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  • OPEN STUDIO Invitation | Melbourne Design Week 2026

OPEN STUDIO Invitation | Melbourne Design Week 2026

  • OPEN STUDIO Invitation | Melbourne Design Week 2026
  • May 2026

OPEN STUDIO Presented by Ross Gardam

For the occasion of MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK 2026, Ross Gardam will open their production studio to the public for the first time. An environment defined by process and materiality, where luminaires take form through locally sourced materials and meticulous hand-assembly in Brunswick East, Melbourne.

Amongst the rhythm of production, Gardam will unveil a new lighting collection, joining the studio’s ever-expanding portfolio. Visitors are invited to explore a curation of pieces first introduced at Milan Design Week, accompanied by new material studies and refined configurations. The presentation will also feature Gardam’s latest edition works, including Relic, shown in Australia for the first time.

 

14 – 17      MAY     2026

THU – SAT      10:00 – 17:00

SUN      11:00 – 16:00

LOCATION:

ROSS GARDAM WORKSHOP

102 ALBERT ST, BRUNSWICK EAST, VIC 3057

Please note: this event will be held at our workshop, not our Victoria Street studio.

 

 

 

 

 

Melbourne Design Week is Australia’s largest and leading annual design festival and takes place from  14–24 May 2026.

The 2026 program spans 11 days of 400+ events, exhibitions, talks, and installations throughout metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria

Melbourne Design Week is a vital platform for emerging and established creative practitioners, offering the Australian design community and audiences the opportunity to engage with a diverse program of talks, tours, exhibitions, installations, and workshops

Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, curated and delivered by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). Visit designweek.melbourne to view the full program.

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We're honoured to announce that Relic has won this year's IDEA Awards in Object, Furniture & Lighting - Professional category.

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SULIS | A Contemporary Bathroom Range Crafted from Solid Surface by Mains Water Co. & Ross Gardam.

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A new two-storey addition echoes the original vernacular of the heritage Malvern East bungalow, designed by Melbourne based Wyk Architecture.

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The Place Collection has been awarded the prestigious Good Design Award Gold Accolade for the Product Design Furniture and Lighting category in recognition for its outstanding design and innovation.

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Ross Gardam Unveils Ora Raw, the latest piece to join the growing collection of Objects & Editions.

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FMD Architects’ Queens Chambers delivers relaxed beauty. Endeavouring to provide for the duality of work and rest. The space transitions with the day, and a pull of a curtain.

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Gabriel Saunders reimagines a traditional Melbourne worker’s cottage; the design blends heritage and modern restraint.

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Eastop Architects were presented with a compact site embedded in a tight, one-way street off a busy part of Windsor.

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Across the eleven standard finishes, every brass and aluminium component in the new linear pendant light is individually patinated and hand-linished in-house.

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