A Deep Dive into Melbourne Design Week 2021 Highlights.Underpinned by three overarching principles—Care, Climate & Community—Melbourne Design Week 2021 presented with plenty of heart, silver linings and provocative ideas aiming to design a better world for everyone—the one that not only...
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...
Under The Sea: Sarah & Sebastian Armadale by Russell & George.A complex palette of all-black materials in varying sheens and intensity captures the spirit of the mostly unexplored world beneath the waves in Russell and George’s latest offering for Sarah and Sebastian's first Melbourne boutique. An...
Sydney Harbour Pavilion Made with Oyster Shells by SPRESSER + Peter Besley.SPRESSER and Peter Besley have won an architecture competition for a new permanent public pavilion on Sydney Harbour. Made of recycled Sydney oyster shells, the Pavilion references human gathering by the sea. It is designed as a democratic...
Prioritising Repurposed Materials: Bermonds Locke London by Holloway Li.Inspired by California’s Joshua Tree and the Navajo desert, Holloway Li have created Bermonds Locke, an electric, surreal and dreamlike urban retreat in the heart of South London that prioritises repurposed materials. From the...
0408: A Memorial for Beirut Made from Explosion Debris by two Lebanese Designers.After the horrific Beirut explosion in August 2020, two Lebanese designers, Cynthia el Frenn and Yara Chaker, came together around a personal project that commemorates lost lives. The resulting 0408 memory object uses pieces of glass and...
Discarded Face Masks Upcycled into Stools by Haneul Kim.South Korean designer Haneul Kim has collected thousands of used disposable face masks from his university campus and recycled them into stackable stools. Dubbed “Stack and Stack (In Pandemic)”, the project hopes to set an example for...
Supernovas Launches 100% Recycled & Recyclable Furniture Collection Designed by Odd Matter.Circular design and lifestyle company Supernovas is launching Afterlife, it's first easy-to-assemble, entirely recyclable furniture line exclusively made from recycled plastic. The collection, designed in collaboration with Dutch design...
Circula: Tomek Rygalik’s Circular Design.Circula, by Polish designer Tomek Rygalik, is a bench created to offer a symbolic and functional space for dialogue and encourage direct social interactions. Originally commissioned to encourage communication among school children, Circula...
