Opus Vincula: Mattresses Bound by Charlie White at Melbourne Design Week 2021.Presented at Blackwoods Gallery during MDW21, Charlie White’s Opus Vincula exhibition of experimental furniture uses mattresses found curbside. These discarded objects became the source of polyurethane foam for making furniture and...
Astra Walker Unveils New Brisbane Showroom by Richards & Spence.Astra Walker Brisbane showroom's galley-style layout presents as a series of bays with products on one side, where private moments with individual pieces from every range can be enjoyed. The side facing the street has a warmly lit...
Baina Organic Cotton Towels Celebrate the Daily Bathing Ritual.Baina’s approach to design is anchored in print and colour with a considered sensibility that nods to fine art, sculpture, architecture and colour theory. While harnessing simplicity, Baina experiments with texture to create shape,...
Sarah Ellison Introduces La Banda Capsule Collection.Inspired by the Italian word for ‘Stripe’, Sarah Ellison’s capsule collection ‘La Banda’ is a celebration and exploration of workmanship, form and structure through the Australian design...
The Good, The Inspiring & The Talented: Melbourne Design Week 2021 Video Highlights.If there's one thing I will remember about MDW21, it's the enormously powerful collective sense of renewed purpose and meaningful conversations. I hope you enjoy this special spotlight on Melbourne's wonderful design community and some of...
Assemble Dial Collection by Astra Walker.Last year was a tumultuous time for many, but for Sydney-based tapware manufacturer Astra Walker, it offered some valuable thinking time. The result is the release of new lines that invite us to linger a little longer during everyday...
After Hours at Volker Haug Studio during Melbourne Design Week 2021.Housed at Volker Haug Studio’s converted 1940s warehouse in East Brunswick, and held in conjunction with Melbourne Design Week 2021, After Hours was an exhibition of side projects by local creatives—the work they do when they’re not...
Design by Reborn’s Persian Carpet Reincarnates as a 2-meter Magnetic Robot from Saigon.Inspired by a handcrafted Persian rug, Vietnam-based Design by Reborn have created a two-metre magnetic robot from Saigon that captures the wonder of the cosmos. 7,236 different patterns featuring space crafts, black holes, stars, planets...
The Nature of an Island by Dale Hardiman & James Lemon at Melbourne Design Week 2021.Responding to this year's premise for Melbourne Design Week, 'Design the World You Want', designer Dale Hardiman and & ceramic artist James Lemon conceived the Nature of an Island as a motif of a future of chaos led by...
