Trent Jansen
Events
Melbourne Design Week 2026: The Review
With a plethora of talks, installations, exhibitions and happenings responding to this year’s theme (Design The World You Want), the eleven-day festival was the largest to date and arguably the most accomplished since inception.
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Led by designers: Casting a curatorial eye across Melbourne Design Week
Curator, writer and educator Kate Goodwin was in town for Melbourne Design Week. Here, she reflects on how light-touch organising and designer-led spaces created some of the most impactful, distinctive exhibitions.
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“A magic you can’t prescribe, control or manifest”: Trent Jansen’s new exhibition at Studio ALM
Trent Jansen’s first Sydney solo exhibition in years celebrates the poetry and stories that grow from collaborative making as well as the importance of co-creation.
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Reporting from a whirlwind Melbourne Design Week
What a week! With so many events still to come, Jan Henderson gives us a taste of what the 2025 edition has been like so far.
Events
Hundreds of events planned as Melbourne Design Week returns
Melbourne design Week is just around the corner and here’s a glimpse of what to expect!
People
Trent Jansen: Designing of Culture, Collaboration and Spirit
Trent Jansen shares his collaborative philosophy and passion for culturally connected design, speaking to the importance of storytelling, heritage and co-creation in his practice and award-winning project.
Events
Objects of desire
With a double win at the 2024 INDE.Awards, Australian object design and manufacture will take centre stage with Boundless, that will showcase a collection of furniture on a global platform at London Design Week in September.
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Designing on Country: Trent Jansen on practice and collaboration
Design that speaks many languages is to be treasured and enjoyed. Trent Jansen tells a story of design collaborations and connections through his work on Country with friends and artists who bring the perspective of First Nations people to the fore.
Articles
American hardwood challenges perceptions in environmentally responsible design
The recent Kurunpa Kunpu collaboration, an exhibition of new furniture pieces realised in American maple, cherry and walnut, puts a spotlight on the resilience of First Nations People as well as the environmental impact of American hardwood species and their role in Australian design.
Events
The inside of outdoor success: 30 years with Tait
As Tait celebrates 30 years, we congratulate Gordon and Susan Tait for investing in Australia, taking a chance and being successful!
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Trent Jansen’s Venice design residency: Uncovering the dark and salty side of the city
Spending a month in residence in Venice, Trent Jansen has worked with the sublimely talented Vetralia Collectible, where artisans and artists work on contemporary art and design using Venetian craftsmanship. It all takes place in a Renaissance workshop, exploring a wide range of techniques and materials.
News
The next step: Axolotl goes global
Always the innovator, Axolotl is taking its products worldwide, offering boundless possibilities for architects, designers, and everyone in between.
Events
Craft Vic captures the wild and experimental in The Chair
From the dawn of time the chair has been an integral part of furniture history. The shapes and styles are multifarious however, a chair sets the scene wherever it is positioned. And so, the backdrop is set at Craft Victoria, with an exhibition of chairs that affords a bird’s eye view of some of the many interpretations and concepts that have been developed into a chair.
News
Exhibit A of innovative things by Australian designers
Australian Design Centre presents the 20th anniversary exhibition of the design industry’s much anticipated annual program WORKSHOPPED20 – the very best in new Australian design by emerging and established designers.
News
Telling the story of Australian design: Broached Commissions retrospective
In a new exhibition, the work of Broached Commissions is put on display for Design Storytellers at the NGV’s Ian Potter Centre.
Ideas
Fair Game: A look at Australian design
As globalisation opens Australian designers up to the international marketplace, we find ourselves at a unique pitching point. ‘Australian’ is the new design commodity. Yet we continue to search for the words that best articulate our most desirable, differentiating qualities. Beyond a can-do, make-do culture, what sets Australian design apart from its contemporary counterparts?
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A Singular Beauty: Broached East
Elana Castle talks to Lou Weis about the historical inspiration for the collective’s latest limited edition design collection