OBJECT FUTURE II – FUTURE OF AUSTRALIAN DESIGN

OBJECT FUTURE II is the second in a series of independently organised and curated design exhibitions showcasing work by emerging Australian based designers that survey the latest design practice in Australia.

OBJECT FUTURE II – FUTURE OF AUSTRALIAN DESIGN

BY Lorenzo Logi

July 4th, 2014

First discussed as a reaction to the lack of inclusive design exhibitions across Melbourne, OBJECT FUTURE is the latest platform for emerging and established designers to exhibit ideas-based design.

Co-curated by Dale Hardiman and Suzannah Henty, OBJECT FUTURE looks at the political, philosophical and aesthetic characteristics of Australian design and rallies for its inclusion in the contemporary art milieu.

OBJECT FUTURE presents fine art, design and architecture interdependently and emphasises the importance of design-reception in academic contexts.

OBJECT FUTURE II, in its second year running, surveys a combination of already marketed products and fine one-off pieces from Naasicaa Larsen, Inkster Maken, Mo-En Design, James Devery, Hamish Munro, Tim Wallace, Jonathan Ben-Tovim, Chris Goff, Seaton McKeon, Nikolai Kotlarczyk, Alison Jackson, Adam Raphael Markovic, Smile Makers, Guy Keulemans, Georgia Hutchison, Robert Sowter, Henty and Luca Luna..

OBJECT FUTURE II runs through July 11 at Allpress Studio

OBJECT FUTURE II
o-f.com.au

Allpress Studio
facebook.com/AllpressStudioMelbourne

INDESIGN is on instagram

Follow @indesignlive

The Indesign Collection

A searchable and comprehensive guide for specifying leading products and their suppliers

Threshold Drain

Stormtech

DL18 EXPERIENCE™

LINAK®

Acoustic Light Reduction Curtain Fabric

Materialised

The Tetris Collection: Textiles & Wall Covering

Materialised

Indesign Our Partners

Keep up to date with the latest and greatest from our industry BFF's!

A Smarter, More Intuitive Kitchen with the Bosch AccentLine

A Smarter, More Intuitive Kitchen with the Bosch AccentLine

Blending versatile cooking with smart performance, Bosch AccentLine appliances bring a quieter sense of order and simplicity to the modern kitchen.

Matter meets design in mineral magnificence

Matter meets design in mineral magnificence

The newest brand to emerge from Cosentino’s creative crucible is Ēclos, a next-generation mineral surface that embodies the organic beauty and tactility of marble in a precision-mineral surface or material.

Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen on finding the sweet spot with Herman Miller’s Sayl Chair

Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen on finding the sweet spot with Herman Miller’s Sayl Chair

In the second instalment of our performance seating three-parter, we turn to DKO’s Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen to peek behind Sayl’s confident architectural form and explore the ideas of inclusivity, adaptability and freedom to move as hallmarks of what sitting your best actually means.

Material integrity at SJB’s Billyard Avenue

Material integrity at SJB’s Billyard Avenue

Natural stone shapes the interiors of Billyard Avenue, a luxury apartment development in Sydney’s Elizabeth Bay designed by architecture and design practice SJB. Here, a curated selection of stone from Anterior XL sets the backdrop for the project’s material language.

Related Stories

Senna: A Winning Formula

This timber collection of tables and stools has looked to the racing industry for inspiration

Clubhouse class in India

Clubhouse class in India

The Godrej Woods Clubhouse is the jewel in the crown of a residential development in Noida, India, offering every facility curated with style and finesse by Studio IAAD.

5 Minutes With… Lori Roop

US textile designer Lori Roop recently designed the Kinetic collection for local supplier INSTYLE, we took 5 minutes to get to know what drives her creative process

Home

Milan Trends with Ultimo Interiors

Designer and Ultimo Interiors Commercial Manager, Andrew Thornton-Hick, speaks to Lisa O’Keeffe reporting the trends seen at the recent 2011 Milan Furniture Fair. Andrew reveals what’s coming to Australia and what’s coming soon to Ultimo Interiors.

While you were sleeping

The internet never sleeps! Here's the stuff you might have missed

Living small, thinking circular

Home

Living small, thinking circular

Joanne Odisho has been named the 2026 Australian Furniture Design Award winner for Mod-u, a modular lighting system made from eggshell composites and bio-filament.

Brewing a new rooftop typology in Vijayawada

Brewing a new rooftop typology in Vijayawada

Brunit by 23 Degrees Design Shift brings together expressive structure, industrial materiality and climate-conscious hospitality on a rooftop site in Vijayawada.

Embracing elegance

Embracing elegance

On the occasion of Salone del Mobile 2026, the Opale collection designed by Patrick Jouin for Pedrali expands with two new iterations: a chair and a barstool with armrests.

Powerhouse Parramatta readies itself for late 2026 opening

News

Powerhouse Parramatta readies itself for late 2026 opening

Scheduled to open later this year on the banks of the Parramatta River, the 30,000-square-metre Powerhouse museum — designed by Moreau Kusunoki in collaboration with Genton — represents a major shift in the geography of Sydney’s cultural infrastructure.