History in the Making

Dale HARDIMAN (designer)
Adam LYNCH (designer)
DOWEL JONES (design studio and manufacturer)
Never grow up, bench (2019)
synthetic polymer paint and fibre-tipped pen on European beech (Fagus sylvatica)
91.0 x 141.4 x 53.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2019
2019.863
© Dowel Jones

Joris LAARMAN (designer)
JORIS LAARMAN LAB, Amsterdam (manufacturer)
Dragon bench (2014)
stainless steel
89.2 x 194.5 x 177.8 cm
ed. 4/8
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Donald Russell Elford and Dorothy Grace Elford Bequest, 2017
2016.429
© Joris Laarman

Humberto CAMPANA (designer)
Fernando CAMPANA (designer)
ESTÚDIO CAMPANA, São Paolo (manufacturer)
Hippopotamus sofa, prototype (2017)
rattan, leather, iron, coconut fibre, plastic, (other materials)
92.0 x 341.0 x 138.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2018
2018.1059
© Courtesy of Estudio Campana

Nancy Kiwat
Fred Kiwat
Gazir lagoon I 2017
shells, seeds, nylon thread, metal
62.5 x 19.7 x 2.2 cm (variable)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2018
2018.9
© Nancy Kiwat and Fred Kiwat

Xu ZHEN (designer)
XU ZHEN (design studio and manufacturer)
Sofa – Turbulent (2015)
polyurethane foam, paint
(70.0 x 110.0 x 68.0 cm)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Sarah Tiffin and Andrew Clark, 2018
2018.1306
© XU ZHEN®

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