
Freestyle - new Australian design for living, Melbourne Museum, 2006 / Photo: Rodney Start / courtesy Object, Sydney
Australian design is witnessing a coming of age. Emerging now - from a nation that values its quality of life and has always necessitated innovation - is a locally strong and globally confident new design industry.
Object Gallery and Melbourne Museum present a groundbreaking exhibition of contemporary Australian design. Freestyle: new Australian design for living will overview Australia's best and freshest design by 40 outstanding designers from the fields of furniture, lighting, textiles, home-wares, fashion, jewellery and accessories. The exhibition aims to reveal the character, vibrancy and increasing maturity of contemporary Australian design. Curated by Object's Associate Director Brian Parkes