OPEN STUDIO | Melbourne Design Week 2026 Recap

  • OPEN STUDIO | Melbourne Design Week 2026 Recap
  • Event - May 2026
  • PHOTOGRAPHY Avin Pham & Sacha Styles

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.

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An inside look at the making of Relic, our latest limited edition piece. Showing in Australia for the first time, at Melbourne Design Week 2026.

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The Ross Gardam team is excited to introduce new Place Two & Three Seater and Arc Elements to the Place Collection range.

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Ross Gardam Unveils Hemera Accorsi, the first Objects & Editions piece for 2023.

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This is a big bold property, featuring pieces which are able to hold their own. Kimberley-Jade Bawden Design, started from an original art work by Dale Frank.

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We're honoured to announce that the Volant collection has won this year's IDEA Awards in Object - Furniture & Lighting category.

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Contemporary design meets practicality in Blair Smith Architecture's heritage listed Brunswick lean-to cottage project.

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Each Vestige piece is handmade, polished and waxed, meticulously hand assembled in our Melbourne studio.

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Located on a generous level site in the suburb of Fairfield, the Good Life House takes advantage of the long northern boundary by letting natural light and warmth into every area.

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Invitation to Ross Gardam exhibition TRANSCENDENCE at Milan Design Week 2023

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