‘Shaping our Future’ Presented by Space for Melbourne Design Week 2022.

3pm Afternoon scene of ‘Shaping our future’ render features products from the Space collection as follows: B&B Italia Camaleonda sofa; Edra Cicladi side tables; Acerbis Storet drawers; Roll & Hill Atlas table lamp; Living Divani Offcut bookshelf; SP01 x Rometti accessories range; Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GMBH Around colours rug. Photography by Haydn Cattach. Digital art by Tom Hancocks.

‘Shaping our future’ installation at Space Melbourne.

‘7pm, Dusk’ render, featuring the following products from the Space Collection: Kartell Earl of Wood desk; Kartell Q/Wood swivel chair; Foscarini Satellight lamp. Photography by Haydn Cattach. Digital art by Tom Hancocks.

A different view of the ‘7pm, Dusk’ render, featuring the following products from the Space Collection: Baxter Milano bed; Giorgetti Summa small table; Glas Italia Simoon coffee table; Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GMBH Around Colours rug; Foscarini Nuée ceiling light; SP01 Royce armchair; Foscarini Tobia floor lamp. Photography by Haydn Cattach. Digital art by Tom Hancocks.

‘Shaping our future’ installation at Space Melbourne. SP01 Royce armchair sits on Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GMBH Around Colours rug.

Space has devised a visual feast for Melbourne Design Week 2022 responding to this year’s theme ‘Design the world you want’. The installation marks the beginning of a journey for the premium retail brand as they take a closer look at their design collections through the lens of ethical and sustainable practices, along with the steps Space is taking to review its own business systems on the path to becoming carbon neutral.

Enlisting some exemplary local talent, Space Melbourne transformed the front of their Richmond showroom into a fictional apartment. With three curated rooms, the installation hinged on the idea that “the value of design is not only judged through its functional or aesthetic impact, but on its environmental and social impact on the planet.” Not a bad place to start.

Designed by the Space Furniture team in consultation with creative powerhouse Nat Turnbull, and fabricated by the talented installation team Feather Edge, the concept apartment is an otherworldly look into the brand’s philosophy to engage with furniture and objects that express quality, function, beauty, and overwhelmingly—product longevity. Seemingly moulded, the utopic and dreamlike silhouette of the apartment with its jagged archways and crescent shaped walls reflect the show’s overarching idea to shape our future.

Filled with furniture from their showroom, the team invited people in to explore and learn about the current and future directions for their brand partners B&B Italia and Kartell who are both developing exciting materials and design processes to transform their products. Space also delved into their own business systems, opening up a conversation between customers, designers and the team on how to forge a path towards becoming carbon neutral.

Related: Highlights from Melbourne Design Week 2022.

Complementing the apartment is a dreamlike photography series by Tom Hancocks inspired by nature. Each room has been recreated within a divine dreamscape that blurs the boundaries between fantasy and reality. With an undeniably optimistic undertone, the interiors are surrounded by meadows of flowers, stars in the night sky and the calm of the ocean. Not just a pretty picture, the series serves to draw parallels with new innovative technologies that are helping to shape a circular design future.

“Each image aims to remind us of our ever tangible connection to the beauty of nature and the possibilities it brings, and to act as a visual reminder of why we must as a business and individuals come together to re-shape our impact on the world for the better,” explains the team at Space.

With a poetic showcase, Space has opened a door that focuses on its own role within the design ecosystem, aimed towards helping to shape the world we all want.

If you couldn’t make it to Melbourne to experience the showcase, the conversation will continue with a travelling exhibition of ‘Shaping our future’, visiting Space Sydney, Brisbane and Singapore throughout 2022. For more information, head to spacefurniture.com.au.

Related: Acerbis Unveils New Collection Under Creative Direction of Francesco Meda & David Lopez Quincoces.

Night scene render features products from the Space collection as follows: B&B Italia Outdoor Husk armchair; Moooi Obon table and Foscarini Gioia wall light. Photography by Haydn Cattach. Digital art by Tom Hancocks.

‘Shaping our future’ installation at Space Melbourne featuring B&B Italia Outdoor Husk armchair and Foscarini Gioia wall light, looking through to Acerbis Storet drawers.

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[Images courtesy of Space Furniture. Photography by Haydn Cattach.]