Iris van Herpen, Amsterdam (fashion house) <br/> The Netherlands est. 2007 <br/> Iris van Herpen (designer) <br/> The Netherlands born 1984 <br/> <em>Dress</em> 2011 <br/> acrylic, nylon (tulle), metal <br/> Purchased with funds donated by Norma and Stuart Leslie, 2016<br/> Alisa Andrasek (designer) <br/> Croatia born<br/> Jose Sanchez (designer) <br/> Chile born c. 1980 <br/> Bloom Games, London (studio) <br/> England est. 2012 <br/> <em>Bloom</em> 2012 <br/> plastic <br/> Presented by RMIT University, 2018<br/> Photo: Tom Ross<br/>
Iris van Herpen, Amsterdam (fashion house)
The Netherlands est. 2007
Iris van Herpen (designer)
The Netherlands born 1984
Dress 2011
acrylic, nylon (tulle), metal
Purchased with funds donated by Norma and Stuart Leslie, 2016
Alisa Andrasek (designer)
Croatia born
Jose Sanchez (designer)
Chile born c. 1980
Bloom Games, London (studio)
England est. 2012
Bloom 2012
plastic
Presented by RMIT University, 2018
Photo: Tom Ross
Collection

Contemporary Design & Architecture

The Contemporary Design and Architecture collection presents the most interesting trajectories of design and architecture today, from product design to the creation of environments, experiences and services. The NGV presents annually a range of contemporary design and architecture programs and projects, including Melbourne Design Week and the NGV Architecture Commission.

The NGV Department of Contemporary Design and Architecture is generously supported by The Hugh D. T. Williamson Foundation.

Curators

Ewan McEoin
The Hugh D.T. Williamson Senior Curator, Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture

Simone LeAmon
The Hugh D.T. Williamson Curator, Contemporary Design and Architecture

Gemma Savio
Curator, Contemporary Design and Architecture

Timothy Moore
Curator Contemporary Design and Architecture

Anna Honan
Curatorial Project Officer, Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture

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Collection Highlights

Marc NEWSON (designer)<br/> <em>Lockheed lounge</em> (1985-1986) <!-- (view 3) --><br /> fibreglass, aluminium, rubber<br /> 89.0 x 170.0 x 65.0 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased from Admission Funds, 1990<br /> D17-1990<br /> © Marc Newson <!--21118--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/21118"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Marc NEWSON (designer)
Lockheed lounge
 (1985-1986) Humberto CAMPANA (designer)<br /> Fernando CAMPANA (designer)<br /> ESTÚDIO CAMPANA, São Paolo (manufacturer)<br/> <em>Cake stool</em> 2008 {designed}; 2013 {manufactured} <!-- (view 4) --><br /> soft toys, steel, canvas<br /> 55.0 x 120.0 cm diameter<br /> ed. 106/150<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Gordon Moffatt AM and Jacqueline Moffatt, 2013<br /> 2013.939<br /> © Courtesy of Estudio Campana <!--108405--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/108405"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Humberto CAMPANA (designer) Fernando CAMPANA (designer) ESTÚDIO CAMPANA, São Paolo (manufacturer)
Cake stool
 designed 2008; manufactured 2013 Oki SATO (designer)<br /> NENDO, Tokyo (design studio)<br/> <em>Manga chairs #1– #50</em> (2015) <!-- (full view) --><br /> stainless steel<br /> (a) 81.5 x 41.2 x 64.0 cm (b) 81.5 x 65.1 x 68.5 cm (c) 117.6 x 56.0 x 62.0 cm (d) 81.5 x 41.2 x 43.5 cm (e) 81.5 x 69.7 x 46.9 cm (f) 81.7 x 50.8 x 43.6 cm (g) 81.8 x 82.0 x 43.0 cm (h) 81.5 x 50.2 x 43.6 cm (i) 81.5 x 80.5 x 43.6 cm (j) 104.2 x 130.9 x 43.8 cm (k) 81.7 x 41.4 x 43.7 cm (l) 81.5 x 41.2 x 67.7 cm (m) 81.5 x 86.3 x 43.6 cm (n) 81.8 x 61.4 x 62.9 cm (o) 81.4 x 41.3 x 43.6 cm (p-q) 81.5 x 77.0 x 135.4 cm (overall) (r) 120.5 x 90.5 x 43.5 cm (s) 81.5 x 41.2 x 43.6 cm (t) 81.5 x 41.2 x 43.2 cm (u) 81.5 x 82.7 x 129.0 cm (v) 100.6 x 41.3 x 43.7 cm (w) 81.2 x 43.5 x 46.5 cm (x) 81.5 x 77.3 x 43.5 cm (y) 81.2 x 41.3 x 56.7 cm (z) 99.6 x 41.2 x 181.2 cm (aa) 81.5 x 69.5 x 62.2 cm (bb) 81.7 x 41.2 x 63.8 cm (cc) 81.3 x 82.0 x 43.6 cm (dd) 120.7 x 60.7 x 62.5 cm (ee) 81.5 x 41.2 x 49.6 cm (ff) 132.4 x 178.8 x 190.6 cm (gg) 81.5 x 41.2 x 60.5 cm (hh) 81.5 x 41.2 x 43.5 cm (ii) 81.5 x 44.5 x 55.7 cm (jj) 81.5 x 41.2 x 43.6 cm (kk) 81.5 x 129.2 x 69.6 cm (ll-mm) 81.7 x 127.1 x 83.3 cm (overall) (nn) 81.5 x 95.5 x 89.1 cm (oo) 204.5 x 41.2 x 43.7 cm (pp) 81.5 x 43.0 x 43.0 cm (qq) 81.6 x 41.2 x 43.5 cm (rr) 115.8 x 60.6 x 54.9 cm (ss) 81.6 x 116.5 x 81.5 cm (tt) 177.0 x 107.2 x 43.6 cm (uu) 91.0 x 65.3 x 66.7 cm (vv) 81.5 x 47.1 x 49.5 cm (ww) 81.6 x 144.0 x 43.8 cm (xx) 81.5 x 41.3 x 43.7 cm (yy) 81.5 x 115.9 x 43.6 cm (zz) 88.4 x 49.5 x 46.8 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Bruce Parncutt AO and Robin Campbell, Michael and Emily Tong, 2018<br /> 2017.1249.a-zz<br /> © nendo <!--135180--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/135180"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Oki SATO (designer) NENDO, Tokyo (design studio)
Manga chairs #1– #50
 (2015) Zaha HADID (designer)<br/> <em>Wave sofa</em> (1988) <!-- (full view) --><br /> fibreglass, plywood, polyurethane foam, wool, (other materials), velcro, metal<br /> (a-b) 119.7 x 357.7 x 238.8 cm (variable) (overall)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Presented by Denton Corker Marshall through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2018<br /> 2018.1140<br /> © Zaha Hadid Foundation <!--118250--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/118250"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Zaha HADID (designer)
Wave sofa
 (1988) Tejo REMY (designer)<br /> DROOG DESIGN, Amsterdam (design studio)<br/> <em>You can't lay down your memory, chest of drawers</em> (1991) <!-- () --><br /> maple, wood, stained and veneered wood, laminate, opaque synthetic polymer resin, cardboard, powder-coated steel, cane, glass, brass, plastic, jute and metal<br /> (a-oo) 140.5 x 135.9 x 69.7 cm (overall)<br /> ed. 105/200<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased NGV Foundation, 2017<br /> 2016.54<br /> © Courtesy of Droog Design, Amsterdam <!--118242--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/118242"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Tejo REMY (designer) DROOG DESIGN, Amsterdam (design studio)
You can't lay down your memory, chest of drawers
 (1991) Elliat RICH<br/> <em>Standing place</em> 2018 <!-- (front) --><br /> from the <i>Other places</i> series<br /> Tasmanian Oak<br /> 162.0 x 112.0 x 34.0 cm<br /> ed. 1/8<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Jo Horgan, 2018<br /> 2018.662<br /> © Elliat Rich/Courtesy Sophie Gannon Gallery <!--134494--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/134494"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Elliat RICH
Standing place
 2018
from the Other places series Cini BOERI (designer)<br /> Tomu KATAYANAGI (designer)<br /> FIAM, Tavullia (manufacturer)<br/> <em>Ghost, chair</em> (1987) {designed}; (2016) {manufactured} <!-- (view 1) --><br /> glass<br /> 62.0 x 79.5 x 94.0 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Gordon Moffatt AM, 2017<br /> 2017.1<br /> © Tomu KatayanagI and Cini Boeri <!--123028--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/123028"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Cini BOERI (designer) Tomu KATAYANAGI (designer) FIAM, Tavullia (manufacturer)
Ghost, chair
 designed (1987); manufactured (2016) Ettore SOTTSASS (designer)<br /> MEMPHIS, Milan (manufacturer and retailer)<br/> <em>Carlton room divider</em> 1981 <!-- (front view) --><br /> wood, thermosetting laminate, metal, plastic<br /> (a-c) 196.0 x 189.7 x 40.2 cm (overall) (closed)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with the assistance of the National Gallery Women's Association, 1985<br /> D76.a-c-1985<br /> © erede Ettore Sottsass / Copyright Agency, 2024 <!--20879--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/20879"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Ettore SOTTSASS (designer) MEMPHIS, Milan (manufacturer and retailer)
Carlton room divider
 1981 Alexandra KEHAYOGLOU<br/> <em>Santa Cruz River</em> 2017 <!-- (recto) --><br /> wool<br /> 300.0 x 478.0 x 714.0 cm (installed)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased NGV Foundation with the assistance of Michael and Andrew Buxton from MAB Corporation Pty Ltd, and the Andrew and Geraldine Buxton Foundation, 2018<br /> 2018.659<br /> © Alexandra Kehayoglou <!--131225--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/131225"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Alexandra KEHAYOGLOU
Santa Cruz River
 2017 teamLab Japan est. 2001<br/> <em>Moving Creates Vortices and Vortices Create Movement</em> 2017<br/> interactive digital projection, (duration variable)<br/> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br/> © teamLab, courtesy Ikkan Art Gallery, Martin Browne Contemporary and Pace Gallery<br/><br/>
teamLab Japan est. 2001
Moving Creates Vortices and Vortices Create Movement 2017
interactive digital projection, (duration variable)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
© teamLab, courtesy Ikkan Art Gallery, Martin Browne Contemporary and Pace Gallery


 Neri Oxman designer<br/> Israel born 1976 <br/> Mediated Matter Group, Cambridge, Massachusetts design collaborator<br/> United States est. 2010<br/> Stratasys Ltd., Minnesota manufacturer United States est. 1989<br/> <br/> Installation view Vespers, Series 1-3, from The New Ancient collection 2016 at NGV Triennial 2017<br/> coloured synthetic polymer resin, metal, magnets<br/> <br/> Mediated Matter researchers: Christoph Bader, Dominik Kolb, Rachel Smith, Sunanda Sharma and Professor Neri Oxman National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Vespers Series 1 and 3 purchased with funds donated by anonymous donors, 2017 Vespers Series 2 collection of the artist and Stratasys Ltd., Minnesota<br/><br/>
Neri Oxman designer
Israel born 1976
Mediated Matter Group, Cambridge, Massachusetts design collaborator
United States est. 2010
Stratasys Ltd., Minnesota manufacturer United States est. 1989

Installation view Vespers, Series 1-3, from The New Ancient collection 2016 at NGV Triennial 2017
coloured synthetic polymer resin, metal, magnets

Mediated Matter researchers: Christoph Bader, Dominik Kolb, Rachel Smith, Sunanda Sharma and Professor Neri Oxman National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Vespers Series 1 and 3 purchased with funds donated by anonymous donors, 2017 Vespers Series 2 collection of the artist and Stratasys Ltd., Minnesota


 Maarten BAAS<br/> <em>Grandfather clock</em> (2014) <!-- (front view) --><br /> weathered steel, LCD screen, media player, router, ethernet cable, electrical cord, colour digital video<br /> 720 min 235.0 x 64.2 x 44.0 cm<br /> ed. 8/8<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest in honour of Bruce Parncutt, President of the Council of Trustees of the NGV, 2015<br /> 2015.727<br /> © Maarten Baas <!--118066--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/118066"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Maarten BAAS
Grandfather clock
 (2014) GREAT THINGS TO PEOPLE (GT2P), Santiago (manufacturer)<br /> Guillermo PARADA (designer)<br /> Tamara PÉREZ (designer)<br /> Sebastián ROZAS (designer)<br /> Victor IMPERIALE (designer)<br/> <em>Revolution stool L</em> 2016 <!-- (view) --><br /> from the <i>Remolten N1: Revolution</i> series 2016<br /> basaltic andesite, stoneware<br /> 44.5 x 34.0 x 35.0 cm irreg.<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Gordon Moffatt AM, 2017<br /> 2017.72<br /> © great things 2 People (gt2P) <!--123209--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/123209"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> GREAT THINGS TO PEOPLE (GT2P), Santiago (manufacturer) Guillermo PARADA (designer) Tamara PÉREZ (designer) Sebastián ROZAS (designer) Victor IMPERIALE (designer)
Revolution stool L
 2016
from the Remolten N1: Revolution series 2016 STUDIO FORMAFANTASMA, Amsterdam and Milan (design studio)<br /> Andrea TRIMARCHI (designer)<br /> Simone FARRESIN (designer)<br/> <em>Ore streams – Cabinet</em> (2016-2017) <!-- (front) --><br /> glass, anodised aluminium, steel, synthetic rubber<br /> (a-h) 172.2 x 49.5 x 51.6 cm (overall)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased NGV Foundation with the assistance of Nicholas Allen and Helen Nicolay, 2018<br /> 2018.186.a-h<br /> © Courtesy Studio Formafantasma <!--132376--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/132376"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> STUDIO FORMAFANTASMA, Amsterdam and Milan (design studio) Andrea TRIMARCHI (designer) Simone FARRESIN (designer)
Ore streams – Cabinet
 (2016-2017) STUDIO FORMAFANTASMA, Amsterdam and Milan (design studio)<br /> Andrea TRIMARCHI (designer)<br /> Simone FARRESIN (designer)<br/> <em>Ore streams – Screen 2</em> (2016-2017) <!-- (front) --><br /> metallic paint on aluminium, aluminium foam, gold-plated aluminium painted and gilt leather, steel<br /> (a-c) 135.2 x 173.5 x 88.3 cm (overall)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased NGV Foundation with the assistance of Nicholas Allen and Helen Nicolay, 2018<br /> 2018.185.a-c<br /> © Courtesy Studio Formafantasma <!--132374--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/132374"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> STUDIO FORMAFANTASMA, Amsterdam and Milan (design studio) Andrea TRIMARCHI (designer) Simone FARRESIN (designer)
Ore streams – Screen 2
 (2016-2017) Joris LAARMAN (designer)<br /> JORIS LAARMAN LAB, Amsterdam (manufacturer)<br/> <em>Microstructures, aluminium gradient chair, prototype</em> (2014) <!-- (view ) --><br /> aluminium<br /> 72.5 x 61.8 x 67.0 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Donald Russell Elford and Dorothy Grace Elford Bequest, 2017<br /> 2016.425<br /> © Joris Laarman <!--118243--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/118243"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Joris LAARMAN (designer) JORIS LAARMAN LAB, Amsterdam (manufacturer)
Microstructures, aluminium gradient chair, prototype
 (2014) <br/> © Joris Laarman<br/>

© Joris Laarman


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Susan COHN<br/> <em>Security pass, access all areas</em> (1989) <!-- (full view) --><br /> anodised and dyed aluminium, rubber, brass<br /> 15.7 x 5.7 x 1.2 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Presented through the NGV Foundation by John McPhee, Fellow, 2005<br /> 2005.283<br /> © Susan Cohn <!--77233--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/77233"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Susan COHN
Security pass, access all areas
 (1989) Faig AHMED<br/> <em>Hal</em> 2016 <!-- (view 1) --><br /> wool<br /> 196.5 x 165.0 x 87.5 cm (installed)<br /> ed. 3/3<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Sarah Morgan and Andrew Cook, 2018<br /> 2017.1247<br /> © Faig Ahmed <!--131100--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/131100"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Faig AHMED
Hal
 2016 <br/><br/>



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