Melbourne Design Week 2024 kicks off on 23 May, presenting 11 official days of more than 300 events centred around the theme: ‘Design the world you want’. Now in its eighth year, Melbourne Design Week is a significant annual design festival in Australia, which presents innovative exhibitions, international keynotes, displays, workshops, symposiums and more. With […]
Heritage architecture will grapple with 21st century challenges in an upcoming Melbourne Design Week exhibition. There is a tension in the Australian design industry, according to Melbourne-based designer and marketer CJ Cornish and furniture designer and 3D artist Locki Humphrey. The desire to preserve and celebrate our heritage architecture, with its cast-iron balustrades and decorative […]
Brothers Jack and Mark Fearon specialise in transforming bespoke and functional aluminium furniture into sculptures. Burleigh Heads-based brothers Jack and Mark are the brains behind FEARON, a design and fabrication company founded in 2019 with a focus on developing functional aluminium objects into ‘furniture art.’ FEARON’s fusion of visually pleasing art with practical design exemplifies […]
This year’s exhibition from 18 to 24 May will display work that reflects the Melbourne Design Week theme for 2023 of ‘Design the World You Want’, foregrounded in the three pillars of transparency, currency, and legacy. Future Collectives is committed to representing the stories behind inspiring and innovative design concepts in current Australian design. This […]
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