Home of the artful and curious shopper for 25 years, Spence and Lyda showcase creators, makers and their stories from at home and around the world, with emphasis on considered, hand crafted pieces, of exceptional beauty and meaning. With a distinctive view to the preciousness of time, talent and planet – Spence and Lyda foster, celebrate and preserve these above all things. Elevating mindful work and the spaces we inhabit with furniture, lighting, soft furnishings, and accessories, that inspire conversation, appreciate over time and respect our planet’s resources. Finding and fostering the talent that crafts these exceptional pieces is the great WHY of who Spence and Lyda is and what they do – a passion realised in an exceptional local-global curation of pieces, designers, and co-participators, as part of their Futures Collective initiative at Villa Alba Museum, Kew, for Melbourne Design Week 2022.

Acclaimed interior designer Fiona Lynch Office launches their first capsule collection for Melbourne Design Week 2022. Expanding on the studio’s commitment to sustainable materials, the pieces are produced with waste materials and local fabrication. The collection is inspired by the studio’s interior design for the soon-to-open Ace Hotel in Sydney and utilises raw building materials – including reclaimed timber and hand-worked aluminium – as well as slumped glass from offcuts, and a custom pigment has been splattered onto fabric reminiscent of the abstracted patterns of random markings on artists’ drop sheets. Comprising low-set tables and stools in assorted geometric configurations, as well as armchairs and a daybed, the collection is united in its robust forms and jigsaw-like compositions.

Presenting Caged a selling exhibition of one-off interpretations of modern furnishing icons recreated by Ash Allen ; accompanied by a series of limited-edition photographic works of the collection by Tom Blachford; both installations curated and produced by AMS.

Broached is a research and narrative-driven production house that commission and create collectible design and provide creative direction for public art and commercial spaces.  Their research interrogates how design has participated in the great events that have defined the modern world, creating works that critique the role of design, through informative and intriguing objects, exhibitions, public artworks and spaces. As part of Futures Collective, MDW 2022, Broached Commissions will present objects from the second edition of Broached Recall, crafted from heritage timber veneers from the archive of Elton Group. The linear and graphical nature of the Recall Monoliths and Coffee Table is complimented with hidden storage compartments and a detachable handle, rendering these domestic pieces both sculptural and functional.