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Squiggles and Cube at The Tie Factory NGV MDW
Events

Melbourne Design Week 2024

23 May – 2 June 2024 | Melbourne, Australia

The eighth edition of the National Gallery of Victoria’s Melbourn Design Week explores the theme ‘Design the world you want’, focusing on energy, ethics, and ecology. The event includes over 300 exhibitions, displays, symposiums and talks throughout Melbourne and Victoria. Highlights include keynotes from Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo and design critic Alice Rawsthorn, the One-Stop Bug-Shop vending machine and the tenth Melbourne Art Book Fair.

The fifth annual Melbourne Design Week Award was given to A&A, a collaboration between Australian industrial designer Adam Goodrum and French marquetry artisan Arthur Seigneur. The 2024 Australian Furniture Design Award went to Australian-Portuguese architect and multidisciplinary designer Marta Figueiredo.

The image shows an Installation view of Squiggles and Cubes presented by Meagan Streader and Billy Horn, on display from 23 May – 2 June at The Tie Factory, as part of Melbourne Design Week 2024. Photo: Sean Fennessy. Melbourne Design Week, NGV

Stylecraft Install Ben Moyniham
Installation view of Marta Figueiredo’s cabinet Chronicles of Resilience, the winning design for the Australian Furniture Design Award 2024 presented by NGV and Stylecraft. Photo Ben Moynihan
A&A The Kissing Cabinet, 2024 installation view
Installation view of The Kissing Cabinet presented by A&A and Tolarno Galleries on display from 25 May – 1 June at Tolarno Galleries in Melbourne Design Week 2024. Image courtesy of A&A and Tolarno Galleries. Photo Andrew Curtis 
SAT02 Al Borde Raw Thresholdh photographer Danko Stjepanovic
Al Borde’s Raw Threshold for the Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023, curated by Tosin Oshiwono. Photo Danko Stjepanovic
Collected debris djulpan
Ghost Nets – Agency Projects x TAIT. Collective debris Djulpan Sea Shepherd Australia. Photo Rebecca Griffiths
Photo Courtesy Numbulwar Numburindi Arts & Tait GhostNet Tidal Chairs_
Ghost Nets – Agency Projects x TAIT. Ghost Net Tidal Chairs. Image courtesy of Numbulwar Numburindi Arts & Tait
NGV MDW MATTERS satellite event
Installation view of (MATTERS) presented by Villa Alba from 24 May – 27 May at Villa Alba Museum as part of Melbourne Design Week 2024
Credit Pier Carthew Jess Kneebone
Furniture, lighting and object works which will be displayed at PLURAL presented by Sabu Studio and Harley Hamilton at Melbourne Design Week 2024. Image courtesy of Pier Carthew and Jess Kneebone
Aesop algae based bio plastic MDW 2024
Jessie French at Aesop window putting up algae-based bioplastic window decal which will be on display at Other Matter x Aesop at Melbourne Design Week 2024. Image courtesy of Good Grief Productions