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(SOME THINGS) 2024
 (NO THINGS) 2023
 

For Melbourne Design Week 2024, MATTERS will again claim Villa Alba Museum as it’s home and heartbeat. Opening its doors to Melbourne’s premier clash of contemporary design within classical walls, MATTERS will play host to some of Australia’s most notable
and emerging designers, makers, and artists.
(SOME THINGS)
MATTERS

 






DNJ Paper
A collaborative research project and micro-label that uses handmade recycled rag paper and Japanese paper (washi) to create paper clothing, accessories, and objects in response to pressing social, aesthetic, and conceptual questions.

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(MATERIAL TRANSFORMATION) A wardrobe, a place, crushed down into bricks and pucks. Garments too tattered to be worn or even repaired, leaves fallen from trees.All crushed into a slurry and reformed into something new. These are experimental prototypes for material transformation and reconstruction using very old methods in new contexts.
(SOME THINGS)
MATTERS
 
For Melbourne Design Week 2024, MATTERS will again claim Villa Alba Museum as it’s home and heartbeat. Opening its doors to Melbourne’s premier clash of contemporary design within classical walls, MATTERS will play host to some of Australia’s most notable
and emerging designers, makers, and artists.
MATTERS is a collaborative platform and exhibition host that advocates for time and intention in the design process. Prompted by the question 'what matters to you?', MATTERS serves as an outlet for contemporary concerns, with a steadfast focus on three core thematic pillars: process, community, and longevity. Following the success of (NO THINGS) in 2023 - the inaugural instalment in a three-part group exhibition initiated by Marlo Lyda and Jordan Fleming -  MATTERS will once again claim Villa Alba Museum as its home and heartbeat in 2024. This Melbourne Design Week, MATTERS will uniquely commandeer the entire venue for a premier convergence of contemporary design within classical walls.For Melbourne Design Week 2024, MATTERS will again claim Villa Alba Museum as it’s home and heartbeat. Opening its doors to Melbourne's premier clash of contemporary design within classical walls, MATTERS will play host to some of Australia’s most notable and emerging designers, makers, and artists. Witness the museum's ornate chambers and distinctive living spaces transform into a prolific fusion of materials, concepts, and characters.