Useful Objects

@edwardlinacre and I are so thrilled to be a part of the Transformative Repair exhibition curated by the brilliant @guykeulemans @trentjansenstudio & @usefulobjectsgallery . Please join us today for the opening at 3-5 pm at @usefulobjectsgallery . 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 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 copper plated moulding surfaces for the creation of new glassware blown by @ruthallenglass .sitting alongside BERNEBEIFREEMAN X FRITZ HANSEN COAT TREE Photos @tobiastitzphotography Courtesy of Useful Objects, Melbourne.

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.

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. 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

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.

Final day of CONTAINMENT at Useful Objects today! 12–5pm. With her Euphonic Vessels, Katie Stackhouse explores the idea of sound through form and material. ‘Euphonic’ means pleasing to the ear, and while this work is silent, its layered surfaces suggest a quiet resonance. Paper and wax create a delicate structure, strengthened by pigment and polymer paint. The result is both fragile and enduring; a vessel that seems to hold not just space, but memory and rhythm. These works sit in dialogue with the artist’s bronze Syncopation works, which take their name from a musical term that describes an unexpected shift in rhythm. The bronze surface, treated with a rich patina, gives the work a sense of permanence, while the pieces hang from rope dyed with leaves from the Cherry Ballart tree, in a gesture that connects them to the natural world. Available at Useful Objects 47 Easey St, Collingwood CONTAINMENT until 22 Dec Diego Faivre Laura Kelly Trent Jansen Park Minjeong Thomas Pearson Katie Stackhouse Keely Varmalis

A reminder that CONTAINMENT at Useful Objects is open today and Monday, as a special end of year addition to the exhibition. French artist and designer Diego Faivre will be hosting visitors, from his immersive apartment at the entrance to the show. Open 12–5pm. CONTAINMENT until 22 Dec Diego Faivre Laura Kelly Trent Jansen Park Minjeong Thomas Pearson Katie Stackhouse Keely Varmalis Photo by Bianca Lamont

In India, the Kumbhar Wala (potter) is among the lower castes, meaning that these craftspeople, who make functional objects serving millions of Indians on a daily basis, do not earn the respect that they deserve for their role within Indian society. Kumbhar Walas work extremely long hours, making thousands of thrown objects every day, and the remuneration received for their many hours of toil is no where near that of higher, more traditionally educated castes. Trent Jansen worked with Abbas Galwani, a Kumbhar Wala living and working in Dharavi, to develop a conceptual project that brings together social comment and local craft traditions. Echoing the provocation of Ai Weiwei’s famed triptych Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn (1995), their collaborative project features a symbolic gesture of resistance by Galwani, the Kumbhar Wala lets go of a freshly thrown, still wet Matka, creating a new sculptural form that embodies his protest. Trent Jansen Dropping a Kumbhar Wala Matka #8, 2016 26 x 27 x 26 cm terracotta unique, in a series of 10 $1810 Produced in Dharavi, Mumbai, India Fabricated by Abbas Galwani Available at Useful Objects 47 Easey St, Collingwood CONTAINMENT until 22 Dec Diego Faivre Laura Kelly Trent Jansen Park Minjeong Thomas Pearson Katie Stackhouse Keely Varmalis

With Syncopation III, Katie Stackhouse continues her interest in rhythm and variation, this time through ceramic. The raku clay, with its textured surface and glaze, contrasts with the soft rope that suspends the piece. Dyed with Cherry Ballart leaves, the rope adds a quiet reference to the landscape and its cycles. The work feels like a meeting point between different tempos, with its earthy, tactile clay and the organic shape it occupies space with. With this piece the artist encourages us to notice how materials and forms can move together in unexpected harmony. Syncopation III is an elegant ceramic work that blends traditional raku techniques with contemporary design, resulting in an evocative piece that is both grounded and ethereal. Intended for display suspended, laid flat or upright. Katie Stackhouse Syncopation III, 2023 white raku clay, glaze, braided cotton dyed with Ballee leaves (Cherry Ballart) 74 x 54 x 17 cm Unique Available at Useful Objects 47 Easey St, Collingwood CONTAINMENT until 22 Dec Diego Faivre Laura Kelly Trent Jansen Park Minjeong Thomas Pearson Katie Stackhouse Keely Varmalis

Last few days to catch Containment at @usefulobjectsgallery before they close for the year. See the wild works I’ve made in person, and ponder those holes! Adopt an alien baby (they’re well behaved, I promise). This series was developed with the tank @nick.doran.adams.glass at @rage_glassepicentre . Open until 22 December. 47 Easey St, Collingwood #glass #glassblowing #melbourneart #craft #glassart #contemporaryart #design #sculpture #alien #surreal

Park Minjeong is a Korean artist and maker whose work centres on the use of recycled paper and other post-consumer materials to produce sculptural and functional furniture. By reusing and reprocessing materials that have reached the end of their initial life cycle, her work seeks to minimise waste generated during production and to reassess the value of discarded resources. The goal is to create functional art pieces that combine aesthetic originality with durability and practical utility. In keeping with this philosophy, Untitled is a unique vessel created from upcycling discarded paper, combined with resin and pigment. Park Minjeong Untitled, 2025 paper, resin 9.5 x 27 x 19 cm unique $750 Available at Useful Objects 47 Easey St, Collingwood CONTAINMENT until 22 Dec Diego Faivre Laura Kelly Trent Jansen Park Minjeong Thomas Pearson Katie Stackhouse Keely Varmalis @m1njeongpark

Laura Kelly’s handwoven vessels use discarded and waste cables which she meticulously sources over many years, in order to create vibrant colour combinations for her unique pieces. Vessel no. 31 is created from data and power cables, interrupting the tech waste chain. Laura Kelly Vessel no. 31 (yellow/green/pink), 2025 twisted pair cables 20 x 11 cm Unique $190 (inc GST) Available at Useful Objects 47 Easey St, Collingwood CONTAINMENT until 22 Dec Diego Faivre Laura Kelly Trent Jansen Park Minjeong Thomas Pearson Katie Stackhouse Keely Varmalis