Guy Keulemans

For Transformative Design, Lucy McRae (Los Angeles) transforms manufacturing seconds from the studio of fashion designer Bianca Spender (Sydney) and a vintage Adjustable Chaise designed by Richard Schultz in 1966 for Knoll. Transformative Repair 14 May – 3 July 2026 Useful Objects 47 Easey Street Collingwood VIC 3066 This exhibition is presented as part of the 2026 Melbourne Design Week program, which runs 14–24 May. Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. #MelbourneDesignWeek #NGV @NGVMelbourne Photos by Tobias Titz and Traianos Pakioufakis.

Tomorrow! 💥💥 Transformative Repair is excited to announce the launch of a new exhibition and book at Melbourne Design Week. Dates: 14th May - 3rd July (Opening reception Saturday 16th from 3pm - 6pm at Useful Object, 47 Easey Street, Collingwood VIC). Transformative Repair is an exhibition that brings together emerging and established Australian artists, designers and craftspeople to reinterpret broken objects, using innovative approaches to repair and reuse. Featured Artist include: bernabeifreeman (Rina Bernabei and Kelly Freeman) Danielle Brustman and Edward Linacre Adam Goodrum Dale Hardiman, Mark Dineen and Jack Craig Trent Jansen and Johnny Nargoodah Guy Keulemans and Kiyotaka Hashimoto Guy Keulemans, Melvin Josy and Bolaji Teniola Marlo Lyda Lucy McRae Jake Rollins Drew Spangenberg Featured image: Adam Goodrum x Stitch Chair prototype. Adam Goodrum (Sydney) repairs and assembles decades-old components of an unrealised prototype from his own studio. Alongside the exhibition is a discussion and book launch at BAR Cantina, Saturday 16 May, 2–3pm. (Panel talk / book launch at BAR Cantina is in the same building above the gallery) Please join us to celebrate the launch of this exciting new book + exhibition! More info in bio. Photography by @traianos and @adamgoodrumstudio @transformativerepair @guykeulemans @trentjansenstudio @adelaideuni @usefulobjectsgallery @australiandesigncentre

This Saturday! ⚡️⚡️Transformative Repair is excited to announce the launch of a new exhibition and book at Melbourne Design Week. Dates: Thursday 14th May - Friday 3rd July (Opening reception Saturday 16th from 3pm - 6pm at Useful Object, 47 Easey Street, Collingwood VIC) Transformative Repair is an exhibition that brings together emerging and established Australian artists, designers and craftspeople to reinterpret broken objects, using innovative approaches to repair and reuse. Featured Artist include: bernabeifreeman (Rina Bernabei and Kelly Freeman) Danielle Brustman and Edward Linacre Adam Goodrum Dale Hardiman, Mark Dineen and Jack Craig Trent Jansen and Johnny Nargoodah Guy Keulemans and Kiyotaka Hashimoto Guy Keulemans, Melvin Josy and Bolaji Teniola Marlo Lyda Lucy McRae Jake Rollins Drew Spangenberg Featured image: Lucy McRae x Bianca Spender garments & Knoll sunlounge. Lucy McRae (Los Angeles) transforms manfuacturing seconds from the studio of fashion designer Bianca Spender (Sydney) and a vintage Adjustable Chaise designed by Richard Schultz in 1966. Alongside the exhibition is a discussion and book launch at BAR Cantina, Saturday 16 May, 2–3pm. (Panel talk / book launch at BAR Cantina is in the same building above the gallery) Please join us to celebrate the launch of this exciting new book + exhibition! More info in bio. Photography by @traianos @transformativerepair @guykeulemans @trentjansenstudio @adelaideuni @usefulobjectsgallery @australiandesigncentre @lucymcrae @biancaspender

Open from today as part of Melbourne Design Week! Transformative Repair is an exhibition that brings together emerging and established Australian artists, designers and craftspeople to reinterpret broken objects, using innovative approaches to repair and reuse. bernabeifreeman (Rina Bernabei and Kelly Freeman) Danielle Brustman and Edward Linacre Adam Goodrum Jack Craig Trent Jansen and Johnny Nargoodah Guy Keulemans and Kiyotaka Hashimoto Guy Keulemans, Melvin Josy and Bolaji Teniola Marlo Lyda Lucy McRae Jake Rollins Drew Spangenberg Transformative Repair 14 May – 3 July 2026 Useful Objects 47 Easey Street Collingwood VIC 3066 TRANSFORMATIVE REPAIR book launch and in conversation event. Saturday 16 May, 2–3pm Join exhibition curators Trent Jansen and Guy Keulemans in conversation with Suzy Annetta, publisher of Design Anthology. Exploring the exhibition and accompanying book by Keulemans, published by @bookshop_by_uro . Followed by TRANSFORMATIVE REPAIR opening drinks in the exhibition, downstairs at Useful Objects. Saturday 16 May, 3–5pm This exhibition is presented as part of the 2026 Melbourne Design Week program, which runs 14-24 May. Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. #MelbourneDesignWeek #NGV @NGVMelbourne Images: Danielle Brustman & Edward Linacre x Vitra Landi chairs. Danielle Brustman and Edward Linacre (Melbourne) transform two chairs, designed by Hans Coray (Zurich) in 1939, into moulding surfaces for the creation of new glassware. Broken chair & pendant with platters Photos © Tobias Titz Courtesy of Useful Objects, Melbourne.

Transformative Repair is excited to announce the launch of a new exhibition and book at Melbourne Design Week. 14th May - 3rd July (Opening reception Saturday 16th from 3pm - 6pm at Useful Object, 47 Easey Street, Collingwood VIC). Transformative Repair is an exhibition that brings together emerging and established Australian artists, designers and craftspeople to reinterpret broken objects, using innovative approaches to repair and reuse. Featured Artist include: bernabeifreeman (Rina Bernabei and Kelly Freeman) Danielle Brustman and Edward Linacre Adam Goodrum Dale Hardiman, Mark Dineen and Jack Craig Trent Jansen and Johnny Nargoodah Guy Keulemans and Kiyotaka Hashimoto Guy Keulemans, Melvin Josy and Bolaji Teniola Marlo Lyda Lucy McRae Jake Rollins Drew Spangenberg Featured image: RM Williams leather waste transformed by @jake__rollins . Alongside the exhibition is a discussion and book launch at BAR Cantina, Saturday 16 May, 2–3pm. (Panel talk / book launch at BAR Cantina is in the same building above the gallery) Please join us to celebrate the launch of this exciting new book + exhibition! More info in bio. Photography by @connorpphotography @transformativerepair @guykeulemans @trentjansenstudio @adelaideuni @usefulobjectsgallery @andrew_a_mackenzie @booksatmanic @ideabooksnl @jamfactoryau @australiandesigncentre

Transformative Repair is excited to announce the launch of a new exhibition and book at Melbourne Design Week. Dates: Thursday 14th May - Friday 3rd July. (Opening reception - Saturday 16th from 3pm - 6pm @usefulobjectsgallery , 47 Easey Street, Collingwood VIC). Transformative Repair is an exhibition that brings together emerging and established Australian artists, designers and craftspeople to reinterpret broken objects, using innovative approaches to repair and reuse. Featured Artist include: bernabeifreeman (Rina Bernabei and Kelly Freeman) Danielle Brustman and Edward Linacre Adam Goodrum Dale Hardiman, Mark Dineen and Jack Craig Trent Jansen and Johnny Nargoodah Guy Keulemans and Kiyotaka Hashimoto Guy Keulemans, Melvin Josy and Bolaji Teniola Marlo Lyda Lucy McRae Jake Rollins Drew Spangenberg This presentation is the third and final public exhibition in the project, and the culmination of six years of research and development led by Dr Guy Keulemans (Adelaide University) and Dr Trent Jansen (University of NSW) in collaboration with JamFactory and the Australian Design Centre, supported by the Australian Research Council. Together with leading practitioners across disciplines, the project showcases how new models for the sustainable use of materials and products can establish new opportunities for consumers and collectors through the thoughtful repair of their broken things. Alongside the exhibition is a discussion and book launch at BAR Cantina, Saturday 16 May, 2–3pm. (Panel talk / book launch at BAR Cantina is in the same building above the gallery). Please join us to celebrate the launch of this exciting new book + exhibition! More info in bio. Photography by @connorpphotography @adamgoodrumstudio @markdineen @dale.hardiman @jackcraigstudio @drew_spangenberg @bernabeifreeman @bolajiteniola @melvin.josy @studio.tenkoo @trentjansenstudio @jake__rollins @marlo__lyda @daniellebrustman @edwardlinacre @lucymcrae @transformativerepair @guykeulemans @trentjansenstudio @adelaideuni @usefulobjectsgallery @andrew_a_mackenzie @booksatmanic @ideabooksnl @jamfactoryau @bookshop_by_uro @gallerysallydancuthbert @australiandesigncentre

Discover Kyoko Hashimoto and Guy Keulemans' process working with feral olive trees in the Adelaide Hills. Now showing in Felled – 'Paperchain no.2, feral olive tree' is a contemporary neckpiece that explores concepts of place, materiality and the spirit of changing Australian ecologies. Discover more at the link in bio. @studio_kyoko_hashimoto @guykeulemans Felled is presented as part of Melbourne Design Week – an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. – Images: courtesy the artists and Connor Patterson #MelbourneDesignWeek #NGV @NGVMelbourne

Transformative Repair is an exhibition that brings together emerging and established Australian artists, designers and craftspeople to reinterpret broken objects, using innovative approaches to repair and reuse. Featuring leading practitioners across disciplines, the project showcases how new models for the sustainable use of materials and products can establish new opportunities for consumers and collectors through the thoughtful repair of their broken things. Participants: bernabeifreeman (Rina Bernabei and Kelly Freeman) Danielle Brustman and Edward Linacre Adam Goodrum Jack Craig Trent Jansen and Johnny Nargoodah Guy Keulemans and Kiyotaka Hashimoto Guy Keulemans, Melvin Josy and Bolaji Teniola Marlo Lyda Lucy McRae Jake Rollins Drew Spangenberg Transformative Repair 14 May – 3 July 2026 Useful Objects 47 Easey Street Collingwood VIC 3066 TRANSFORMATIVE REPAIR book launch and in conversation event. Saturday 16 May, 2–3pm Join exhibition curators Trent Jansen and Guy Keulemans in conversation with Suzy Annetta, publisher of Design Anthology. Exploring the exhibition and accompanying book by Keulemans, published by @bookshop_by_uro . This exhibition is presented as part of the 2026 Melbourne Design Week program, which runs 14-24 May. Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. #MelbourneDesignWeek #NGV @NGVMelbourne Images: Eames moulded-plywood lounge chair, photo by Jeremy Park. Eames Hide Chair by Trent Jansen and Johnny Nargoodah, photo by Traianos Pakiousfakis. Courtesy of Useful Objects, Melbourne.

Uro Publications is excited to announce the release of Transformative Repair by Guy Keulemans, launching at Melbourne Design Week. The world is in a waste crisis. Each year Australia alone generates 75 million tonnes of waste—much of it broken goods that are repairable, but discarded anyway. Transformative Repair makes an urgent, visually rich case that designers and craftspeople are uniquely positioned to respond: not by bringing objects back to their original condition, but by reimagining them entirely. Designer Guy Keulemans documents a series of ambitious collaborative projects conducted across institutions from featured artists and designers including Jane Bowden, David Caon, Andrew Carvolth, Adam Goodrum, Benja Harney, Kyoko Hashimoto, Trent Jansen, Peta Kruger, Kay Lawrence, Lucy McRae, Tom Moore, Johnny Nargoodah, Blanche Tilden, the Campana Brothers, and more… Transformative Repair is both a scholarly argument and a practical guide, charting how skilled professionals can redirect their expertise towards the revival of damaged and obsolete objects—furniture, homewares, textiles, electronics. In doing so, they challenge the logic of a linear economy built on breakage and replacement, and propose a compelling alternative—a culture of conservation, care, and creative transformation. - Featured work in post by @trentjansenstudio Johnny Nargoodah @jordanleeflang @xanthemurphy @guykeulemans @studio_kyoko_hashimoto Portraits of @andrewcarvolth @coutrneyjacksonjewellery @melvin.josy @bolajiteniola @serawaters @xanthemurphy Photography by @connorpphotography @alexandermrobertson @transformativerepair @guykeulemans @adelaideuni @usefulobjectsgallery @andrew_a_mackenzie @booksatmanic @ideabooksnl

Behind the scenes shooting Paperchain no.2 feral olive tree, currently on display @craftvictoria . Special thanks to @astonyoung08 @connorpphotography and @elizatiernan . ❤️❤️❤️ #Felled #mdw #melbournedesignweek

Paperchain no. 2, feral olive tree, 2026 (process images). Paper and dye made from invasive olive tree (Olea europaea subsp. europaea), eucalyptus dye, methyl cellulose binder We created Paperchain no. 2 to continue our explorations of the materials, ecology and design opportunities within our garden in the Adelaide Hills. Feral olive trees (Olea europaea subsp. europaea), a fast-growing, invasive plant in Australia, pose a significant fire hazard due to their dense and low foliage. While the terpenes of eucalyptus ignite more quickly, oil-rich olive tree bushes create a ‘ladder fuel’ effect, one that pushes scrub fires up from the ground to the canopy. Olive tree branches were harvested, stripped and processed into paper. A dye was extracted from the leaves of the tree, while an additional, darker, dye was made from eucalyptus leaves. The work aligns with bioregional design principles and place-based making practices but is informed by animist sensibilities. The human labour integral to paper-making, sculpting and dyeing are acts of embodiment whose aim is to enter into haptic and para-sensory relation with the plant, coaxing into emergence the face of a spirit, a crafted entity with agency to bio-cognitively signal to species in its environment. This work is currently showing at Felled, an exhibition at Craft Victoria — presented as part of Melbourne Design Week 2026. Artists include Andy Ward, Bolaji Teniola, Craig Murphy-Wandin, Jess Humpston and Mark Lilly. 2 May – 27 June 2026 #MelbourneDesignWeek #NGV @NGVMelbourne @craftvictoria @gallerysallydancuthbert

Tonight is the official launch of Transformative Repair x Realities Extended at @mod_museum in Adelaide. This collaboration with @adelaideuni teams from MOD. and immersive technologies lab Realities Extended adapts creatively repaired works from past projects into interactive animations, abstracting the studio processes of transformation, exhibited alongside the physical works. Credits: Lead researchers @guykeulemans and Steve Cook Interactive Design by Ethan Schoemaker, Tristan Castle, Matthew Hall Sound Design by Oliver Claridge Video documentation by Top Bunk, images by Sia Duff.