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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

 







ELLIAT RICH
A designer whose process is a creative translation between materials and culture, focusing on ethical imperatives to increase equality between people and across species. 

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(MYTH|SENTIENCE) How can objects hold the mythic stories that our planet and relationship with it deserves? The Gradients hold, care-takers of colour. One to gather, one to sow. Larger than mountains, lighter than air, appearing at the liminal space of dawn and dusk. And as the nocturnal rest, the tints and tones are diffused again, an entire spectrum cast across the country.
(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.