• JOURNAL
  • Stories
  • Rigor, Refinement and Value – INDE Luminary: Ross Gardam

Rigor, Refinement and Value – INDE Luminary: Ross Gardam

  • Rigor, Refinement and Value – INDE Luminary: Ross Gardam
  • Stories - August 2020

With experience comes deep insight – and our four INDE Awards Luminaries of 2020 have it in spades.

Hailing from Indonesia, Hong Kong and Australia, their stories of practice through the years reveal not only their own drivers but also facets of context. Through their stories, we find windows to the conditions in which they practice – how things are, and how they hope things will be in future. Each story is unique as written by the architects and designers in their own words. It is an honour to share their journeys with you in a series of articles.

Ross Gardam tells us about the driving forces behind his Melbourne studio, where products of rigour and refinement are developed in a way that will elicit an emotional response and bring value to people.

“There is a high level of rigour involved in my studio’s processes to achieve the degree of refinement sought. These processes typically incorporate a number of non-emotional considerations to ensure each product has value; for example analysing the intent of use, manufacturing processes, disciplined material use, and ergonomics. The pursuit of the new is something we constantly dance with.”

Read the full article on Indesign Live.

Ross Gardam is also excited to announce that Place Lounge Collection has also been nominated for The Object category!

Congratulations to all INDE nominated Luminaries of 2020. INDE.Awards 2020 winners will be announced on 13 August!

Discover More

Marathon House by Neil Architecture is a thoughtful addition to an Italianate Victorian house in Hawthorn East – a characterful yet compact home.

EXPLORE PROJECT /

Launching in Sydney during ‘Saturday Indesign’, the new Place Hub enables a simply beautiful place to meet, learn and be together.

EXPLORE PROJECT /

The Spanish Mission House project transforms a Spanish style home through the application of 21st Century design and brutalist influence objects.

EXPLORE PROJECT /

Introducing Dwell, a sophisticated modular lounging collection designed for flexibility, comfort, and architectural simplicity.

EXPLORE PROJECT /

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

EXPLORE PROJECT /

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.

EXPLORE PROJECT /

Rosanna Ceravolo were tasked with updating and modernising the 2 bedroom art deco apartment in Melbourne’s inner city suburb of South Yarra.

EXPLORE PROJECT /

Summoning the presence of the otherworldly, drawn from the deep, Noctiluca’s ethereal form transcends the everyday.

EXPLORE PROJECT /

The client-centered design journey of a Cantilever project gives time to exploration, listening, and response.

EXPLORE PROJECT /