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(SOME THINGS) 2024
 (NO THINGS) 2023
 
18–24 May

Villa Alba Museum
44 Walmer Street
Kew 3101

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During MDW 2023, the first of three instalments, (NO THINGS) MATTERS occupies the ground floor of Villa Alba Museum. Hosting a tactile cornucopia of material samples, interpreted tools, experimental forms, and visual documentation. Inviting audiences to engage with design thinking from its infancy and to follow along on the journey as participants' works manifest into reality.
(NO THINGS)
MATTERS

 







EDWARD LINACRE
A multidisciplinary designer and artist, and co-founder of creative community platform Mycelium Studios, known for his luminous creations, user-centred design approach, and development of biomaterials and experimental artworks.

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(DESIRE) MATTERS
Can the desirability and value of recycled materials be forged through design? Edward sees this as a necessity, in fact, he sees all materials as having value and believes that mining cities, mining landfill, mining waste instead of our planet, is vital. For MATTERS, Edward presents various investigations into the methods of recontextualizing waste, including several collaborative projects;
  • PolyOnyx—a collaboration with Designer and Plastics Researcher Maxwell Carr which looks to develop a range of plastic materials and compositions that retain the beauty of rare stones, which through illumination stimulate an emotional bond.
  • Amber Bottle Glass—working with master glass blower and artist Ruth Allen, developing commercial forms of smelted amber glass, a common consumer waste material.
  • Aluminium—smelted in house with designer and jewellery maker Indigo Tolhurst, aluminium waste from Edward’s studio is reformed and reborn.
(NO THINGS)
MATTERS
 
18–24 May

Villa Alba Museum
44 Walmer Street
Kew 3101

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During MDW 2023, the first of three instalments, (NO THINGS) MATTERS occupies the ground floor of Villa Alba Museum. Hosting a tactile cornucopia of material samples, interpreted tools, experimental forms, and visual documentation. Inviting audiences to engage with design thinking from its infancy and to follow along on the journey as participants' works manifest into reality.
For everybody, (something) matters. Established in 2023 by Marlo Lyda and Jordan Fleming, MATTERS is an emerging collective platform that advocates for time and intention in the process of designing. Created as an outlet for topics relevant in today’s world, MATTERS aims to highlight design as a shared philosophy that is experienced within the community. Prompted by the question ‘what MATTERS to you?’, a notable collection of Australian and international designer-makers have been invited to explore ‘process’ as the key instigator for new design possibilities. Curated by Australian-born designer Marlo Lyda as part of Futures Collective, each practitioner’s concept is gradually developed, and the results are presented in 3 exhibitions, spaced over 3 years: (NO THINGS), (SOME THINGS), and (EVERYTHING) MATTERS. During MDW 2023, the first instalment, (NO THINGS) MATTERS occupies the ground floor of Villa Alba Museum. Hosting a tactile cornucopia of material samples, interpreted tools, experimental forms, and visual documentation. Inviting audiences to engage with design thinking from its infancy and to follow along on the journey as participants’ works manifest into reality. The exhibition display for (NO THINGS) MATTERS is created entirely from reclaimed materials, as part of an ongoing collaboration between MATTERS and Second Edition, a Sydney-based spatial studio advocating for resource recovery through thoughtful demolition. This sustainable display is sourced from discarded packaging, primarily packing sheets, single use crane slings, and cardboard shipping tubes.