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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

 






ANDREW CARVOLTH
A designer and craftsperson who merges traditional materials and furniture-making techniques with experimental making processes to explore Australian vernacular design. Carvolth is also the Co-founder of Mixed Goods Studios in Kaurna country, Adelaide.

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(INTROSPECTION) These new studies are the result of a continued approach, guided by a reflection of previous findings, resulting in works of a larger scale as they move closer to familiar typologies. Continuing to embrace the simplicity of low-fi tools with a sensitivity to materials, a process born out of introspection resulting in sculptural form studies has been pushed to realize primitive functional forms..

 






CORDON SALON
A Melbourne-based design studio that uses research, collaboration, and experimentation to speculate on approaches to contemporary craft and design, often working with lost, forgotten, or overlooked materials.

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(WHY?) These samples result from Cordon Salon’s ongoing investigations into the fluidity of metal and the decorative potential of steel surfaces.
    Evolving from a research fellowship supported by the International Specialist Skills Institute, these samples utilise specialised techniques adopted from armour-making crafts.
    The resulting blend of historical and contemporary methods seeks to find new approaches that will form the basis of the evolving body of work, intended to foster a deeper connection between tradition and modern artistry.

 






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.

 






EDWARD LINACRE
Edward Linacre (Industrial Designer, Lighting artist, Material Developer) collabrates with Maxwell Carr (indsutri Designer / Recycled Plastics Developer) and Indigo Tolhurst ( Jewellery Designer and Maker : Some Other World Studio ). Their mission, to redefine the aesthetic of materials considered waste.

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(DESIRE) Can plastics and forever chemicals be forged into recycled materials of desirability and valueFor SOME THINGS, Edward presents his continuing investigations into methods of recontextualizing waste, including several collaborative projects. PolyOnyx is a collaboration with Designer and Plastics Researcher Maxwell Carr which looks to develop a range of plastic materials and compositions that recall the beauty of rare stones, asking the question, do we need to dig up the Earth when we can simply raid our trash?
    Cast combination metals and experimental patinas, with Some Other World Studio and Indigo TolhurstAgain, to create desire for recycled metals through design and experimental surface treatment techniques, to push the boundaries of cast metal aesthetics, to enhance the perceived value of reclaimed waste.
(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.