaces.
The Hex 500 Pendant is a member of Resident’s signature ‘Geometric Family’. The Geometric Family displays precise, innovative, and functional feature lighting for both the home and commercial environments.
Hex 500 works well as a single pendant, displayed in multiples or with other members of the geometric lighting family.
The Bloom Floor Light’s super-elliptical form is inspired by the gentle dynamic flow of paper lanterns. Its glorious lit effect is the result of transparency and light.
Two contrasting materials, a finely perforated mesh core, and frosted blown glass combine to project a soft focus texture onto the inside of the shade.
Combined with the contrast of a matte black floor stand, Bloom’s distinct character is evident both in its on and off state, creating a versatile, value for money floor light.
Resident’s first product to launch, and now an iconic recognised design staple. Spar is a large cantilevered floor light that takes inspiration from the mast arrangements of classic sailing boats.
With a simple two-dimensional silhouette that relies on a tensioned electrical cable for support, and a spun aluminium shade that rotates 360 degrees allowing for the light source to be directed accordingly.
The Bloom Table lights’ super-elliptical form is inspired by the gentle dynamic flow of paper lanterns. Its glorious lit effect is the result of light passing through a finely perforated mesh core and onto the inside of the frosted blown glass shade, thus creating a distinctive pattern.
Sitting proudly atop a plated stainless steel base, the Bloom Table light projects a warm consistent hue upwards into a space.
The Park Sofa takes the refined arm detailing from our Arcade and Auctioneer ranges, and applies it to a new rounded silhouette, designed to work for both home and office.
Sculptural curves are offset by its grounded form and generous size, creating a piece that offers both structured support and relaxation. Comprising timber frame construction, an upholstered seat in multi-density foam, and a foam and feather combination in the back cushion for comfortable back support.
Also available as an armchair swivel option, the Park Swivel Chair.
A carefully selected rug will ground the sofa and define the room. Our collection of Kvadrat rugs offers both custom and in-stock options suited to contemporary interiors, and can be paired with our range of designer lighting in Canberra including pendant lights, wall lights and floor lamps.