Thank you for joining us at OPEN STUDIO during Melbourne Design Week 2026.
Over four days, we welcomed visitors into our Brunswick East production studio for the first public presentation within the space. It was a pleasure to share an insight into our process, materials, and approach to locally made lighting.
The exhibition introduced Solace Chain alongside a preview of a new linear pendant, recent works shown during Milan Design Week, and a selection of new material explorations and editions.
Thank you to everyone who visited the studio, engaged with the work, and celebrated the occasion with us.
We would also like to thank Melbourne Design Week and NGV for continuing to support and celebrate Australia’s design community through a diverse program of exhibitions, talks, installations, workshops, and events across Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Explore products on display during our OPEN STUDIO:
Aeris Chandelier
Aeris Table Lamp
Dwell Lounge
Hemera Accorsi
MÉne Desk Lamp
Nebulae Chandelier
Noctiluca
Ora Desk Lamp
Relic
Solace Chain Pendant
Solace Pendant
Solace Table Lamp
Volant Wall Light
Special thanks to videographer Avin Pham for capturing the event stills and creating our Open Studio preview video.
And to our very own Sacha Styles for photographing the Open Studio party.
We were proud to serve a selection of Australian-made beverages at our OPEN STUDIO breakfast series and party.
A special thank you to Coffee Supreme for the morning batch brews, Pyren Vineyard for the wine, Hawkers for the beer, MODE for the seltzers, and TINA for the non-alcoholic beverages. We really appreciate your support.
Nickolas Gurtler fashions a black and white palette for Sydney hair studio Cole Hair, designed to evoke a sense of internal fierceness with elements inspired by Tom Ford.
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The Adapt Collection is a truly modular system with functionality at its core, the Adapt Collection caters for offices, receptions, universities, airports and hospitality spaces.
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Intentionally ambiguous, the brutalist inspired sculptural form reveals its archetype when illuminated.
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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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Warehouse Greenhouse is about the past and the future. It is a story of industrialisation and human occupation, and an attempt to reconcile these with the natural environment.
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Ross Gardam has been awarded a DIA Fellowship by the Design Institute of Australia (DIA), along with Awards of Merit awarded to Vestige and Volant.
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Behind the scenes look at the making of process for Volant, made in our Melbourne-based workshop.
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Ross Gardam studio presented EQUILIBRIUM for Melbourne Design Week 2024
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Bringing the legal community together across multiple levels, Gray Puksand has created a harmonious space full of Australian designed pieces, in celebration of the Institute’s role as an integral part of Victoria’s legal commu...
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