Exhibitions
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175 Years of Design
Part exhibition, part open forum. The installation reflects on Victoria’s design history and encourages visitors to share their stories.
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3D Stencil Project
Trent Jansen goes to the street with his 3D stencil.
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Anno Student Design Competition
A digital exhibition of winning student design work from around the world.
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Character 6 - Typeface
Typeface – A new film celebrating the revival of letterpress printing.
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Cindy-Lee Davies: Tis Knot
Cindy-Lee Davies recycles post-consumer waste into occasional seating and domestic objects using traditional craft techniques.
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Clean Lines
An exhibition of adaptive design strung throughout the new Mercator Studios at the Abbotsford Convent.
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Counter Point Exhibition
The Department of Counter Culture presents exchange alternatives within a place of consumption at Melbourne Central.
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Creating Liveable Cities
A fascinating and experiential exploration of how city dwellers can develop a more intimate and responsible relationship to the precious resource.
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Design:Made:Trade
An inspiring trade exhibition space including some of Australia’s leading furniture, fashion and industrial design brands.
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Dirty Puppet at The Signet Bureau
A series of animated stories that bring to life the design inspiration of The Signet Bureau Designers.
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Empowering Communities through Design
Demonstrating the role and power of communication design in planning for bushfires.
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Festival Hub at City Square
The Festival Hub at City Square is the information resource centre of the Festival.
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Glenn Murcutt: Architecture for Place
Showcasing the architecture and drawings of Glenn Murcutt with photos and models.
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King Furniture Charles Wilson Range
Australian Designer Charles Wilson presents a new sofa with King Furniture.
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Light + Shade Exhibition
Light + Shade is an exhibition of experimental works by 25 designers exploring light as a theme.
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Lightsource
Lighting companies, brands and manufacturers showcase their latest product and technology innovations.
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Look.Stop.Shop.
Look.Stop.Shop is a design-led walk through Melbourne’s city centre.
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Matchpoint.Melbourne
Could our everyday social sports help to meet local and global challenges of urban design?
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Off Grid/On Grid: ARKit's Guide to Sustainable Living
ARKit constructs a full-scale prefabricated house – the EcoStudio.
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one TWO one
A series of flat-packable urban structures constructed from recycled laminate sheets are installed throughout the city.
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Performance: Lace by Design
A Portable Fashion House by MATERIALBYPRODUCT
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Preston Zly and the Red Shoes
A screening of the 1948 British film The Red Shoes.
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Raising the Bar
A licensed bar fitted out by 10 architects working with 10 products/recycled materials.
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Ride-On-Design: Realising Sustainable Transport Exhibition
Exhibition of cycling and other developments around sustainable, eco friendly transport that is changing communities.
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Scale vs. Status
green magazine presents an exhibition of three dimensional models by 20 architects.
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SOL.a
A kinetic sculpture actuated by the sun's solar energy specific to its location at Federation Square's Plaza.
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Surviving Sustainability
A collaborative design project, three dinners, an exhibition and a publication.
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The Aesthetics of Saving (part 2): Exhibition
An exhibition celecbrating the craft of Jeannette Mayne, Jonathan Keely and Adam Stewart.
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The Australian Pavilion in Shanghai World Expo 2010
'Visit' the Australian Pavilion in Shanghai during the 2010 Expo via this special exhibition.
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The Gertrude Street Projection Festival
Animations, stills, and digital art is projected onto the pavements, buildings and walls of Gertrude Street.
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The Secret Life of Things Screening
A series of short animated videos that explore the hidden environmental impacts of everyday things.
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Thinking about Architecture, Thinking about Architects: 2000-2008 Ideograms by Leon van Schaik AO
A travelling exhibition of 79 ideograms.




