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This was a special one.  A foray into mediaeval-esque candelabras. Produced using a process of oxide tinting byproduct from @keepcup product quality control.  @ryanfernandesdesign and Nic, Anaïs and team at @madebymorgan entrusted all the designers in @tactile_dialogues to be bold with their material statements. The quietly intimate dinner setting by @manze_melbourne set a beautiful aura to release these pieces into @ngvmelbourne #MelbourneDesignWeek  I've been blown away by the excited responses to these works. Kudos to all involved for such a great time over the last few days and for coming to say hello.  Artists: Jessie French - Other Matter  Sarah Nedovic (sarah_nedovic) Jordan Fleming (@_jordanfleming ) Ned Vernon, V Brokkr (@v.brokkr ) Jon Goulder (@jongoulder ) Ryan L. Foote (@rlfootdesignstudio ) Billy Crellin - Studio Dokola (@studiodokolaglass ) Emma Davies (@emmadavies.art ) Aleesha Callahan (@aleeshacallahan - @about_futures_ ) Tactile Dialogues: Fragments of Matter invites audiences to experience fragmentation as both material and concept. A space where new forms, partial views, and traces of thought become the starting point for dialogue, curiosity, and reflection. 14-17 May 2026 @madebymorgen showroom, Brunswick Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. Explore the full program: designweek.melbourne #MelbourneDesignWeek #NGV #TactileDialogues #FragmentsOfMatter

Dwindling days to see these works. All of these precious stone commodities are for sale and fully tax deductible. Please reach out for a list of work details. Billy Crellin Speculative Future, May 1 – June 14, 2025 Image courtesy of Craft @craftvictoria Photographer: Claire Armstrong @claires_arms Words: Sophia Nuske

Now stocking the tinted beauties at @fragile.place . #forestglass #waldglas #olive #tableware #glassblowing #goblet #chalice

A Sense of Occasion invites designers to reflect onthe moments in their own lives that have calledfor celebration. The milestones, the quiet wins, the unexpected joys. Each designer is encouraged to channel a personal sense of occasion into their work, approaching the task with curiosity and play. This exhibition is an opportunity to design for sheer enjoyment – to experiment with unfamiliar materials or to express masterful skill with a known one. It’s a reminder that design doesn’t always need to solve a problem; sometimes it can simply raise a smile – or a glass. @wellcomanz @studio_round @champagnepolroger 🥂 @adamcornishdesign @adrianahannaoffice @after___mood @brahmanperera @charliewhitewhite @corbet.objet @deannorton @fomu @giels_world @ham_don @jay_jermyn @_jordanfleming @marlo__lyda @studioceravolo @space_man.studio @steelotto_official @studiodokolaglass @studiotops @thomasmaxamstudio @veardesign @matthewmcquiggan 📷

If you are out and about for #MelbourneDesignWeek keep your eyes peeled for new iterations of these works beautifully shot by @matthewmcquiggan You maye even get to drink from some. Find us at MDW26: @finite_mdw26 8–17th All Heaven Broke Loose 14–16th @tactile_dialogues 14–17th A Sense of Occasion 14-17th @relics.remains 14–24th @synthesis.mdw 14–22nd More info to come in stories

Waldglas draws from the murky green world of medieval forest glass, where colour was born from wood ash, iron-rich sand and the uncertainties of the furnace. Reimagined as a champagne bucket, the work carries celebration into older rituals of trust, touch and shared consumption. Its rippled surface recalls early ornament, but also offers grip to the hand: a small functional echo of feasts where fingers were slick with food and drink. The gesture of cheers lingers here too, with its folklore of spilled wine between vessels, a quiet proof against poison. In Waldglas, conviviality becomes both ceremony and suspicion. A Sense of Occasion, the champagne bucket becomes more than an object; it becomes a vessel for shared human moments, holding not just ice, but a moment to celebrate and gather. Featuring new designs from @adamcornishdesign @adrianahannaoffice @after___mood @brahmanperera @charliewhitewhite @corbet.objet @deannorton @fomu @giels_world @ham_don @jay_jermyn @_jordanfleming @marlo__lyda @studioceravolo @space_man.studio @steelotto_official @studiodokolaglass @studiotops @thomasmaxamstudio @veardesign Exhibition: 14–17 May 2026 @  NHO, 1/108 Moor Street, Fitzroy Opening Times: 10:00am-5:00pm Presented by: @thomasmaxamstudio Champagne partner: @champagnepolroger Venue and Marketing and Communications: @nho_________ Creative and Visual identity: @studio_round Production support: @wellcomanz Photography: @matthewmcquiggan #MelbourneDesignWeek @NGVMelbourne Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Tactile Dialogues: Fragments of Matter Curated by @ryanfernandesdesign and presented by @madebymorgen as part of @ngvmelbourne Melbourne Design Week 2026. Presenting new sculptural lighting by @_billycrellin 14–17 May 2026 Made By Morgen Showroom, Brunswick Tactile Dialogues: Fragments of Matter is proudly supported by principal partners @fisherpaykel and @milieuproperty . #TactileDialogues #FragmentsOfMatter #MadeByMorgen #MelbourneDesignWeek #AustralianDesign Matterility ContemporaryCraft NGV Film by @ammaniya

It's a pleasure to present this quickly sold out Masterclass with highly esteemed South Australian glassmaker Drew Spangenberg for Melbourne Design Week 2026. Hailing from Whyalla, Drew has devoted a good part of two decades honing a reputable finesse in both large and tiny delicately considered blown forms in glass. This masterclass moves between @studiodokolaglass and Gordon Studio Glass pairing focused making with a lively social program. There will be open days for the public on Friday 15th at Studio Dokola in Footscray and a ticketed event at Gordon Studio in Redhill Sunday 17th. Reach out for more info or follow the links in bio. See full MDW26 program at: designweek.melbourne Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. #MelbourneDesignWeek #NGV @NGVMelbourne

|| SYNTHESIS || Opening Night ~ 16th May 6pm An immersive interior installation curated by Ruby Shields @_studio.shields featuring over 40 artists, designers & makers. Set within the Bishop’s Parlour at Abbotsford Convent, Synthesis explores how we live with design. Colour, material, light and scent held together, not in isolation, but in relationship. At its core, Synthesis is about collective authorship. This isn’t about objects on plinths. It’s about what happens when everything comes together. Many voices, one interior language. Featuring works by: Amy Vidler, Anne U, Angela Hayes, Astrid Salomon, Bel Williams, Bolaji Teniola, Cameron Green, Carl Broesen Studio, Craig Shanahan / Mood Workshop, Curtis Bloxsidge & 2am Close, Culture Cush, Dean Norton, Em Frank, Femme Brutale, Fools Glass, Georgia Harvey, Hannah Nowlan, Indigo Tolhurst, Jenny Jones, Jordan Fleming, Kelly Brown, KOEH Studio, Locki Humphrey, Marlo Lydia, Martyn Thompson, Max Copolou, Melvin Josy, Nicole Lawrence, Objects for Thought, Patrick Scott, Patrick Shields, Ro Noonan, Saturday Yard Work, Studio Dokola, Studio Kaytar, Studio Tops, Subject Matters, Sundance Studio, Tantri Mustika, Thannie Phan, Theodosius Ng, Thomas Maxam, Zoe Diacolabianos. Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. Explore the full program: designweek.melbourne

Introducing Billy Crellin @studiodokolaglass Billy Crellin explores glass as sculptural fragments, transforming raw earthly material into objects of utility and pleasure. Part of Tactile Dialogues: Fragments of Matter. Curated by @ryanfernandesdesign and presented by @madebymorgen as part of @ngvmelbourne Melbourne Design Week 2026. 14–17 May 2026 Made By Morgen Showroom, Brunswick Graphic design by @ammaniya Photography by @seanfennessy Tactile Dialogues: Fragments of Matter is proudly supported by our principal partners @fisherpaykel and @milieuproperty . #TactileDialogues #FragmentsOfMatter #MadeByMorgen #MelbourneDesignWeek #AustralianDesign #Materiality #ContemporaryCraft #NGV

Catch our recently landed #ArtistInResidence in #TheDesignFiles 🔥🔥 ⁠"Glassblower Billy Crellin of @studiodokolaglass creates pieces that paradoxically appear both carved from the ancient world, and borrowed from the future.⁠ ⁠ This balance of the past and future is the basis of his glassblowing practice and workshop, Studio Dokola, established after many years of international work, apprenticeships, and study. Billy’s latest work explores glass as a material once used to imitate precious stones, and how its value and meaning has shifted over time." Having settled in to the Glassworks this week, Billy will be working at Glassworks throughout April. "'A key part of the residency involves working with rejected KeepCup glass, addressing the technical challenges of recycling it for future use in Studio Dokola’s public classes,’ he says." (And how gorgeous are these studio shots. 👆Add to pinboard!) 📖READ the profile @thedesignfiles | Meet The Melbourne Glass Artist Creating Must-Have Pieces ⭐ARTIST TALK with Billy Crellin Thu 23 Apr at 4.45 pm 🔗RSVP via the ‘EVENTS’ link in our bio #CanberraGlassworks 2026 Artistic Program is supported by @artsact_ and @creative.australia 👏👏👏 📸 Billy Crellin at his studio. Photos by @evegwilson for #TheDesignFiles

Opening Thursday 12th on Whadjuk country Perth, Billy Crellin's works Speculative Future will be exhibited as a selected finalist in the 2025 Tom Malone Prize. 𝘐𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦-𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭-𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦. (Sofia Nuske) Thanks to: @lintonandkay galleries @sherylleeg Liz Malone @cherubinowines @andrewthorntonhick @artglasstudio In support of this year's prize.