Dasha Tolotchkov is a Melbourne-based exhibition designer at the National Gallery of Victoria. Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 for 2025/2026, she brings a playful and detail-driven approach to creating spatial experiences that evoke emotion, curiosity and quiet surprise. Australian Design Review: What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? Dasha Tolotchkov: In my spare time, […]
The summer blockbuster exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is celebrating the work of two globally celebrated designers and mavericks – Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo of Gommes des Garçons in Westwood | Kawakubo. The two designers were born a year apart (Westwood in 1941 and Kawakubo 1942), but only the latter is […]
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia is displaying all eight designs entered into The Fox: NGV Contemporary Design Competition, including the winning design by Angelo Candalepas and Associates. The Fox: NGV Contemporary Design Competition exhibition celebrates “the extraordinary creativity, innovation and collaborative spirit that empowered each proposed design for Australia’s largest gallery of contemporary art […]
As part of Melbourne Design Week, the National Gallery of Victoria and Stylecraft has announced Ashley Eriksmoen as the winner of the Australian Furniture Design Award (AFDA). Founded by Stylecraft and first awarded in 2015, AFDA is a national competition open to all Australian designers and makers. The award recognised excellence in furniture design and […]
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