Portrait of designer Bethan Laura Wood <br />Photo: Mark Cocksedge

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission

Bethan Laura Wood

NGV International

Level 2

3 Dec 23 – 14 Apr 24

Since establishing her eponymous design studio in 2009, Bethan Laura Wood’s radical approach to materiality, colour, and pattern has garnered a cult following. Fascinated with the cultural and historical significance of surface design and colour in domestic space and the interior, she explores unlikely combinations of colour and shape, developing unique timber veneers, material composites and textiles for furniture, lighting, objects, installations, and accessories.

Wood has presented work at Design Miami, Victoria and Albert Museum and Sketch, London; and has works held in permanent collections including The Art Institute of Chicago, SFMOMA and Victoria and Albert Museum.

Wood’s installation for the MECCA x NGV Women in Design Commission ingeniously combines a range of elements, including furniture, textiles and scenography, to delve into the gendered history of education and the transmission of knowledge.

The commission of this work is made possible through the MECCA x NGV Women in Design Commission, which, annually over five years, invites a leading female designer or architect to produce a work for the NGV Collection.

The five year series is supported by MECCA M-POWER, a social change initiative that aims to champion equality and opportunity for women and girls, including elevating women in art and design.

The NGV warmly thanks MECCA for supporting the acquisition of these works.

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