Program
91 events across Adelaide, 14 – 18 october 2026 — plus a preview day on 13 October. Exhibitions, installations, conversations, open studios, tours, workshops and events.
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Tue 13 Oct3
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EXH in soft company 6pm - 10pm
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contributors
- Presented by soft, Terrace Floors + Furnishings and Armadillo
- Hosted by Hannah White. Speakers
- Jay Jermyn
- Marlo Lyda and Em Frank
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EXH RF LUX + LOUIS POULSEN - CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF THE PH SYSTEM 5:30pm - 7:30pm
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A century celebration honoring Danish architect Poul Henningsen and the revolutionary PH System. Discover the origins of Louis Poulsen and trace a century of anti-glare feature lighting innovation (1926–2026).
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CONV JON GOULDER x AGSA 12.30pm - 1.30pm
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Join Rebecca Evans, Curator of Decorative Arts and Design for a special Adelaide Design Week Tuesday Talk with South Australian craftsperson and designer, Jon Goulder. Jon Goulder is a fourth-generation furniture designer and maker. Goulder completed his apprenticeship in furniture making and upholstery with his family’s business E W Goulder and Sons, between 1988-1992. In 1996 he moved to Canberra to study furniture design and fine woodworking at Canberra School of Art under the direction of the late George Ingham. After leaving Canberra School of Art he established his design consultancy – ’Jon Goulder Designer Maker’. Goulder is both a designer and a talented furniture maker- a rarity in the Australian and international design community. Between 2013-2018 he was Creative Director (Furniture) Jam Factory Adelaide, he was previously a Senior Designer with Snohetta Architects Australasia. He currently runs his own studio space in the southern suburbs of Adelaide.
contributors
- Jon Goulder
- Rebecca Evans
Wed 14 Oct29
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EXH 3D CERAMIC / CLAY PRINTING 9am - 5pm
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contributors
- Mohamed Aboeloyoon Mohamed Farouk Abdelaal Ahmed and Peter Charles
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EXH ADW OPENING EVENT x SHORT NOTICE 6pm - 9pm
Door prizes thanks to generous donations from Alpha Box & Dice & Homie. Cardening Club to show the way on Pirie Street!
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Join us to officially launch Adelaide Design Week every*one with exhibition SHORT NOTICE - A three-hour exhibition event that gathers 50 creatives / designers, across disciplines and stages of practice. Each exhibitor brings a work (finished or unfinished, old or new, speculative or familiar) and installs it on the spot. The exhibition takes shape as people arrive, forming a temporary, self-organising landscape of objects and ideas. Concept: Michael Kutschbach. Host: City of Adelaide. Supported by: boxes.com.au & Gang Gang
contributors
- SHORT NOTICE x ADW Concept: Michael Kutschbach. Host: City of Adelaide. Supported by: boxes.com.au & Gang Gang. Designers revealed on the night.
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EXH DESIGN FOR CARE 9am - 5pm
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The Design for Care exhibition presents design and co-design projects that reimagine how healthcare systems, services, and products are created. Through collaborative work between Adelaide University researchers, designers, healthcare professionals and care-consumers, the exhibition highlights the transformative potential of participatory design research in shaping more responsive, inclusive, and human-centred healthcare.
contributors
- Adelaide University researchers
- designers
- healthcare professionals and care-consumers
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EXH GROUNDED 4pm - 6pm
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Grounded is an exhibition at Fabrikate studio for Adelaide Design Week, partnering with Melbourne's Lander Se Gallery, curated by Hannah Nowlan. Ceramics, textile, art, sculpture and scent respond to one another in one immersive environment — design as connection, not collection, grounded in the hands and making that shaped it all.
contributors
- Lander Se Gallery
- Victoria
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EXH MOVEMENT ACROSS SCALES 3pm - 6pm
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Woods Bagot welcomes visitors to an open studio and curated exhibition exploring how design shapes movement and connection from city streets to national transport networks. Centred on the human experience, it reveals how architecture and infrastructure influence journeys across increasingly complex systems.
contributors
- Woods Bagot Designers
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EXH OBJECT TO MATERIAL 10am - 4pm
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Object to Material showcases a series of furniture & homeware each made of common objects like soda cans, milk bottles, etc. The need for such furniture arises when people, like students, rent an unfurnished house with limited funds. Characteristics such as playfulness, peculiar visual language is highlighted in each piece.
contributors
- Achintya Chaudhary
- Laura Sandil
- (Venue Collaboration with Marchelle Matthew)
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EXH PHOTOSYNTHETIC AGENCY 9am - 5pm
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contributors
- Peter Charles
- Chiara Le
- Farnaz Nazarzadeh Ansaroudi
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EXH POWER SURGE: INTO THE GRID 10am - 5pm
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An exhibition of prototype lighting by Associates of JamFactory’s Ceramics, Furniture, Glass and Jewellery/Metal Studios, providing insight into the creative process of design and production.
contributors
- JamFactory Associates
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EXH PUBLIC NOTICE 10am - 4pm
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Public Notice is an open poster exhibition presented as part of Adelaide Design Week, inviting graphic designers, students and visual communicators to use the poster as it was always meant to be used—as a tool for communication, not commerce. The exhibition takes its cues from the AGDA Poster Annuals: a theme, a format, and an open call. But there is no jury here and no selection process. The theme—design is not neutral. Every decision carries a point of view. Public Notice asks designers to respond to whatever that means to you: a social issue, an environmental concern, a community, a belief. The only brief is to stand for something.
contributors
- Various
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EXH SHOPFRONT DESIGN CIRCUIT (all day)
WIN: Aesop People's Choice Prize - visit to vote, vote to win
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The annual Shopfront design challenge sees the East End buzz with a number of business and designer collaborations for 24/7 viewing. This multi-venue exhibition has seen local businesses hand over their shopfronts for quick thinking design responses from selected Adelaide based designers and architects. For Adelaide Design Week 2026, we have expanded again - with more venues in the East End - bringing an intimate and broad range of responses. Join us for a dynamic walking tour of the Shopfront Design Circuit exhibitions, finishing at Honeydripper for an afternoon to farewell Adelaide Design Week. All are welcome, with additional collaborations and the final walking tour route to be announced.
contributors
- Jewel of Thought Records x Tom Borgas
- Galeria Grafika x Tristan Kerr
- Utopian Creations x Jake Lane
- Naomi Murrell x Sophia Moore
- Shop Pond / Filter Store x Moraene Architecture & Design Collective
- Nudie Jeans x Will Cheeseman and Oliver Hyde
- Miss Gladys Sym Choon x Claire Markwick-Smith
- Aesop x Andrew Carvolth, Latteria x House of Vnholy, HoneyDripper x Musch
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EXH SHORT NOTICE 6pm - 9pm
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A three-hour exhibition event. A gathering of 50 designers, across disciplines and stages of practice, who each bring a work (finished or unfinished, old or new, speculative or familiar) and install it on the spot. The exhibition takes shape as people arrive, forming a temporary, self-organising landscape of objects and ideas.
contributors
- SHORT NOTICE x ADW Concept: Michael Kutschbach. Host: City of Adelaide. Supported by: boxes.com.au & Gang Gang. Designers revealed on the night.
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EXH TOKEN at 'SHORT NOTICE'
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TOKEN / curated vending machine; Travelling micro gallery & marketplace lucky dip celebrating the creativity, generosity and curiosity of our design community. Affordable, accessible and unexpected, TOKEN allows every*one to take home a small piece of Adelaide Design Week with all proceeds donated to Carlew.
contributors
- Ailish Ling, Alex Barker, Alexis Mason, Alicia Kidd, Amber Cronin, Andrew LymnPenning, Andy TT, Andy Ward, Annalisa Lippis, Annie Comelli, Bankston Architectural, Ben McPherson, Bri Hammond, Bronwyn Marshall, Brydon Jackson, Calum Hurley, Caren Elliss, Casey Chong, Claire Markwick-Smith, Cohen Pettitt, Conor Mannering, Daniel Guest, Daniel Wells Smith, Daniel.Emma, Dr Nathan James Crane, Drew Martin, East End Flower Market, Ebony Proud, Eden Wellings, Em Frank, Emma Sadie Thomson, Gemma Caon, Harrison Gale, Hugo Curtis, Jacob Stavrakis, Jake Lane, Jasmine Placentino, Jess Miller, Jess Peele, Jess Sisto, Jesse Wakenshaw, Jim Semple, John Bosco, John Goulder, Jonathan VDK, Julian Leigh May, Justin Hermes, Katica Ped, Katrina Ramm, Kirrakee Watson, KJ, Lauren Murphy, Lotte Schwerdtfeger, Louie Naito, Maddi Lewis, Maddie Goldsmith, Maeja Hida, Matiya Marovich, Menna McAlpin, Miles Dunne, Naomi Murrell, Oliver Hyde, Patrick Scott, Penny Fisher, Peter Fong, Ryan Neville, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Sami Agostino, Sarah Leach, Shane Heddy, Simon Colabufalo, Simon Terry, Sophie Wilkinson, Stella Martino, Stephen Roy, Stephen Soeffky, Steve Bankston, Suzanne Karagiannis, Tom Borgas, Tom Graham, Tristan Kerr, Wilfred Cheung.
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EXH TOMORROW TALENT 10am - 5pm
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Discover the next generation of designer/makers in an exhibition of work by the talented Associates across JamFactory’s Ceramics, Glass, Furniture and Jewellery/Metal Studios.
contributors
- JamFactory Associates
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EXH VIBRANT SOFUBI: EARLY PLASTICS MANUFACTURING REDEFINED 10am - 4pm
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Featuring Suity-chan by Adelaide design studio Hints and Spices, the exhibition celebrates the beauty of sofubi through colour, effects and paint.
Sofubi is a toy manufacturing method from the 1950s which was largely abandoned by industry for more automated processes but kept alive in Japan. From the late 1990s, artists and designers adopted it to produce their own designs.
Today it is more than a manufacturing process. It is a multilayered medium with its own community of makers, collectors, retailers and events, and that interest has brought production back around the world.
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EXH WASTE RECONSIDERED 10am - 8pm
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‘WASTE RECONSIDERED’ an exploration of beauty within the discarded. Flipping the concept of landfill waste to produce elegant usable forms, Rebecca and Rachel work with local businesses and industries to source abundant waste streams and the result.. ASTONISHING.. an aesthetic story within our homes, workplaces and dining experiences.
contributors
- Esse Bio Designs (Brand) / Something Special Concept Store (host) / Rebecca Hartman Kearns (Maker/Founder) / Rachel Mifsud (Designer/Founder)
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EXH X KEULEMANS 10am - 5pm
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Presented in partnership with Adelaide University, this exhibition showcases creative works by South Australian designer, artist and researcher Guy Keulemans. In collaboration with leading Australian designers, Keulemans explores the repair, reuse and generative and regenerative processes for environmental sustainability.
contributors
- Guy Keulemans
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EXH YOKE • OBJECTS FOR HUMAN CONNECTION 10am - 6pm
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YOKE • objects for human connection • explores the quiet power of handmade objects to draw us back toward one another in a time increasingly shaped by speed, convenience, and digital distance. Ceramics, furniture, vessels, lighting, plants and sculptural works become conduits for human closeness through thoughtful making, shared presence and storytelling.
contributors
- Samantha Agostino
- Simon Bajada
- Andrew Carvolth
- Thomas Carvolth
- Miles Dunne
- Em Frank
- Daniel Guest
- Ha Architecture
- Alexandra Hirst
- Denise Hojdyssek
- Takeshi Iue
- Joslin Koolen
- Alexis Mason
- Bridget Saville
- Lea Tarakdjian
- Eden Wellings
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INST CARDENING CLUB at 'ADW OPENING'
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Cardening Club playfully juxtaposes Mother Nature with human design. A roving planted vehicle moves through the city during Adelaide Design Week, creating unexpected moments of greenery. Appearing at key events and locations, the installation transforms an object designed for movement into a playful exploration of nature, creativity and urban design.
contributors
- Emma Thomson & Tim Hansford
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INST LIVING ON THE CEILING 4pm - LATE
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Living on the ceiling is a lighting family resulting from exploring the relationship between material, memory and transformation. Through the use of ceramics and linen the show exhibits pieces made by imprinting, folding, creasing, bending and tearing porcelain with remnants of French workwear.
contributors
- Eden Wellings
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INST TORPOR DAY BED 10am - 6pm
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Torpor seat is an object that investigates the relationship between rest, movement, and material reuse. The project brings together recycled denim textiles developed by Will Cheesman in collaboration with Nudie Jeans, with reclaimed timber sourced and crafted by Oliver Hyde.
contributors
- William Cheesman & Oliver Hyde
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CONV CO-DESIGNING YITPI YARTAPUULTIKU 4pm - 5:30pm
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YITPI YARTAPUULTIKU - Soul of Port Adelaide: The Story Behind an Award-Winning Place
Discover the remarkable story behind YITPI YARTAPUULTIKU - Soul of Port Adelaide, a multi-award-winning public realm project that has transformed the heart of Port Adelaide. Join Architect Ashley Halliday and Landscape Architect Warwick Keates as they take the audience behind the scenes of the project's conception, design development, and delivery.
This engaging presentation explores how architecture, landscape architecture, planning, culture, history, and community aspirations were woven together to create a place of lasting significance. Through insights into the co-design process, working with cultural knowledge, key challenges, and moments of innovation, Ashley and Warwick reveal the thinking that shaped a project now recognised for its design excellence and contribution to public life.
Whether you are a design professional, student, or community member, this presentation offers a unique opportunity to understand how thoughtful, place-based design can celebrate identity, strengthen connection, and leave a lasting legacy for future generations.
A free event, bookings essential. Presented by the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Adelaide University.
contributors
- Ashley Halliday (Ashley Halliday Architects)
- Warwick Keates (WAX Design)
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CONV JAM FACTORY x GUY KEULEMANS 12.15pm - 1pm
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South Australian designer, artist and researcher Guy Keulemans provides insight into his current JamFactory exhibition 'X Guy Keulemans'
contributors
- Guy Keulemans
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CONV STYLECRAFT: MADE HERE 12pm - 2pm
This Adelaide Design Week, join us for lunch or breakfast for a panel discussion exploring the inspiration, materiality, and enduring value of Australian made design. Choose from one of two sessions that will bring together Helen Kontouris (Director, LEN Furniture), Nichole Harris (General Manager, Instyle) and Diana Rosenthal (Principal, Architectus).
Outside of session times, Stylecraft Adelaide will continue to operate during trading hours as an open showroom display featuring new furniture releases. Please note, Stylecraft is closed on weekends.
Panel discussions will commence approximately 30 minutes into each session.
contributors
- Helen Kontouris - Director, LEN Furniture Nichole Harris - General Manager, Instyle Diana Rosenthal - Principal, Education Interiors Leader, Architectus
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CONV YOU'RE NOT FINISHED YET 1pm - 2pm
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This panel, a collaboration between JamFactory and the School of Art and Design, Adelaide University, is a provocation around craft, design, and professional practice, and how these connect to educating future practitioners and practice as an ongoing discipline. It explores craft as a critical, shared practice connecting materiality, skill, and collaboration.
contributors
- Lee-Anne Hall, Veronika Gunjko-Kelly, Guy Keulemans, Gabriella Bisetto
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OPEN ESTILO x HERMAN MILLER: AERON NEVER STOPS 9am - 5pm
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OPEN RF LUX LIGHTING 9am - 5pm
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Showroom launch - Premium Architectural & Decorative Lighting defined by the balance of refined design and technical precision.
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TOUR TORRENS RIVER CITY WALK 11am - 12pm
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Walk the River Torrens like never before. Using an interactive mobile map, this guided walk reveals 150 years of urban design evolution. View archival photos of exact locations and see how GeoAI analyzed Adelaide's heritage landscape to track changes in infrastructure, vegetation, and public life.
contributors
- Mohamad Waheed Fareed Abdelfattah
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WORK MAKE AN IMPRESSION : ARLON HALL / BILLIE JUSTICE THOMSON (ALL AGES) 10am - 5pm
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South Australian artists Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson invite you to slow down and lose yourself inside a painting. Thomson's vibrant compositions draw on everyday objects, Australian imagery and familiar food and drink, evoking a quiet sense of nostalgia. Hall works across painting, drawing and sculpture, exploring the interplay of line, colour and form through moments of overlap and tension. Inspired by Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition this Studio invites hands-on exploration of light, colour, line and shape to create your own abstract coloured, layered line drawing.
contributors
- Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson
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WORK WAX CARVING : RING MAKING 6pm - 8pm
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Wax carving ring making work shop. Work with wax and tools to design and shape your unique ring. Your wax design will be professionally cast, sanded, and finished by the instructor. In approximately two weeks, your completed sterling silver ring will be ready for you to collect
Thu 15 Oct39
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EXH 3D CERAMIC / CLAY PRINTING 9am - 5pm
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contributors
- Mohamed Aboeloyoon Mohamed Farouk Abdelaal Ahmed and Peter Charles
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EXH ANTHO 5pm - 9pm
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Hygge Studio and Lo & Co Interiors present ANTHO, a study of botanics in motion through mechanical intervention. ANTHO explores the relationship between nature, technology, light, and atmosphere within interior space. Through kinetic movement and shadow play, the works reinterpret wind, blooming, and organic rhythm as sculptural, programmed experiences.
contributors
- Hygge Studio, Lo & Co Interiors and Cam Wesson
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EXH BLOOM 10am - 4pm
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BLOOM is a collaborative exhibition showcasing multidisciplinary creatives, examining the individual and collective experience of the algal bloom that has affected our South Australian coastlines. Hosted at Basement Gallery, BLOOM platforms critical dialogue and fervour surrounding an ongoing ecological issue, explored through experimental visual art and design modes.
contributors
- Ruby Yates (co-curator)
- Tasha Katsikas (co-curator)
- Michael Waters
- Chloe Burton
- Bianca Hoffrichter
- Oliver Johnson
- Kate Hendry
- Rodrigo Kimbelblat
- Chelsea Evans
- Poppy Chung
- Phoebe Hunter
- Francesca Narni
- Nikita Mettananda
- Tyler Jackson Chappell
- India Chappell
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EXH DESIGN FOR CARE 9am - 5pm
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The Design for Care exhibition presents design and co-design projects that reimagine how healthcare systems, services, and products are created. Through collaborative work between Adelaide University researchers, designers, healthcare professionals and care-consumers, the exhibition highlights the transformative potential of participatory design research in shaping more responsive, inclusive, and human-centred healthcare.
contributors
- Adelaide University researchers
- designers
- healthcare professionals and care-consumers
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EXH GROUNDED 4pm - 7:30pm
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Grounded is an exhibition at Fabrikate studio for Adelaide Design Week, partnering with Melbourne's Lander Se Gallery, curated by Hannah Nowlan. Ceramics, textile, art, sculpture and scent respond to one another in one immersive environment — design as connection, not collection, grounded in the hands and making that shaped it all.
contributors
- Lander Se Gallery
- Victoria
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EXH OBJECT TO MATERIAL 10am - 4pm
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Object to Material showcases a series of furniture & homeware each made of common objects like soda cans, milk bottles, etc. The need for such furniture arises when people, like students, rent an unfurnished house with limited funds. Characteristics such as playfulness, peculiar visual language is highlighted in each piece.
contributors
- Achintya Chaudhary
- Laura Sandil
- (Venue Collaboration with Marchelle Matthew)
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EXH PHOTOSYNTHETIC AGENCY 9am - 5pm
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contributors
- Peter Charles
- Chiara Le
- Farnaz Nazarzadeh Ansaroudi
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EXH POWER SURGE: INTO THE GRID 10am - 5pm
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An exhibition of prototype lighting by Associates of JamFactory’s Ceramics, Furniture, Glass and Jewellery/Metal Studios, providing insight into the creative process of design and production.
contributors
- JamFactory Associates
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EXH PUBLIC NOTICE 10am - 4pm
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Public Notice is an open poster exhibition presented as part of Adelaide Design Week, inviting graphic designers, students and visual communicators to use the poster as it was always meant to be used—as a tool for communication, not commerce. The exhibition takes its cues from the AGDA Poster Annuals: a theme, a format, and an open call. But there is no jury here and no selection process. The theme—design is not neutral. Every decision carries a point of view. Public Notice asks designers to respond to whatever that means to you: a social issue, an environmental concern, a community, a belief. The only brief is to stand for something.
contributors
- Various
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EXH SHOP GENERATOR 8am - 2pm / Opening Night 5pm - 9pm
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A temporary shop for permanent objects. Shop Generator brings together a curated collection of considered objects by independent designers and makers. Bridging the space between exhibition and retail, Shop Generator brings objects into focus to be encountered, celebrated and collected. Recognising that a sale can be a meaningful continuation of the creative process. Here for a moment, then gone again.
Join us on Thursday 15th to celebrate the opening of Shop Generator. Idle Hands will be behind the bar, pouring juice from 5pm.
Can’t make it? Come by Friday for an after work knock-off and a night of shop trading.
contributors
- AILISH LING
- ALEXANDER ROBERTSON
- ALEXIS MASON
- BRIDGET SAVILLE
- BUSHWOMAN
- CADELL CANUTE
- CAKEY SPORTSMAN
- CARMAN SKEEHAN
- DANNY JARRATT
- DITHER
- EDEN WELLINGS
- ELEANOR AMOR
- EM FRANK
- EMBER SATYN
- ETIKETTE
- HARRISON GALE
- IDA OBJECTS
- JACK FENBY
- KOBAMUNDII
- LEA TARAKDJIAN
- MARTINA BEKA
- MINCE
- NAT PENNEY
- OLIVER JOHNSON
- OUTCAST GOODS
- PETER FONG
- RILEY STONE
- ROMELIA
- RORY BRANSON
- S.K
- SAM GOLD
- SATURDAY YARD WORK
- SEMPLE STUFF
- SIBLING
- STEMM STUDIO
- STUDIO ARBIE
- STUDIO MIGNONE
- STUFF BY GLAD
- THOMAS CARVOLTH
- TOM SUMMERS
- TRICOTE
- VICTORIA PATERSON
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EXH SHOPFRONT DESIGN CIRCUIT (all day)
WIN: Aesop People's Choice Prize - visit to vote, vote to win
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The annual Shopfront design challenge sees the East End buzz with a number of business and designer collaborations for 24/7 viewing. This multi-venue exhibition has seen local businesses hand over their shopfronts for quick thinking design responses from selected Adelaide based designers and architects. For Adelaide Design Week 2026, we have expanded again - with more venues in the East End - bringing an intimate and broad range of responses. Join us for a dynamic walking tour of the Shopfront Design Circuit exhibitions, finishing at Honeydripper for an afternoon to farewell Adelaide Design Week. All are welcome, with additional collaborations and the final walking tour route to be announced.
contributors
- Jewel of Thought Records x Tom Borgas
- Galeria Grafika x Tristan Kerr
- Utopian Creations x Jake Lane
- Naomi Murrell x Sophia Moore
- Shop Pond / Filter Store x Moraene Architecture & Design Collective
- Nudie Jeans x Will Cheeseman and Oliver Hyde
- Miss Gladys Sym Choon x Claire Markwick-Smith
- Aesop x Andrew Carvolth, Latteria x House of Vnholy, HoneyDripper x Musch
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EXH SLOT opening 4pm - 7pm
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SLOT is an exhibition that explores propositions, explorations and curiosities. Encouraging designers, makers, architects, artists and creative voyeurs to collaborate and respond to a brief of simplicity - to design objects, furniture, artwork, anything - without the need fixings. The act of 'slotting' inspires the action, and in turn, the proposals.
contributors
- Curated by Bronwyn Marshall
- Hosted by SODA Objects
- Supported by Table Wines, Little Bang Brewing Co. and Little Hampton Bricks. Andrew Barker Annie Cornelli Andrew Walter Anthony Gagliardi Athanasios Lazarou Bronwyn Marshall Conor Mannering Elijah Makris Harry Knott Jason Oaten-Hepworth Jason Hanoumis Joseph Standring Jim Semple Joe Fuschen Jonathan van der Knaap Kim Bridgland Luke Makris Nat Penney Nathan Ng Oliver Hyde Paul Akins Penny Fisher Peter Fong Richard Le Messurier Sakthivel Eakambaranathan Saxon Rudduck Simon Williams Sonja Danilovic Stephen Roy Thomas Maxam Wilfred Cheung Workshop 10
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EXH soft presented in partnership with the Art Gallery of South Australia 11am - 5pm
12pm Friday - Explore soft with your senses in this tactile session for people with vision impairment, guided by Andy TT and Calum Hurley. Bookings required.
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Through artworks, objects and encounters, Soft seeks to invite new connections and ways of seeing, while considering the quiet gestures of care and meaning that shape our relationship with the things we live alongside.
contributors
- Janice Cui
- Jesse Wakenshaw
- Belinda Nimmo
- Phillip Nielsen
- Em Franklin + Miles Dunne
- Marlo Lyda
- Studio Tops
- Indigo Tolhurst
- Patrick Scott
- Dean Toepfer
- Riley Stone
- Drew Abrahamson
- Lotte Schwerdtfeger
- Tom Graham
- Penny Fisher
- AMALGAME studio
- Tom Summers
- Jay Jermyn
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EXH STARRY STARRY NIGHT 1pm - 6pm
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We’re going off grid. Taking a breath to explore the romance, ritual, deliberate nature of lighting the humble candle. Whether it’s amidst a stormy blackout, the final touch on the dinner party you’ve slaved for or to help you unwind after another busy day, there is no doubting the charm of candlelight. (Plus, everyone looks better candlelit). Starry starry night is a multidisciplinary exhibition showcasing contemporary craft and design. Exploring soft deliberate lighting and the way it can shape individual and shared sensory experience.
contributors
- Alexis Mason, Bindi Nimmo, Bridget Saville, Bronwyn Marshall, Cecile Gariepy, Daniel & Emma, Daniel Stavridis - Sedni Studio, Drew Spangenberg, Eden Wellings, Gabe Turner, Jed Kelly, Joe Fuchsen - Glass Rhythm, Kerryn Levy, Lauren Murphy, Lotte Schwerdtfeger, Luke Turner & Nicholas Fuller - Miller Objects, Miles Dunne & Em Frank, Olivia Kathigitis, Parcta Studio, Patrick Scott - New Instance, Remington Francis, Sam Gold, Saul Scanlon - Handmade & Found, Scott Van Manen Scott Van Tuil – Van Tuil, Simon Colabufalo – Colabufalo, South Drawn, Stephen Roy – ROY, Studio Henry Wilson, Thomas Carvolth, Tom Fereday, Tom Golin
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EXH SUPER PARTY 6pm - SUPER LATE
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A super late, super party. In 2020, Bankston Architectural and Sans-Arc launched the Super Collection into lockdown. No party, no fanfare. Five years and four collaborations later we're finally throwing it, inside Sans-Arc's new West Croydon studio. The collection draws on the Radical Design Movement, so does the night. Part exhibition, part installation, part party. Hospitality presented with a Bankston + Sans-Arc touch. Touch points throughout, an experience in one way or another. Drinks, food, music, fun.
contributors
- Sans-Arc Studio + Bankston Architectural
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EXH TOKEN at 'SHOP GENERATOR'
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TOKEN / curated vending machine; Travelling micro gallery & marketplace lucky dip celebrating the creativity, generosity and curiosity of our design community. Affordable, accessible and unexpected, TOKEN allows every*one to take home a small piece of Adelaide Design Week with all proceeds donated to Carlew.
contributors
- Ailish Ling, Alex Barker, Alexis Mason, Alicia Kidd, Amber Cronin, Andrew LymnPenning, Andy TT, Andy Ward, Annalisa Lippis, Annie Comelli, Bankston Architectural, Ben McPherson, Bri Hammond, Bronwyn Marshall, Brydon Jackson, Calum Hurley, Caren Elliss, Casey Chong, Claire Markwick-Smith, Cohen Pettitt, Conor Mannering, Daniel Guest, Daniel Wells Smith, Daniel.Emma, Dr Nathan James Crane, Drew Martin, East End Flower Market, Ebony Proud, Eden Wellings, Em Frank, Emma Sadie Thomson, Gemma Caon, Harrison Gale, Hugo Curtis, Jacob Stavrakis, Jake Lane, Jasmine Placentino, Jess Miller, Jess Peele, Jess Sisto, Jesse Wakenshaw, Jim Semple, John Bosco, John Goulder, Jonathan VDK, Julian Leigh May, Justin Hermes, Katica Ped, Katrina Ramm, Kirrakee Watson, KJ, Lauren Murphy, Lotte Schwerdtfeger, Louie Naito, Maddi Lewis, Maddie Goldsmith, Maeja Hida, Matiya Marovich, Menna McAlpin, Miles Dunne, Naomi Murrell, Oliver Hyde, Patrick Scott, Penny Fisher, Peter Fong, Ryan Neville, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Sami Agostino, Sarah Leach, Shane Heddy, Simon Colabufalo, Simon Terry, Sophie Wilkinson, Stella Martino, Stephen Roy, Stephen Soeffky, Steve Bankston, Suzanne Karagiannis, Tom Borgas, Tom Graham, Tristan Kerr, Wilfred Cheung.
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EXH TOMORROW TALENT 10am - 5pm
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Discover the next generation of designer/makers in an exhibition of work by the talented Associates across JamFactory’s Ceramics, Glass, Furniture and Jewellery/Metal Studios.
contributors
- JamFactory Associates
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EXH TWO WAY 5pm - 8pm
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Two-way is a collaborative exhibition, by a designer, jeweller, musician and a furniture maker, exploring the exchange between maker and material. The artworks are a result of attention, negotiation and participation rather than control. Two-way invites audiences to observe the conversations that occur through creative practice and our relationship with the material world.
contributors
- Isabelle Byrne
- Peter Fong
- Emma Byrne
- Will Young
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EXH VIBRANT SOFUBI: EARLY PLASTICS MANUFACTURING REDEFINED 10am - 4pm
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Featuring Suity-chan by Adelaide design studio Hints and Spices, the exhibition celebrates the beauty of sofubi through colour, effects and paint.
Sofubi is a toy manufacturing method from the 1950s which was largely abandoned by industry for more automated processes but kept alive in Japan. From the late 1990s, artists and designers adopted it to produce their own designs.
Today it is more than a manufacturing process. It is a multilayered medium with its own community of makers, collectors, retailers and events, and that interest has brought production back around the world.
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EXH WASTE RECONSIDERED 10am - 8pm
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‘WASTE RECONSIDERED’ an exploration of beauty within the discarded. Flipping the concept of landfill waste to produce elegant usable forms, Rebecca and Rachel work with local businesses and industries to source abundant waste streams and the result.. ASTONISHING.. an aesthetic story within our homes, workplaces and dining experiences.
contributors
- Esse Bio Designs (Brand) / Something Special Concept Store (host) / Rebecca Hartman Kearns (Maker/Founder) / Rachel Mifsud (Designer/Founder)
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EXH X KEULEMANS 10am - 5pm
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Presented in partnership with Adelaide University, this exhibition showcases creative works by South Australian designer, artist and researcher Guy Keulemans. In collaboration with leading Australian designers, Keulemans explores the repair, reuse and generative and regenerative processes for environmental sustainability.
contributors
- Guy Keulemans
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EXH YOKE • OBJECTS FOR HUMAN CONNECTION 10am - 6pm
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YOKE • objects for human connection • explores the quiet power of handmade objects to draw us back toward one another in a time increasingly shaped by speed, convenience, and digital distance. Ceramics, furniture, vessels, lighting, plants and sculptural works become conduits for human closeness through thoughtful making, shared presence and storytelling.
contributors
- Samantha Agostino
- Simon Bajada
- Andrew Carvolth
- Thomas Carvolth
- Miles Dunne
- Em Frank
- Daniel Guest
- Ha Architecture
- Alexandra Hirst
- Denise Hojdyssek
- Takeshi Iue
- Joslin Koolen
- Alexis Mason
- Bridget Saville
- Lea Tarakdjian
- Eden Wellings
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INST CARDENING CLUB at 'EST OPEN STUDIO'
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Cardening Club playfully juxtaposes Mother Nature with human design. A roving planted vehicle moves through the city during Adelaide Design Week, creating unexpected moments of greenery. Appearing at key events and locations, the installation transforms an object designed for movement into a playful exploration of nature, creativity and urban design.
contributors
- Emma Thomson & Tim Hansford
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INST LIVING ON THE CEILING 5pm opening
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Living on the ceiling is a lighting family resulting from exploring the relationship between material, memory and transformation. Through the use of ceramics and linen the show exhibits pieces made by imprinting, folding, creasing, bending and tearing porcelain with remnants of French workwear.
contributors
- Eden Wellings
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INST TORPOR DAY BED 10am - 6pm
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Torpor seat is an object that investigates the relationship between rest, movement, and material reuse. The project brings together recycled denim textiles developed by Will Cheesman in collaboration with Nudie Jeans, with reclaimed timber sourced and crafted by Oliver Hyde.
contributors
- William Cheesman & Oliver Hyde
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CONV BESPOKE INTENTION 12pm - 2pm
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Arc Tile Design invites you to discover limitless approaches and applications in Architecture and Design. Join renowned Interior Architect Susanna Bilardo from Enoki Design and Architect Sally Wilson from Archaea Architects. Unveiling a bespoke case study showcasing materiality longevity and shaping the future of the space, presented by Arc Tile Design.
contributors
- Interior Architect Susanna Bilardo from Enoki Design
- Architect Sally Wilson from Archaea Architects & Daniella Antonuccio Designer of Arc Tile Design.
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CONV COVERS AND PAGES 6pm - 7pm
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Presented by Splinter Journal and Pink Shorts Press, as part of Adelaide Design Week 2026. Featuring Tamika Couedor (FutureJuice), Tyrone Ormsby (Person Books, designer of Splinter Journal) and Jess Zeng (ban she, zine maker), in conversation with Emily Hart (Pink Shorts Press). Free to attend. Come along for a glass of wine, an Imprints browse and to discuss everyone's opinions on book covers. Please get in touch with any questions or access requirements.
contributors
- Tamika Couedor (FutureJuice)
- Tyrone Ormsby (Person Books, designer of Splinter Journal) and Jess Zeng (ban she, zine maker)
- in conversation with Emily Hart (Pink Shorts Press)
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CONV DESIGNING DEEPLY 6pm - 8pm
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A thought-provoking panel discussion exploring the tension between universal design and designing for specific user needs. The session examines whether creating solutions for everyone can inadvertently dilute effectiveness, and how deeply addressing niche requirements can generate broader societal benefits. When everyone is different, how do we design for anyone?
contributors
- Dr Nathan James Crane
- Eric Cross – Circ Industrial Design
- Kiri Bowmer – JPE Design Studio
- Keith Dougal – JPE Design Studio (Facilitator)
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CONV DESIGNING FUTURES 5pm - 7pm
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In collaboration with Adelaide University, the Creative Alliance Committee (Institute of Architects SA Chapter) is hosting a unique event in the City’s West End to explore the future with designers, design thinkers, and creative practitioners more broadly. Join us for this thought-provoking interlude within an exciting Adelaide Design Week 2026 program. We will bring together our multi-disciplinary and multi-generational community to celebrate and surface collaborative practice, provoking a conversation about the future through the eyes of design + creativity + critical thinking. Through facilitated conversation, we will explore human futures through different perspectives and generations. We are seeking a diverse audience to ignite dialogue, connection, and collaboration as part of this year’s Adelaide Design Week.
contributors
- Creative Alliance Committee, SA Chapter of AIA
- Adelaide University, College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities
- Introduction by: Professor Ariella Helfgott, Adelaide University
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CONV IN CONVERSATION: INSIGHTS, PROCESS AND MATERIAL INTEGRITY IN LIGHTING DESIGN 6:30 PM
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Bringing together leading lighting studios for an open panel discussion on what shapes their studio practice, processes and the role of material in the finished product. For designers, architects and public interested in product design practices, the event offers an opportunity to gain insight into the thinking that shapes each studio's identity.
contributors
- Participating studios: Nightworks Studio
- Objects for Thought and Transmitt
- hosted by The Light Impact
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CONV MONET TO MATISSE : ART TO EXHIBITION 6pm - 7:30pm
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Go behind the scenes of Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition with AGSA's curatorial team and exhibition designers Grieve Gillett Architects. Discover how art, architecture, colour and curatorial thinking came together to shape the exhibition, from the placement of individual works to the design of the complete visitor experience.
contributors
- GGA exhibition design team + AGSA curatorial team
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CONV STYLECRAFT: MADE HERE 8:30am - 10:30am
This Adelaide Design Week, join us for lunch or breakfast for a panel discussion exploring the inspiration, materiality, and enduring value of Australian made design. Choose from one of two sessions that will bring together Helen Kontouris (Director, LEN Furniture), Nichole Harris (General Manager, Instyle) and Diana Rosenthal (Principal, Architectus).
Outside of session times, Stylecraft Adelaide will continue to operate during trading hours as an open showroom display featuring new furniture releases. Please note, Stylecraft is closed on weekends.
Panel discussions will commence approximately 30 minutes into each session.
contributors
- Helen Kontouris - Director, LEN Furniture Nichole Harris - General Manager, Instyle Diana Rosenthal - Principal, Education Interiors Leader, Architectus
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OPEN CRAFTED HARDWOODS : FACTORY TOUR 12pm - 1:30pm
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Come and experience a world-first Australian innovation: robotics and nanoscience transforming overlooked timber into architectural-grade hardwood, proudly made in Adelaide.
Walk the floor with our team, get hands-on with the material in both its raw and finished forms, and discover the timber behind Jon Goulder’s Intersection Table and the Grand Designs Australia Pigeon House project. Please register to secure a spot.
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OPEN EST OPEN STUDIO 5pm - 8pm
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OPEN ESTILO x HERMAN MILLER: AERON NEVER STOPS 9am - 5pm
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OPEN RF LUX LIGHTING 9am - 5pm
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Showroom launch - Premium Architectural & Decorative Lighting defined by the balance of refined design and technical precision.
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WORK MAKE AN IMPRESSION : ARLON HALL / BILLIE JUSTICE THOMSON (ALL AGES) 10am - 5pm
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South Australian artists Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson invite you to slow down and lose yourself inside a painting. Thomson's vibrant compositions draw on everyday objects, Australian imagery and familiar food and drink, evoking a quiet sense of nostalgia. Hall works across painting, drawing and sculpture, exploring the interplay of line, colour and form through moments of overlap and tension. Inspired by Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition this Studio invites hands-on exploration of light, colour, line and shape to create your own abstract coloured, layered line drawing.
contributors
- Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson
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WORK THE DIGITAL PAUSE - COLLAGE EVENING 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Please note that this event has been cancelled. Stay tuned for next year.
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Klaro Industrial Design and Being Studio are hosting an analogue collage night, part of The Digital Pause series! Join us for a relaxed evening to unplug, unwind, and create your own vision board for the design practice you want to manifest. We'll have magazines, fabric offcuts and catalogues on hand, plus some refreshments.
contributors
- Being Studio & Klaro Industrial Design
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WORK WAX CARVING : RING MAKING 6pm - 8pm
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Wax carving ring making work shop. Work with wax and tools to design and shape your unique ring. Your wax design will be professionally cast, sanded, and finished by the instructor. In approximately two weeks, your completed sterling silver ring will be ready for you to collect
Fri 16 Oct41
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EXH 10 x 10 6pm - 9pm
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10x10 Same Parameters, Different Outcomes
contributors
- Enoki Design Studio
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EXH 3D CERAMIC / CLAY PRINTING 9am - 5pm
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contributors
- Mohamed Aboeloyoon Mohamed Farouk Abdelaal Ahmed and Peter Charles
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EXH A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN Opening 4pm - 8pm
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A Room of One's Own is a collaborative examination of interior living through applied arts. Inspired by the interdisciplinary approach of the Bloomsbury Group and research into the Powerhouse Museum’s collection, the artists work across sculpture, furniture and functional objects, blurring the line between art, design and the decorative.
contributors
- Eleanor Amor
- Agatha Gothe-Snape
- Jennifer Mathews
- Michelle Nikou
- Nat Penney
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EXH AFTER MOOD CAFE & SHOP Launch Party 4pm - 8pm
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For three days, AFTER MOOD x BUTTER CANTEEN comes to life as a café, shop and gathering place during Adelaide Design Week. A space to pause, wander and discover, where objects, food and atmosphere come together to create a little spark of something unexpected. Come for a coffee, stay for a while, and take a piece of AFTER MOOD home with you.
contributors
- Daniel Emma & Studio Gram
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EXH AFTERLIFE 7pm - LATE
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Afterlife is a research project investigating the reuse of demolished concrete. The exhibition seeks to change how permanence and decay are read in architecture, urging a more conscious consumption of a material that has potential beyond waste.
contributors
- A22a, Caleb Biffanti, Pier Carthew, Loughlin O'Kane, Kara Pickard and Andrew Walter.
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EXH BENCHED 9am - 6pm
Come and take a seat at BENCHED. 40+ creatives from across architecture, art, design and making respond to the same brief: make a bench within 1200W × 450H, with production capped at $450.
See how the same familiar object can take 40+ very different forms, and most importantly, sit down and try them for yourself.
Free entry. Everyone welcome.
contributors
- Curated by Maddi Lewis at Public Private. Work by - 4th Floor Elevator, Allan Mawer, Alex Price, Angus Grant, Angus Henderson with Harrison Ferris & Paolo Wait, Bella Sims, Ben Winding, Brian Wiese, Brydon Jackson, Caren Elliss, Chris Town, Conor Mannering, Daisy Guerin, David Musch, Dusty Weatherald, Ereni Vithoulkas, Gabe Turner, Hinko Design, House of Vnholy, Isaac Rudd, Jake Doesn’t Make It, James Geue, Joshua Nash, Klaro Industrial Design, Lauren Murphy & Tom Golin, Lili Harrison & Jake Duthy, Maddi Lewis, Maddie Goldsmith, Marley Scholz Vinall & Aysha Dejanovic, Moraene, Morgan Wake Designs, Pulsing Heart Objects, Remington Matters, Riley Stone, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Scott Van Manen, Semple Stuff, Spacecraft Design Build, Sophie Kitt, Stephen Roy, Stephen Soeffky, Tim Edwards, Tom Borgas, Tom Martin, Tully Wheaton, Workshop 10
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EXH BENCHED X IDLE HANDS 9am - 1pm
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Come and take a seat at BENCHED. 40+ creatives from across architecture, art, design and making respond to the same brief: make a bench within 1200W × 450H, with production capped at $450.
See how the same familiar object can take 40+ very different forms, and most importantly, sit down and try them for yourself.
As a bonus, local bakery and Adelaide’s favourite new spot for a baked treat Idle Hands will be setting up shop at BENCHED on Friday the 16th. Come for a work break, grab a bite to eat, take a seat on the benches and take it all in. Only around from 9am - 1pm, exhibition open all day.
Free entry. Everyone welcome.
contributors
- Curated by Maddi Lewis at Public Private. Works by - 4th Floor Elevator, Allan Mawer, Alex Price, Angus Grant, Angus Henderson with Harrison Ferris & Paolo Wait, Bella Sims, Ben Winding, Brian Wiese, Brydon Jackson, Caren Elliss, Chris Town, Conor Mannering, Daisy Guerin, David Musch, Dusty Weatherald, Ereni Vithoulkas, Gabe Turner, Hinko Design, House of Vnholy, Isaac Rudd, Jake Doesn’t Make It, James Geue, Joshua Nash, Klaro Industrial Design, Lauren Murphy & Tom Golin, Lili Harrison & Jake Duthy, Maddi Lewis, Maddie Goldsmith, Marley Scholz Vinall & Aysha Dejanovic, Moraene, Morgan Wake Designs, Pulsing Heart Objects, Remington Matters, Riley Stone, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Scott Van Manen, Semple Stuff, Spacecraft Design Build, Sophie Kitt, Stephen Roy, Stephen Soeffky, Tim Edwards, Tom Borgas, Tom Martin, Tully Wheaton, Workshop 10
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EXH BLOOM 6pm - 9pm
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BLOOM is a collaborative exhibition showcasing multidisciplinary creatives, examining the individual and collective experience of the algal bloom that has affected our South Australian coastlines. Hosted at Basement Gallery, BLOOM platforms critical dialogue and fervour surrounding an ongoing ecological issue, explored through experimental visual art and design modes.
contributors
- Ruby Yates (co-curator)
- Tasha Katsikas (co-curator)
- Michael Waters
- Chloe Burton
- Bianca Hoffrichter
- Oliver Johnson
- Kate Hendry
- Rodrigo Kimbelblat
- Chelsea Evans
- Poppy Chung
- Phoebe Hunter
- Francesca Narni
- Nikita Mettananda
- Tyler Jackson Chappell
- India Chappell
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EXH DESIGN FOR CARE 9am - 7pm
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The Design for Care exhibition presents design and co-design projects that reimagine how healthcare systems, services, and products are created. Through collaborative work between Adelaide University researchers, designers, healthcare professionals and care-consumers, the exhibition highlights the transformative potential of participatory design research in shaping more responsive, inclusive, and human-centred healthcare.
contributors
- Adelaide University researchers
- designers
- healthcare professionals and care-consumers
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EXH GROUNDED 4pm - 7:30pm
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Grounded is an exhibition at Fabrikate studio for Adelaide Design Week, partnering with Melbourne's Lander Se Gallery, curated by Hannah Nowlan. Ceramics, textile, art, sculpture and scent respond to one another in one immersive environment — design as connection, not collection, grounded in the hands and making that shaped it all.
contributors
- Lander Se Gallery
- Victoria
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EXH NOW: NEW/OLD WORKS 4pm - 8pm
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NOW: new/old work brings together creations and archival pieces from artists in residence and alumni of Washdog Studios and fab workshop. Celebrating creative evolution, this exhibition maps the bridge between past explorations and current practices revealing how early ideas transform, persist and re-emerge in contemporary design and art.
contributors
- Julia Boros
- Michael Carney
- Dave Court
- House of Vnholy
- Bianka Kennedy
- Zoe Kirkwood David McMurray
- Sakthivel Eakambaranathan
- Sam Matthewman
- Hari Koutlakis
- Abbey Murdoch
- Paloma Ellery
- Kathryn Lyon
- Cameron Longshaw
- Claire Markwick-Smith
- Miles Dunne
- Benen Hamon
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EXH OBJECT TO MATERIAL 12pm - 6pm
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Object to Material showcases a series of furniture & homeware each made of common objects like soda cans, milk bottles, etc. The need for such furniture arises when people, like students, rent an unfurnished house with limited funds. Characteristics such as playfulness, peculiar visual language is highlighted in each piece.
contributors
- Achintya Chaudhary
- Laura Sandil
- (Venue Collaboration with Marchelle Matthew)
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EXH PHOTOSYNTHETIC AGENCY 9am - 5pm
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contributors
- Peter Charles
- Chiara Le
- Farnaz Nazarzadeh Ansaroudi
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EXH POWER SURGE: INTO THE GRID 10am - 5pm
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An exhibition of prototype lighting by Associates of JamFactory’s Ceramics, Furniture, Glass and Jewellery/Metal Studios, providing insight into the creative process of design and production.
contributors
- JamFactory Associates
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EXH PROCESSED 10am - 4pm opening 6pm - 9pm
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PROCESSED, presented by Industrial Design Exchange Adelaide (IDEA), reveals the people and processes behind South Australian industrial design. Through sketches, prototypes and final products, the exhibition traces how ideas are developed, tested and refined into the products that shape how we live and work.
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EXH PUBLIC NOTICE 12pm - 6pm
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Public Notice is an open poster exhibition presented as part of Adelaide Design Week, inviting graphic designers, students and visual communicators to use the poster as it was always meant to be used—as a tool for communication, not commerce. The exhibition takes its cues from the AGDA Poster Annuals: a theme, a format, and an open call. But there is no jury here and no selection process. The theme—design is not neutral. Every decision carries a point of view. Public Notice asks designers to respond to whatever that means to you: a social issue, an environmental concern, a community, a belief. The only brief is to stand for something.
contributors
- Various
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EXH SHOP GENERATOR 8am - 2pm / 5pm - 9pm
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A temporary shop for permanent objects. Shop Generator brings together a curated collection of considered objects by independent designers and makers. Bridging the space between exhibition and retail, Shop Generator brings objects into focus to be encountered, celebrated and collected. Recognising that a sale can be a meaningful continuation of the creative process. Here for a moment, then gone again.
Join us on Thursday 15th to celebrate the opening of Shop Generator. Idle Hands will be behind the bar, pouring juice from 5pm.
Can’t make it? Come by Friday for an after work knock-off and a night of shop trading.
contributors
- AILISH LING
- ALEXANDER ROBERTSON
- ALEXIS MASON
- BRIDGET SAVILLE
- BUSHWOMAN
- CADELL CANUTE
- CAKEY SPORTSMAN
- CARMAN SKEEHAN
- DANNY JARRATT
- DITHER
- EDEN WELLINGS
- ELEANOR AMOR
- EM FRANK
- EMBER SATYN
- ETIKETTE
- HARRISON GALE
- IDA OBJECTS
- JACK FENBY
- KOBAMUNDII
- LEA TARAKDJIAN
- MARTINA BEKA
- MINCE
- NAT PENNEY
- OLIVER JOHNSON
- OUTCAST GOODS
- PETER FONG
- RILEY STONE
- ROMELIA
- RORY BRANSON
- S.K
- SAM GOLD
- SATURDAY YARD WORK
- SEMPLE STUFF
- SIBLING
- STEMM STUDIO
- STUDIO ARBIE
- STUDIO MIGNONE
- STUFF BY GLAD
- THOMAS CARVOLTH
- TOM SUMMERS
- TRICOTE
- VICTORIA PATERSON
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EXH SHOPFRONT DESIGN CIRCUIT (all day)
WIN: Aesop People's Choice Prize - visit to vote, vote to win
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The annual Shopfront design challenge sees the East End buzz with a number of business and designer collaborations for 24/7 viewing. This multi-venue exhibition has seen local businesses hand over their shopfronts for quick thinking design responses from selected Adelaide based designers and architects. For Adelaide Design Week 2026, we have expanded again - with more venues in the East End - bringing an intimate and broad range of responses. Join us for a dynamic walking tour of the Shopfront Design Circuit exhibitions, finishing at Honeydripper for an afternoon to farewell Adelaide Design Week. All are welcome, with additional collaborations and the final walking tour route to be announced.
contributors
- Jewel of Thought Records x Tom Borgas
- Galeria Grafika x Tristan Kerr
- Utopian Creations x Jake Lane
- Naomi Murrell x Sophia Moore
- Shop Pond / Filter Store x Moraene Architecture & Design Collective
- Nudie Jeans x Will Cheeseman and Oliver Hyde
- Miss Gladys Sym Choon x Claire Markwick-Smith
- Aesop x Andrew Carvolth, Latteria x House of Vnholy, HoneyDripper x Musch
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EXH SKANGAROOVIA 6pm - 9pm
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Skangaroovia is a South Australian design studio specialising in lighting, furniture and crafted objects. We collaborate with architects and designers to create project-specific outcomes that are thoughtful, practical and finely crafted. This exhibition introduces our practice through past and current projects. It highlights our in-house design and making capabilities.
contributors
- Mark Jones
- Ellis Moseley
- Yuro Cuchor
- Marlize DeKlerk
- Lex Stobie
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EXH SLOT 11am - 4pm
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SLOT is an exhibition that explores propositions, explorations and curiosities. Encouraging designers, makers, architects, artists and creative voyeurs to collaborate and respond to a brief of simplicity - to design objects, furniture, artwork, anything - without the need fixings. The act of 'slotting' inspires the action, and in turn, the proposals.
contributors
- Curated by Bronwyn Marshall
- Hosted by SODA Objects
- Supported by Table Wines, Little Bang Brewing Co. and Little Hampton Bricks. Andrew Barker Annie Cornelli Andrew Walter Anthony Gagliardi Athanasios Lazarou Bronwyn Marshall Conor Mannering Elijah Makris Harry Knott Jason Oaten-Hepworth Jason Hanoumis Joseph Standring Jim Semple Joe Fuschen Jonathan van der Knaap Kim Bridgland Luke Makris Nat Penney Nathan Ng Oliver Hyde Paul Akins Penny Fisher Peter Fong Richard Le Messurier Sakthivel Eakambaranathan Saxon Rudduck Simon Williams Sonja Danilovic Stephen Roy Thomas Maxam Wilfred Cheung Workshop 10
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EXH soft presented in partnership with the Art Gallery of South Australia 10am - 5pm
12pm Friday - Explore soft with your senses in this tactile session for people with vision impairment, guided by Andy TT and Calum Hurley. Bookings required.
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Through artworks, objects and encounters, Soft seeks to invite new connections and ways of seeing, while considering the quiet gestures of care and meaning that shape our relationship with the things we live alongside.
contributors
- Janice Cui
- Jesse Wakenshaw
- Belinda Nimmo
- Phillip Nielsen
- Em Franklin + Miles Dunne
- Marlo Lyda
- Studio Tops
- Indigo Tolhurst
- Patrick Scott
- Dean Toepfer
- Riley Stone
- Drew Abrahamson
- Lotte Schwerdtfeger
- Tom Graham
- Penny Fisher
- AMALGAME studio
- Tom Summers
- Jay Jermyn
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EXH STARRY STARRY NIGHT 1pm - 6pm / 6pm - 8pm Opening Event + Nearly Wrap Party
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We’re going off grid. Taking a breath to explore the romance, ritual, deliberate nature of lighting the humble candle. Whether it’s amidst a stormy blackout, the final touch on the dinner party you’ve slaved for or to help you unwind after another busy day, there is no doubting the charm of candlelight. (Plus, everyone looks better candlelit). Starry starry night is a multidisciplinary exhibition showcasing contemporary craft and design. Exploring soft deliberate lighting and the way it can shape individual and shared sensory experience.
contributors
- Alexis Mason, Bindi Nimmo, Bridget Saville, Bronwyn Marshall, Cecile Gariepy, Daniel & Emma, Daniel Stavridis - Sedni Studio, Drew Spangenberg, Eden Wellings, Gabe Turner, Jed Kelly, Joe Fuchsen - Glass Rhythm, Kerryn Levy, Lauren Murphy, Lotte Schwerdtfeger, Luke Turner & Nicholas Fuller - Miller Objects, Miles Dunne & Em Frank, Olivia Kathigitis, Parcta Studio, Patrick Scott - New Instance, Remington Francis, Sam Gold, Saul Scanlon - Handmade & Found, Scott Van Manen Scott Van Tuil – Van Tuil, Simon Colabufalo – Colabufalo, South Drawn, Stephen Roy – ROY, Studio Henry Wilson, Thomas Carvolth, Tom Fereday, Tom Golin
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EXH STEEL SKIN (PERFORMANCE) 6pm - 9pm
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STEEL SKIN is an immersive Adelaide Design Week performance where artists Pierre Mukeba, James Geue (Discarded), Alix Kuijpers, Liam Somerville and more combine interactive sound, movement and visuals. Audiences are invited to interact, shaping an evolving sensory experience that blurs the boundaries between installation, live performance, participation and contemporary design.
contributors
- Alix Kuijpers
- Izabella Vozzo
- Jack Green
- James Geue
- Liam Somerville
- Pierre Mukeba
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EXH TOMORROW TALENT 10am - 5pm
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Discover the next generation of designer/makers in an exhibition of work by the talented Associates across JamFactory’s Ceramics, Glass, Furniture and Jewellery/Metal Studios.
contributors
- JamFactory Associates
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EXH TWO WAY 9.30am - 3.30pm
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Two-way is a collaborative exhibition, by a designer, jeweller, musician and a furniture maker, exploring the exchange between maker and material. The artworks are a result of attention, negotiation and participation rather than control. Two-way invites audiences to observe the conversations that occur through creative practice and our relationship with the material world.
contributors
- Isabelle Byrne
- Peter Fong
- Emma Byrne
- Will Young
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EXH UNBUILT: LAUNCH PARTY 7pm - LATE
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Join us for the launch party and explore the exhibition after dark. UNBUILT is an independent exhibition bringing together unrealised work by emerging architects, designers and artists.
Competition entries. Abandoned commissions. Speculative proposals. Ideas that almost made it, and others that never had the chance. UNBUILT takes over Hebart Hall, a State Heritage-listed former school in North Adelaide.
Drinks are on us. Music by Gencia. Lighting by House of Vnholy. Soundscape by Lotte + Mara Schwerdtfeger. Foliage by Edelweiss Floral. Scent by Jesse Wakenshaw Studio.
contributors
- PARABOLICA Craft Architecture SSdH Office Fora Moraene 877c Office Alex Nicholls LIAN Office MI-JI Found Artefact Curators Tusk Architecture Office Ren A22a Martina Beka OFFICE
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EXH VIBRANT SOFUBI: EARLY PLASTICS MANUFACTURING REDEFINED 12pm - 6pm
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Featuring Suity-chan by Adelaide design studio Hints and Spices, the exhibition celebrates the beauty of sofubi through colour, effects and paint.
Sofubi is a toy manufacturing method from the 1950s which was largely abandoned by industry for more automated processes but kept alive in Japan. From the late 1990s, artists and designers adopted it to produce their own designs.
Today it is more than a manufacturing process. It is a multilayered medium with its own community of makers, collectors, retailers and events, and that interest has brought production back around the world.
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EXH WASTE RECONSIDERED 10am - 8pm
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‘WASTE RECONSIDERED’ an exploration of beauty within the discarded. Flipping the concept of landfill waste to produce elegant usable forms, Rebecca and Rachel work with local businesses and industries to source abundant waste streams and the result.. ASTONISHING.. an aesthetic story within our homes, workplaces and dining experiences.
contributors
- Esse Bio Designs (Brand) / Something Special Concept Store (host) / Rebecca Hartman Kearns (Maker/Founder) / Rachel Mifsud (Designer/Founder)
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EXH X KEULEMANS 10am - 5pm
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Presented in partnership with Adelaide University, this exhibition showcases creative works by South Australian designer, artist and researcher Guy Keulemans. In collaboration with leading Australian designers, Keulemans explores the repair, reuse and generative and regenerative processes for environmental sustainability.
contributors
- Guy Keulemans
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EXH YOKE • OBJECTS FOR HUMAN CONNECTION 10am - 6pm
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YOKE • objects for human connection • explores the quiet power of handmade objects to draw us back toward one another in a time increasingly shaped by speed, convenience, and digital distance. Ceramics, furniture, vessels, lighting, plants and sculptural works become conduits for human closeness through thoughtful making, shared presence and storytelling.
contributors
- Samantha Agostino
- Simon Bajada
- Andrew Carvolth
- Thomas Carvolth
- Miles Dunne
- Em Frank
- Daniel Guest
- Ha Architecture
- Alexandra Hirst
- Denise Hojdyssek
- Takeshi Iue
- Joslin Koolen
- Alexis Mason
- Bridget Saville
- Lea Tarakdjian
- Eden Wellings
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INST LIVING ON THE CEILING 4pm - LATE
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Living on the ceiling is a lighting family resulting from exploring the relationship between material, memory and transformation. Through the use of ceramics and linen the show exhibits pieces made by imprinting, folding, creasing, bending and tearing porcelain with remnants of French workwear.
contributors
- Eden Wellings
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INST TORPOR DAY BED 10am - 8pm
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Torpor seat is an object that investigates the relationship between rest, movement, and material reuse. The project brings together recycled denim textiles developed by Will Cheesman in collaboration with Nudie Jeans, with reclaimed timber sourced and crafted by Oliver Hyde.
contributors
- William Cheesman & Oliver Hyde
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CONV DESIGN FOR CARE SYMPOSIUM 3:30pm - 5pm
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The Design for Care exhibition presents design and co-design projects that reimagine how healthcare systems, services, and products are created. Through collaborative work between Adelaide University researchers, designers, healthcare professionals and care-consumers, the exhibition highlights the transformative potential of participatory design research in shaping more responsive, inclusive, and human-centred healthcare.
contributors
- Adelaide University researchers
- designers
- healthcare professionals and care-consumers
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CONV DESIGNING WITH COUNTRY: CONVERSATIONS ON PLACE, PRACTICE AND RESPONSIBILITY 8am - 10am
An informal breakfast conversation, led by Dr Kirrakee Watson and Dr Julie Nichols, exploring what Designing with Country can mean in contemporary architectural and design practice.
Come along for coffee, bagels and an open conversation about how we can strengthen relationships with Country and use design practice as a vehicle to help build a community committed to doing this work, meaningfully and well.
Outcomes:
The event will also explore opportunities to establish an ongoing network and community of practice for architects, designers and other built environment practitioners interested in Designing with Country.
The aim is to create a space where practitioners can continue to connect, share knowledge and experiences, learn from one another, and collectively strengthen best practice in this growing area.
contributors
- Dr Kirrakee Watson & Dr Julie Nichols
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CONV THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN FORM AND PURPOSE 4pm - 7pm
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A conversation exploring the relationship between form and function in contemporary furniture design.
The discussion will examine how comfort, versatility, usability and practical requirements are integrated into the design process while maintaining a strong creative point of view. It will consider how designers navigate these competing demands to create pieces that are both highly functional and visually distinctive.
contributors
- Panel: Kim Bridgland (Studio All Days) Dave Bickmore (Studio Gram) Alana Hanton (design by WBL) Max Cairns (Jardan) Moderator: Alice Wilkinson (Studio Nine)
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CONV YEP, YOU CAN DO A PHD IN DESIGN! 12pm - 1pm
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What does a PhD in design contribute to the field? This panel brings together PhD graduates and current Adelaide University doctoral candidates to explore how rigorous, sustained research can expand our understanding of design beyond the things it produces. Drawing on insights from their projects, speakers will discuss what led them to pursue a PhD in design, and how doctoral research asks critical questions that might open up new directions for the field. Join us for an informal conversation highlighting the value of doctoral research in broadening how we think about, understand, and practice design.
contributors
- Dr Melinda Gaughwin Dr Nathan James Crane Anna Goldsmith Eric Luksch Bec Boland
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OPEN ESTILO x HERMAN MILLER: AERON NEVER STOPS 9am - 5pm
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OPEN RF LUX LIGHTING 9am - 5pm
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Showroom launch - Premium Architectural & Decorative Lighting defined by the balance of refined design and technical precision.
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TOUR DESIGN WALKTHROUGH : QANTAS INNOVATION CENTRE INTERIORS 10am - 11am
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Are you an interior designer interested in commercial interiors? Join Qantas, Concept CI and Klaro Industrial Design for an intimate walkthrough of the Qantas Innovation Centre interiors, presented as part of Adelaide Design Week 2026.
Led by Design Associate Samvit Bhanot and Klaro Creative Director Alona Klaro, the walkthrough explores the interior design of the space: the thinking behind its workplace environment, and the furniture and details developed as part of the project.
The session offers a closer look at how the client, interior designer and furniture designer worked together to shape the space, from the broader spatial approach through to individual products, materials and finishes.
Places are limited to 20 guests. RSVP approval is essential.
contributors
- Concept CI
- Klaro Industrial Design
- Qantas
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WORK MAKE AN IMPRESSION : ARLON HALL / BILLIE JUSTICE THOMSON (ALL AGES) 10am - 5pm
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South Australian artists Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson invite you to slow down and lose yourself inside a painting. Thomson's vibrant compositions draw on everyday objects, Australian imagery and familiar food and drink, evoking a quiet sense of nostalgia. Hall works across painting, drawing and sculpture, exploring the interplay of line, colour and form through moments of overlap and tension. Inspired by Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition this Studio invites hands-on exploration of light, colour, line and shape to create your own abstract coloured, layered line drawing.
contributors
- Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson
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WORK WAX CARVING : RING MAKING 6pm - 8pm
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Wax carving ring making work shop. Work with wax and tools to design and shape your unique ring. Your wax design will be professionally cast, sanded, and finished by the instructor. In approximately two weeks, your completed sterling silver ring will be ready for you to collect
Sat 17 Oct42
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EXH 10 x 10 12pm - 3pm
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10x10 Same Parameters, Different Outcomes
contributors
- Enoki Design Studio
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EXH A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN 12pm - 5pm
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A Room of One's Own is a collaborative examination of interior living through applied arts. Inspired by the interdisciplinary approach of the Bloomsbury Group and research into the Powerhouse Museum’s collection, the artists work across sculpture, furniture and functional objects, blurring the line between art, design and the decorative.
contributors
- Eleanor Amor
- Agatha Gothe-Snape
- Jennifer Mathews
- Michelle Nikou
- Nat Penney
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EXH ADW CLOSING PARTY x COMPANY WORKS 8pm - SUPER LATE
Announcing the Ukiyo House ADW Prize that celebrates the creativity, craftsmanship and spirit of experimentation of an Adelaide Design Week contributor. Recognising innovative thinking, material exploration and originality, the prize awards one maker an opportunity to pause, reflect and recharge at Ukiyo House.
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Join us at Queen’s Theatre for a final gathering in celebration of Adelaide Design Week. Set within the warmth and history of the theatre, The Closing Party brings together the people who made the week possible and everyone who attended. Move through the work of makers and artists in Public/Private’s BENCHED exhibition, catch up over drinks, and experience the theatre transformed through feature lighting and music, with the evening gradually transitioning to the dance floor.
contributors
- BENCHED x COMPANY WORKS
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EXH AFTER MOOD CAFE & SHOP 10am - 4pm
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For three days, AFTER MOOD x BUTTER CANTEEN comes to life as a café, shop and gathering place during Adelaide Design Week. A space to pause, wander and discover, where objects, food and atmosphere come together to create a little spark of something unexpected. Come for a coffee, stay for a while, and take a piece of AFTER MOOD home with you.
contributors
- Daniel Emma & Studio Gram
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EXH BENCHED 10am - 4pm
Come and take a seat at BENCHED. 40+ creatives from across architecture, art, design and making respond to the same brief: make a bench within 1200W × 450H, with production capped at $450.
See how the same familiar object can take 40+ very different forms, and most importantly, sit down and try them for yourself.
Free entry. Everyone welcome.
contributors
- Curated by Maddi Lewis at Public Private. Work by - 4th Floor Elevator, Allan Mawer, Alex Price, Angus Grant, Angus Henderson with Harrison Ferris & Paolo Wait, Bella Sims, Ben Winding, Brian Wiese, Brydon Jackson, Caren Elliss, Chris Town, Conor Mannering, Daisy Guerin, David Musch, Dusty Weatherald, Ereni Vithoulkas, Gabe Turner, Hinko Design, House of Vnholy, Isaac Rudd, Jake Doesn’t Make It, James Geue, Joshua Nash, Klaro Industrial Design, Lauren Murphy & Tom Golin, Lili Harrison & Jake Duthy, Maddi Lewis, Maddie Goldsmith, Marley Scholz Vinall & Aysha Dejanovic, Moraene, Morgan Wake Designs, Pulsing Heart Objects, Remington Matters, Riley Stone, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Scott Van Manen, Semple Stuff, Spacecraft Design Build, Sophie Kitt, Stephen Roy, Stephen Soeffky, Tim Edwards, Tom Borgas, Tom Martin, Tully Wheaton, Workshop 10
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EXH BENCHED CELEBRATION 6pm - 8pm
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Come and take a seat at the opening of BENCHED at Queens Theatre. 40+ creatives from across architecture, art, design and making are responding to the same brief: make a bench within 1200W × 450H, with production capped at $450.
Food by Sunny’s, wine by Gentle Folk and Delinquente, and records by Aaronac. We’ll also draw the Remington Matters SOFA Sweepstake, with one winner taking home a JF Sofa.
Stick around as BENCHED rolls into the official Adelaide Design Week Closing Party with ADW and Company Works.
contributors
- Curated by Maddi Lewis at Public Private
- Sponsored by Remington Matters, Gentle Folk, Delinquente, Queens Theatre and Company Works. 4th Floor Elevator, Allan Mawer, Alex Price, Angus Grant, Angus Henderson with Harrison Ferris & Paolo Wait, Bella Sims, Ben Winding, Brian Wiese, Brydon Jackson, Caren Elliss, Chris Town, Conor Mannering, Daisy Guerin, David Musch, Dusty Weatherald, Ereni Vithoulkas, Gabe Turner, Hinko Design, House of Vnholy, Isaac Rudd, Jake Doesn’t Make It, James Geue, Joshua Nash, Klaro Industrial Design, Lauren Murphy & Tom Golin, Lili Harrison & Jake Duthy, Maddi Lewis, Maddie Goldsmith, Marley Scholz Vinall & Aysha Dejanovic, Moraene, Morgan Wake Designs, Pulsing Heart Objects, Remington Matters, Riley Stone, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Scott Van Manen, Semple Stuff, Spacecraft Design Build, Sophie Kitt, Stephen Roy, Stephen Soeffky, Tim Edwards, Tom Borgas, Tom Martin, Tully Wheaton, Workshop 10
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EXH GROUNDED 10am - 3pm
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Grounded is an exhibition at Fabrikate studio for Adelaide Design Week, partnering with Melbourne's Lander Se Gallery, curated by Hannah Nowlan. Ceramics, textile, art, sculpture and scent respond to one another in one immersive environment — design as connection, not collection, grounded in the hands and making that shaped it all.
contributors
- Lander Se Gallery
- Victoria
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EXH MADE IN AUS 11am - 5pm
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4FE present a thoughtful curation of objects sourced exclusively from private collection showcasing the influence of migrant and local talents in furniture art, industrial design, and manufacturing in Australia between the 1950s-1980s. These iconic pieces are displayed through a fresh contemporary lens, exemplifying how good design transcends time.
contributors
- Grant & Mary Featherston
- Douglas Snelling
- Johan H Naess
- Fred Lowen & More
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EXH MAKING SPACE 12pm - 4pm
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Months of planning. Years of emotion. A lifespan of less than a day. Making space for the temporary environments of floristry in the world of installation design.
contributors
- Presented by Jake Doesn't Make It Hosted by Georgie Shepherd Interior Design Collaborators: Christabel Powell Ethereal Botanica Evebud (Evie Harrison and Lili Harrison) Fling Creative FLWR.bttm flwrform KENSI Studio OneDay Florals Sarah's Flower Field SUMMER BLOOM
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EXH NEO TEEN TAKEOVER : LETS GOGH (13-17 YEARS) 6pm - 8.30pm
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Celebrate Monet to Matisse with a full gallery takeover. Check out live music, artist workshops and new projects from the state's leading youth and arts organisations.
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EXH NOW: NEW/OLD WORKS 12pm - 5pm
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NOW: new/old work brings together creations and archival pieces from artists in residence and alumni of Washdog Studios and fab workshop. Celebrating creative evolution, this exhibition maps the bridge between past explorations and current practices revealing how early ideas transform, persist and re-emerge in contemporary design and art.
contributors
- Julia Boros
- Michael Carney
- Dave Court
- House of Vnholy
- Bianka Kennedy
- Zoe Kirkwood David McMurray
- Sakthivel Eakambaranathan
- Sam Matthewman
- Hari Koutlakis
- Abbey Murdoch
- Paloma Ellery
- Kathryn Lyon
- Cameron Longshaw
- Claire Markwick-Smith
- Miles Dunne
- Benen Hamon
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EXH OBJECT TO MATERIAL 10am - 4pm
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Object to Material showcases a series of furniture & homeware each made of common objects like soda cans, milk bottles, etc. The need for such furniture arises when people, like students, rent an unfurnished house with limited funds. Characteristics such as playfulness, peculiar visual language is highlighted in each piece.
contributors
- Achintya Chaudhary
- Laura Sandil
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EXH POWER SURGE: INTO THE GRID 10am - 5pm
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An exhibition of prototype lighting by Associates of JamFactory’s Ceramics, Furniture, Glass and Jewellery/Metal Studios, providing insight into the creative process of design and production.
contributors
- JamFactory Associates
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EXH PROCESSED 10am - 4pm
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PROCESSED, presented by Industrial Design Exchange Adelaide (IDEA), reveals the people and processes behind South Australian industrial design. Through sketches, prototypes and final products, the exhibition traces how ideas are developed, tested and refined into the products that shape how we live and work.
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EXH PUBLIC NOTICE 10am - 4pm
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Public Notice is an open poster exhibition presented as part of Adelaide Design Week, inviting graphic designers, students and visual communicators to use the poster as it was always meant to be used—as a tool for communication, not commerce. The exhibition takes its cues from the AGDA Poster Annuals: a theme, a format, and an open call. But there is no jury here and no selection process. The theme—design is not neutral. Every decision carries a point of view. Public Notice asks designers to respond to whatever that means to you: a social issue, an environmental concern, a community, a belief. The only brief is to stand for something.
contributors
- Various
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EXH SHOP GENERATOR 9am - 2pm
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A temporary shop for permanent objects. Shop Generator brings together a curated collection of considered objects by independent designers and makers. Bridging the space between exhibition and retail, Shop Generator brings objects into focus to be encountered, celebrated and collected. Recognising that a sale can be a meaningful continuation of the creative process. Here for a moment, then gone again.
Join us on Thursday 15th to celebrate the opening of Shop Generator. Idle Hands will be behind the bar, pouring juice from 5pm.
Can’t make it? Come by Friday for an after work knock-off and a night of shop trading.
contributors
- AILISH LING
- ALEXANDER ROBERTSON
- ALEXIS MASON
- BRIDGET SAVILLE
- BUSHWOMAN
- CADELL CANUTE
- CAKEY SPORTSMAN
- CARMAN SKEEHAN
- DANNY JARRATT
- DITHER
- EDEN WELLINGS
- ELEANOR AMOR
- EM FRANK
- EMBER SATYN
- ETIKETTE
- HARRISON GALE
- IDA OBJECTS
- JACK FENBY
- KOBAMUNDII
- LEA TARAKDJIAN
- MARTINA BEKA
- MINCE
- NAT PENNEY
- OLIVER JOHNSON
- OUTCAST GOODS
- PETER FONG
- RILEY STONE
- ROMELIA
- RORY BRANSON
- S.K
- SAM GOLD
- SATURDAY YARD WORK
- SEMPLE STUFF
- SIBLING
- STEMM STUDIO
- STUDIO ARBIE
- STUDIO MIGNONE
- STUFF BY GLAD
- THOMAS CARVOLTH
- TOM SUMMERS
- TRICOTE
- VICTORIA PATERSON
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EXH SHOPFRONT DESIGN CIRCUIT (all day)
WIN: Aesop People's Choice Prize - visit to vote, vote to win
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The annual Shopfront design challenge sees the East End buzz with a number of business and designer collaborations for 24/7 viewing. This multi-venue exhibition has seen local businesses hand over their shopfronts for quick thinking design responses from selected Adelaide based designers and architects. For Adelaide Design Week 2026, we have expanded again - with more venues in the East End - bringing an intimate and broad range of responses. Join us for a dynamic walking tour of the Shopfront Design Circuit exhibitions, finishing at Honeydripper for an afternoon to farewell Adelaide Design Week. All are welcome, with additional collaborations and the final walking tour route to be announced.
contributors
- Jewel of Thought Records x Tom Borgas
- Galeria Grafika x Tristan Kerr
- Utopian Creations x Jake Lane
- Naomi Murrell x Sophia Moore
- Shop Pond / Filter Store x Moraene Architecture & Design Collective
- Nudie Jeans x Will Cheeseman and Oliver Hyde
- Miss Gladys Sym Choon x Claire Markwick-Smith
- Aesop x Andrew Carvolth, Latteria x House of Vnholy, HoneyDripper x Musch
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EXH SKANGAROOVIA 10am - 5pm
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Skangaroovia is a South Australian design studio specialising in lighting, furniture and crafted objects. We collaborate with architects and designers to create project-specific outcomes that are thoughtful, practical and finely crafted. This exhibition introduces our practice through past and current projects. It highlights our in-house design and making capabilities.
contributors
- Mark Jones
- Ellis Moseley
- Yuro Cuchor
- Marlize DeKlerk
- Lex Stobie
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EXH SLOT 11am - 4pm
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SLOT is an exhibition that explores propositions, explorations and curiosities. Encouraging designers, makers, architects, artists and creative voyeurs to collaborate and respond to a brief of simplicity - to design objects, furniture, artwork, anything - without the need fixings. The act of 'slotting' inspires the action, and in turn, the proposals.
contributors
- Curated by Bronwyn Marshall
- Hosted by SODA Objects
- Supported by Table Wines, Little Bang Brewing Co. and Little Hampton Bricks. Andrew Barker Annie Cornelli Andrew Walter Anthony Gagliardi Athanasios Lazarou Bronwyn Marshall Conor Mannering Elijah Makris Harry Knott Jason Oaten-Hepworth Jason Hanoumis Joseph Standring Jim Semple Joe Fuschen Jonathan van der Knaap Kim Bridgland Luke Makris Nat Penney Nathan Ng Oliver Hyde Paul Akins Penny Fisher Peter Fong Richard Le Messurier Sakthivel Eakambaranathan Saxon Rudduck Simon Williams Sonja Danilovic Stephen Roy Thomas Maxam Wilfred Cheung Workshop 10
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EXH soft presented in partnership with the Art Gallery of South Australia 10am - 5pm
12pm Friday - Explore soft with your senses in this tactile session for people with vision impairment, guided by Andy TT and Calum Hurley. Bookings required.
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Through artworks, objects and encounters, Soft seeks to invite new connections and ways of seeing, while considering the quiet gestures of care and meaning that shape our relationship with the things we live alongside.
contributors
- Janice Cui
- Jesse Wakenshaw
- Belinda Nimmo
- Phillip Nielsen
- Em Franklin + Miles Dunne
- Marlo Lyda
- Studio Tops
- Indigo Tolhurst
- Patrick Scott
- Dean Toepfer
- Riley Stone
- Drew Abrahamson
- Lotte Schwerdtfeger
- Tom Graham
- Penny Fisher
- AMALGAME studio
- Tom Summers
- Jay Jermyn
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EXH STARRY STARRY NIGHT 1pm -6pm
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We’re going off grid. Taking a breath to explore the romance, ritual, deliberate nature of lighting the humble candle. Whether it’s amidst a stormy blackout, the final touch on the dinner party you’ve slaved for or to help you unwind after another busy day, there is no doubting the charm of candlelight. (Plus, everyone looks better candlelit). Starry starry night is a multidisciplinary exhibition showcasing contemporary craft and design. Exploring soft deliberate lighting and the way it can shape individual and shared sensory experience.
contributors
- Alexis Mason, Bindi Nimmo, Bridget Saville, Bronwyn Marshall, Cecile Gariepy, Daniel & Emma, Daniel Stavridis - Sedni Studio, Drew Spangenberg, Eden Wellings, Gabe Turner, Jed Kelly, Joe Fuchsen - Glass Rhythm, Kerryn Levy, Lauren Murphy, Lotte Schwerdtfeger, Luke Turner & Nicholas Fuller - Miller Objects, Miles Dunne & Em Frank, Olivia Kathigitis, Parcta Studio, Patrick Scott - New Instance, Remington Francis, Sam Gold, Saul Scanlon - Handmade & Found, Scott Van Manen Scott Van Tuil – Van Tuil, Simon Colabufalo – Colabufalo, South Drawn, Stephen Roy – ROY, Studio Henry Wilson, Thomas Carvolth, Tom Fereday, Tom Golin
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EXH TO FEEL IN PLACE 2pm - 6pm
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Here, we find the comfort and hope we crave. Join photographer and designer, Studio Philo in an immersive photographic and written exploration of what it means to feel inspired, connected and truly ‘in place’.
contributors
- Studio Philo In Collaboration with Atkins Lab and Etikette Candles
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EXH TOKEN at 'BENCHED'
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TOKEN / curated vending machine; Travelling micro gallery & marketplace lucky dip celebrating the creativity, generosity and curiosity of our design community. Affordable, accessible and unexpected, TOKEN allows every*one to take home a small piece of Adelaide Design Week with all proceeds donated to Carlew.
contributors
- Ailish Ling, Alex Barker, Alexis Mason, Alicia Kidd, Amber Cronin, Andrew LymnPenning, Andy TT, Andy Ward, Annalisa Lippis, Annie Comelli, Bankston Architectural, Ben McPherson, Bri Hammond, Bronwyn Marshall, Brydon Jackson, Calum Hurley, Caren Elliss, Casey Chong, Claire Markwick-Smith, Cohen Pettitt, Conor Mannering, Daniel Guest, Daniel Wells Smith, Daniel.Emma, Dr Nathan James Crane, Drew Martin, East End Flower Market, Ebony Proud, Eden Wellings, Em Frank, Emma Sadie Thomson, Gemma Caon, Harrison Gale, Hugo Curtis, Jacob Stavrakis, Jake Lane, Jasmine Placentino, Jess Miller, Jess Peele, Jess Sisto, Jesse Wakenshaw, Jim Semple, John Bosco, John Goulder, Jonathan VDK, Julian Leigh May, Justin Hermes, Katica Ped, Katrina Ramm, Kirrakee Watson, KJ, Lauren Murphy, Lotte Schwerdtfeger, Louie Naito, Maddi Lewis, Maddie Goldsmith, Maeja Hida, Matiya Marovich, Menna McAlpin, Miles Dunne, Naomi Murrell, Oliver Hyde, Patrick Scott, Penny Fisher, Peter Fong, Ryan Neville, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Sami Agostino, Sarah Leach, Shane Heddy, Simon Colabufalo, Simon Terry, Sophie Wilkinson, Stella Martino, Stephen Roy, Stephen Soeffky, Steve Bankston, Suzanne Karagiannis, Tom Borgas, Tom Graham, Tristan Kerr, Wilfred Cheung.
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EXH TOMORROW TALENT 10am - 5pm
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Discover the next generation of designer/makers in an exhibition of work by the talented Associates across JamFactory’s Ceramics, Glass, Furniture and Jewellery/Metal Studios.
contributors
- JamFactory Associates
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EXH UNDER A BRIDGE 10.30am - 12.30pm
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Jake Rollins presents Under a Bridge, a two-hour pop-up exhibition of new works specific to site. Adelaide location, bridge announced on the day.
contributors
- Jake Rollins
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EXH VIBRANT SOFUBI: EARLY PLASTICS MANUFACTURING REDEFINED Sat 17 Oct 10am - 4pm (Presentation talk + Sales)
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Featuring Suity-chan by Adelaide design studio Hints and Spices, the exhibition celebrates the beauty of sofubi through colour, effects and paint.
Sofubi is a toy manufacturing method from the 1950s which was largely abandoned by industry for more automated processes but kept alive in Japan. From the late 1990s, artists and designers adopted it to produce their own designs.
Today it is more than a manufacturing process. It is a multilayered medium with its own community of makers, collectors, retailers and events, and that interest has brought production back around the world.
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EXH WASTE RECONSIDERED 10am - 8pm
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‘WASTE RECONSIDERED’ an exploration of beauty within the discarded. Flipping the concept of landfill waste to produce elegant usable forms, Rebecca and Rachel work with local businesses and industries to source abundant waste streams and the result.. ASTONISHING.. an aesthetic story within our homes, workplaces and dining experiences.
contributors
- Esse Bio Designs (Brand) / Something Special Concept Store (host) / Rebecca Hartman Kearns (Maker/Founder) / Rachel Mifsud (Designer/Founder)
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EXH X KEULEMANS 10am - 5pm
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Presented in partnership with Adelaide University, this exhibition showcases creative works by South Australian designer, artist and researcher Guy Keulemans. In collaboration with leading Australian designers, Keulemans explores the repair, reuse and generative and regenerative processes for environmental sustainability.
contributors
- Guy Keulemans
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EXH YOKE • OBJECTS FOR HUMAN CONNECTION 10am - 6pm
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YOKE • objects for human connection • explores the quiet power of handmade objects to draw us back toward one another in a time increasingly shaped by speed, convenience, and digital distance. Ceramics, furniture, vessels, lighting, plants and sculptural works become conduits for human closeness through thoughtful making, shared presence and storytelling.
contributors
- Samantha Agostino
- Simon Bajada
- Andrew Carvolth
- Thomas Carvolth
- Miles Dunne
- Em Frank
- Daniel Guest
- Ha Architecture
- Alexandra Hirst
- Denise Hojdyssek
- Takeshi Iue
- Joslin Koolen
- Alexis Mason
- Bridget Saville
- Lea Tarakdjian
- Eden Wellings
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INST CARDENING CLUB at 'BENCHED'
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Cardening Club playfully juxtaposes Mother Nature with human design. A roving planted vehicle moves through the city during Adelaide Design Week, creating unexpected moments of greenery. Appearing at key events and locations, the installation transforms an object designed for movement into a playful exploration of nature, creativity and urban design.
contributors
- Emma Thomson & Tim Hansford
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INST LIVING ON THE CEILING 4pm - LATE
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Living on the ceiling is a lighting family resulting from exploring the relationship between material, memory and transformation. Through the use of ceramics and linen the show exhibits pieces made by imprinting, folding, creasing, bending and tearing porcelain with remnants of French workwear.
contributors
- Eden Wellings
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INST TORPOR DAY BED 10am - 6pm
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Torpor seat is an object that investigates the relationship between rest, movement, and material reuse. The project brings together recycled denim textiles developed by Will Cheesman in collaboration with Nudie Jeans, with reclaimed timber sourced and crafted by Oliver Hyde.
contributors
- William Cheesman & Oliver Hyde
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CONV THE FRINGE CONDITION : EXTREME DESIGN exhibition (all day) / panel 2pm - 4pm
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What does it mean to design for life at the fringe of human existence? The Fringe Condition is an exhibition and panel discussion exploring one of the most radical design briefs of our time, building for human life on the Moon, and what that means for communities here on Earth.
contributors
- Amit Srivastava
- Albert Rajkumar
- Meriem Allani
- Souktik Bhattacherjee
- Monika Stankiewicz
- Kato Claeys
- Kara Simpson
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OPEN CRAFTED HARDWOODS : FACTORY TOUR 12pm - 1:30pm
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Come and experience a world-first Australian innovation: robotics and nanoscience transforming overlooked timber into architectural-grade hardwood, proudly made in Adelaide.
Walk the floor with our team, get hands-on with the material in both its raw and finished forms, and discover the timber behind Jon Goulder’s Intersection Table and the Grand Designs Australia Pigeon House project. Please register to secure a spot.
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OPEN YADURA : OPEN HOUSE 11am - 12pm
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Yadura is our home and studio in South Australia, a warm, creative space filled with art, sculpture, and stories from Adelaide, the Middle East, and the places we have lived and traveled. More than a studio, it is a house of light, life, and storytelling, where creativity is part of everyday living. This event opens Yadura to friends and community, inviting you to experience a space that carries memory, culture, and imagination.
contributors
- Ahmed Elkhalidi and Rua Hashlamoun
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TOUR EVERY*BIKE TOUR 10am - 1pm
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The Every*bike Tour is a casual cycling tour connecting ADW exhibitions, events, designers, studios, curators, makers, workshops, artists, galleries, places and people together by bike. Each stop along the way is a chance to meet, learn and discover an exciting and energised creative Adelaide! BYO Bike :)
contributors
- Tim Grisbrook / MOOD
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TOUR LEARNING FROM YITPI YARTAPUULTIKU 9.30am - 12pm with picnic after
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Yitpi Yartapultiku, translated to the Soul of Port Adelaide, is a space where all people - Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal - can come together to learn, share, reflect and grow. In a rare opportunity to talk with Elders, RAIA, AILA and PIA present a joint event for the built environment industry, where we can all learn together about this unique project.
contributors
- Ashley Halliday (Ashley Halliday Architects)
- Warwick Keats (WAX Landscape Design)
- Matthew Rose (City of PAE - Project Director)
- Greg Grabasch (Brave and Curious - Engagement Consultant)
- Community Elders
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TOUR LISTENING WITH ARCHITECTURE 11am - 1pm
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What kinds of acoustic spaces does the architecture of our city offer us? How might these spaces ground us. How might they serve to expand our sense of self? Join artist and educator Tom Borgas on a guided listening experience of some of his favourite east-end pockets of sonic intensity.
contributors
- Tom Borgas
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WORK MAKE AN IMPRESSION : ARLON HALL / BILLIE JUSTICE THOMSON (ALL AGES) 10am - 5pm
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South Australian artists Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson invite you to slow down and lose yourself inside a painting. Thomson's vibrant compositions draw on everyday objects, Australian imagery and familiar food and drink, evoking a quiet sense of nostalgia. Hall works across painting, drawing and sculpture, exploring the interplay of line, colour and form through moments of overlap and tension. Inspired by Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition this Studio invites hands-on exploration of light, colour, line and shape to create your own abstract coloured, layered line drawing.
contributors
- Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson
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WORK THREADING STORIES 11am - 2pm
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Threading Stories is a community quilting workshop grounded in care, creativity and storytelling. This workshop allows participants to sew or embellish a shared quilt. Open to everyone from beginner to advanced sewers and storytellers, to printmakers, painters and mixed media creatives.
contributors
- Stella Martino
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WORK WAX CARVING : RING MAKING 6pm - 8pm
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Wax carving ring making work shop. Work with wax and tools to design and shape your unique ring. Your wax design will be professionally cast, sanded, and finished by the instructor. In approximately two weeks, your completed sterling silver ring will be ready for you to collect
Sun 18 Oct35
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EXH 10 x 10 12pm - 3pm
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10x10 Same Parameters, Different Outcomes
contributors
- Enoki Design Studio
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EXH A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN 12pm - 5pm
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A Room of One's Own is a collaborative examination of interior living through applied arts. Inspired by the interdisciplinary approach of the Bloomsbury Group and research into the Powerhouse Museum’s collection, the artists work across sculpture, furniture and functional objects, blurring the line between art, design and the decorative.
contributors
- Eleanor Amor
- Agatha Gothe-Snape
- Jennifer Mathews
- Michelle Nikou
- Nat Penney
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EXH AFTER HOURS 12pm - 4pm
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After Hours celebrates emerging female creatives and the work made beyond the boundaries of their everyday professions. Bringing together diverse creative disciplines, the exhibition transforms a shared space into a studio, archive and gathering place - revealing the ideas, experiments and personal practices that emerge after hours.
contributors
- Elaine Thomas
- Maddy Cabalao
- Kiri Bowmer
- Tamara Montina
- Ava Kim
- Alisa Vakhtangova
- Kathryn Neale
- Chloe Katopodis
- Zoe Grigoris
- Gigi O'Halloran
- Kate Maiden
- Anny Benjamin
- Mengzhu Jiang
- Leia Ahmed
- Ziyan Qi
- Rita Liao
- Bridget Saville
- Whitney Huang
- Minqi Gu
- Min Jeong
- Lena Rowe
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EXH AFTER MOOD CAFE & SHOP 10am - 4pm
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For three days, AFTER MOOD x BUTTER CANTEEN comes to life as a café, shop and gathering place during Adelaide Design Week. A space to pause, wander and discover, where objects, food and atmosphere come together to create a little spark of something unexpected. Come for a coffee, stay for a while, and take a piece of AFTER MOOD home with you.
contributors
- Daniel Emma & Studio Gram
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EXH AFTERLIFE 10am - 12pm
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Afterlife is a research project investigating the reuse of demolished concrete. The exhibition seeks to change how permanence and decay are read in architecture, urging a more conscious consumption of a material that has potential beyond waste.
contributors
- A22a, Caleb Biffanti, Pier Carthew, Loughlin O'Kane, Kara Pickard and Andrew Walter.
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EXH AT THE TABLE Lunch 12pm / Dinner 6pm
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At the Table is an immersive dining experience, bringing together food, design, and community through the most universal of rituals - sharing a meal. Presented as a ticketed sit-down dinner hosted by Reform Distilling, the event invites twenty-four guests per sitting to engage with locally made design.
contributors
- Alexandra Hirst/ Alexis Mason/ Billy Crellin/ Bindi Nimmo/ Bradley East/ Bridget Saville/ Danielle Rickaby/ Drew Spangenberg/ Eden Wellings/ Em Frank/ Hugo Curtis/ Hung Hin Chan/ James Geue/ Jordan Gower/ Kerryn Levy/ Léa Tarakdjian/ Lena Rowe/ Lily Morin/ Mason Heaven/ Megan Wilkinson/ Oliver Hyde/ Olivia Kathigitis/ Riley Hearn/ Sophie Horvat
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EXH BENCHED 10am - 2pm
Come and take a seat at BENCHED. 40+ creatives from across architecture, art, design and making respond to the same brief: make a bench within 1200W × 450H, with production capped at $450.
See how the same familiar object can take 40+ very different forms, and most importantly, sit down and try them for yourself.
Free entry. Everyone welcome.
contributors
- Curated by Maddi Lewis at Public Private. Work by - 4th Floor Elevator, Allan Mawer, Alex Price, Angus Grant, Angus Henderson with Harrison Ferris & Paolo Wait, Bella Sims, Ben Winding, Brian Wiese, Brydon Jackson, Caren Elliss, Chris Town, Conor Mannering, Daisy Guerin, David Musch, Dusty Weatherald, Ereni Vithoulkas, Gabe Turner, Hinko Design, House of Vnholy, Isaac Rudd, Jake Doesn’t Make It, James Geue, Joshua Nash, Klaro Industrial Design, Lauren Murphy & Tom Golin, Lili Harrison & Jake Duthy, Maddi Lewis, Maddie Goldsmith, Marley Scholz Vinall & Aysha Dejanovic, Moraene, Morgan Wake Designs, Pulsing Heart Objects, Remington Matters, Riley Stone, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Scott Van Manen, Semple Stuff, Spacecraft Design Build, Sophie Kitt, Stephen Roy, Stephen Soeffky, Tim Edwards, Tom Borgas, Tom Martin, Tully Wheaton, Workshop 10
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EXH BLOOM 10am - 2pm
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BLOOM is a collaborative exhibition showcasing multidisciplinary creatives, examining the individual and collective experience of the algal bloom that has affected our South Australian coastlines. Hosted at Basement Gallery, BLOOM platforms critical dialogue and fervour surrounding an ongoing ecological issue, explored through experimental visual art and design modes.
contributors
- Ruby Yates (co-curator)
- Tasha Katsikas (co-curator)
- Michael Waters
- Chloe Burton
- Bianca Hoffrichter
- Oliver Johnson
- Kate Hendry
- Rodrigo Kimbelblat
- Chelsea Evans
- Poppy Chung
- Phoebe Hunter
- Francesca Narni
- Nikita Mettananda
- Tyler Jackson Chappell
- India Chappell
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EXH CARDENING CLUBHOUSE 1pm - 4pm
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Community Event at Cardening Clubhouse! You might have spotted the Cardening Club cruising around town for Design Week — now come and visit the Clubhouse. A new collaborative space by Emma Sadie Thomson and Tim Hansford, bringing together gardening, plants, cars, thoughtful design and community. For Design Week, we’re opening the doors for a casual, kid-friendly hangout — come explore the space, see what we’re working on, grab a drink and stay a while.
contributors
- Emma Thomson & Tim Hansford
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EXH MAKING SPACE 11am - 2pm
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Months of planning. Years of emotion. A lifespan of less than a day. Making space for the temporary environments of floristry in the world of installation design.
contributors
- Presented by Jake Doesn't Make It Hosted by Georgie Shepherd Interior Design Collaborators: Christabel Powell Ethereal Botanica Evebud (Evie Harrison and Lili Harrison) Fling Creative FLWR.bttm flwrform KENSI Studio OneDay Florals Sarah's Flower Field SUMMER BLOOM
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EXH NOW: NEW/OLD WORKS 12pm - 5pm
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NOW: new/old work brings together creations and archival pieces from artists in residence and alumni of Washdog Studios and fab workshop. Celebrating creative evolution, this exhibition maps the bridge between past explorations and current practices revealing how early ideas transform, persist and re-emerge in contemporary design and art.
contributors
- Julia Boros
- Michael Carney
- Dave Court
- House of Vnholy
- Bianka Kennedy
- Zoe Kirkwood David McMurray
- Sakthivel Eakambaranathan
- Sam Matthewman
- Hari Koutlakis
- Abbey Murdoch
- Paloma Ellery
- Kathryn Lyon
- Cameron Longshaw
- Claire Markwick-Smith
- Miles Dunne
- Benen Hamon
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EXH POWER SURGE: INTO THE GRID 10am - 5pm
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An exhibition of prototype lighting by Associates of JamFactory’s Ceramics, Furniture, Glass and Jewellery/Metal Studios, providing insight into the creative process of design and production.
contributors
- JamFactory Associates
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EXH PROCESSED 10am - 2pm panel discussion 11am - 12pm
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PROCESSED, presented by Industrial Design Exchange Adelaide (IDEA), reveals the people and processes behind South Australian industrial design. Through sketches, prototypes and final products, the exhibition traces how ideas are developed, tested and refined into the products that shape how we live and work.
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EXH SHOP GENERATOR 9am - 2pm
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A temporary shop for permanent objects. Shop Generator brings together a curated collection of considered objects by independent designers and makers. Bridging the space between exhibition and retail, Shop Generator brings objects into focus to be encountered, celebrated and collected. Recognising that a sale can be a meaningful continuation of the creative process. Here for a moment, then gone again.
Join us on Thursday 15th to celebrate the opening of Shop Generator. Idle Hands will be behind the bar, pouring juice from 5pm.
Can’t make it? Come by Friday for an after work knock-off and a night of shop trading.
contributors
- AILISH LING
- ALEXANDER ROBERTSON
- ALEXIS MASON
- BRIDGET SAVILLE
- BUSHWOMAN
- CADELL CANUTE
- CAKEY SPORTSMAN
- CARMAN SKEEHAN
- DANNY JARRATT
- DITHER
- EDEN WELLINGS
- ELEANOR AMOR
- EM FRANK
- EMBER SATYN
- ETIKETTE
- HARRISON GALE
- IDA OBJECTS
- JACK FENBY
- KOBAMUNDII
- LEA TARAKDJIAN
- MARTINA BEKA
- MINCE
- NAT PENNEY
- OLIVER JOHNSON
- OUTCAST GOODS
- PETER FONG
- RILEY STONE
- ROMELIA
- RORY BRANSON
- S.K
- SAM GOLD
- SATURDAY YARD WORK
- SEMPLE STUFF
- SIBLING
- STEMM STUDIO
- STUDIO ARBIE
- STUDIO MIGNONE
- STUFF BY GLAD
- THOMAS CARVOLTH
- TOM SUMMERS
- TRICOTE
- VICTORIA PATERSON
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EXH SHOPFRONT DESIGN CIRCUIT (all day) / TOUR 2pm - 5pm
WIN: Aesop People's Choice Prize - visit to vote, vote to win
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The annual Shopfront design challenge sees the East End buzz with a number of business and designer collaborations for 24/7 viewing. This multi-venue exhibition has seen local businesses hand over their shopfronts for quick thinking design responses from selected Adelaide based designers and architects. For Adelaide Design Week 2026, we have expanded again - with more venues in the East End - bringing an intimate and broad range of responses. Join us for a dynamic walking tour of the Shopfront Design Circuit exhibitions, finishing at Honeydripper for an afternoon to farewell Adelaide Design Week. All are welcome, with additional collaborations and the final walking tour route to be announced.
contributors
- Jewel of Thought Records x Tom Borgas
- Galeria Grafika x Tristan Kerr
- Utopian Creations x Jake Lane
- Naomi Murrell x Sophia Moore
- Shop Pond / Filter Store x Moraene Architecture & Design Collective
- Nudie Jeans x Will Cheeseman and Oliver Hyde
- Miss Gladys Sym Choon x Claire Markwick-Smith
- Aesop x Andrew Carvolth, Latteria x House of Vnholy, HoneyDripper x Musch
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EXH SKANGAROOVIA 10am - 5pm
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Skangaroovia is a South Australian design studio specialising in lighting, furniture and crafted objects. We collaborate with architects and designers to create project-specific outcomes that are thoughtful, practical and finely crafted. This exhibition introduces our practice through past and current projects. It highlights our in-house design and making capabilities.
contributors
- Mark Jones
- Ellis Moseley
- Yuro Cuchor
- Marlize DeKlerk
- Lex Stobie
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EXH TAC COLLECTION 10am - 4pm
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"taC" seating is a collaboration between brothers Andrew and Thomas Carvolth. Made locally in their studio, each piece is direct in form and generous in feel.
contributors
- Thomas and Andrew Carvolth
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EXH TOMORROW TALENT 10am - 5pm
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Discover the next generation of designer/makers in an exhibition of work by the talented Associates across JamFactory’s Ceramics, Glass, Furniture and Jewellery/Metal Studios.
contributors
- JamFactory Associates
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EXH WASTE RECONSIDERED 10am - 8pm
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‘WASTE RECONSIDERED’ an exploration of beauty within the discarded. Flipping the concept of landfill waste to produce elegant usable forms, Rebecca and Rachel work with local businesses and industries to source abundant waste streams and the result.. ASTONISHING.. an aesthetic story within our homes, workplaces and dining experiences.
contributors
- Esse Bio Designs (Brand) / Something Special Concept Store (host) / Rebecca Hartman Kearns (Maker/Founder) / Rachel Mifsud (Designer/Founder)
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EXH X KEULEMANS 10am - 5pm
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Presented in partnership with Adelaide University, this exhibition showcases creative works by South Australian designer, artist and researcher Guy Keulemans. In collaboration with leading Australian designers, Keulemans explores the repair, reuse and generative and regenerative processes for environmental sustainability.
contributors
- Guy Keulemans
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EXH YOKE • OBJECTS FOR HUMAN CONNECTION 10am - 6pm
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YOKE • objects for human connection • explores the quiet power of handmade objects to draw us back toward one another in a time increasingly shaped by speed, convenience, and digital distance. Ceramics, furniture, vessels, lighting, plants and sculptural works become conduits for human closeness through thoughtful making, shared presence and storytelling.
contributors
- Samantha Agostino
- Simon Bajada
- Andrew Carvolth
- Thomas Carvolth
- Miles Dunne
- Em Frank
- Daniel Guest
- Ha Architecture
- Alexandra Hirst
- Denise Hojdyssek
- Takeshi Iue
- Joslin Koolen
- Alexis Mason
- Bridget Saville
- Lea Tarakdjian
- Eden Wellings
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INST CARDENING CLUB at 'CARDENING CLUBHOUSE'
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Cardening Club playfully juxtaposes Mother Nature with human design. A roving planted vehicle moves through the city during Adelaide Design Week, creating unexpected moments of greenery. Appearing at key events and locations, the installation transforms an object designed for movement into a playful exploration of nature, creativity and urban design.
contributors
- Emma Thomson & Tim Hansford
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INST LIVING ON THE CEILING 4pm - LATE
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Living on the ceiling is a lighting family resulting from exploring the relationship between material, memory and transformation. Through the use of ceramics and linen the show exhibits pieces made by imprinting, folding, creasing, bending and tearing porcelain with remnants of French workwear.
contributors
- Eden Wellings
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INST TORPOR DAY BED 10am - 6pm
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Torpor seat is an object that investigates the relationship between rest, movement, and material reuse. The project brings together recycled denim textiles developed by Will Cheesman in collaboration with Nudie Jeans, with reclaimed timber sourced and crafted by Oliver Hyde.
contributors
- William Cheesman & Oliver Hyde
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CONV ACTIVATING ABANDONED SPACES / PANEL TALK 12pm - 2pm
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This panel discussion investigates the cultural, social, and aesthetic potential of abandoned and underutilised urban spaces in Adelaide. It begins by questioning the notion of abandonment itself: in what sense are places abandoned, by whom, and according to whose values?
Far from being neutral, abandonment is a political and value-laden condition that reflects changing patterns of ownership, economic priorities, and public attention. Rather than viewing abandoned spaces as sites of failure or decay, this project explores how art, design, and aesthetic engagement can reveal the qualities already embedded within them.
Such spaces offer opportunities to acknowledge loss, embrace ambiguity, and discover new forms of meaning and connection. They can become environments where cultural experimentation, informal occupation, and community activity emerge beyond the constraints of commercial productivity.
This panel conversation will explore how undefined urban spaces are essential for social transformation and civic self-organisation. In a market-driven city, spaces that exist outside commercial exchange can provide rare opportunities for collective authorship and public life.
Through design interventions, community engagement, and creative occupation, we ask whether Adelaide can reclaim overlooked urban spaces and transform them into places of social, cultural, and civic potential (can we create our own version of Federation Square?), whether at a metropolitan scale or through a network of smaller, everyday interventions.
Join us for a discussion that leads into the Shop Front Design Tour from 2-5pm, and AWD closing drinks at Honey Dripper.
contributors
- Contemporary curator Chloe Tanner (Tasmania) sits in conversation with public artist Julia Townsend, architect Dr Richard Le Messurier and artist/designer Tom Borgas. Moderator: Chloe Tanner Chloe Tanner, an independent contemporary art curator, lives in nipaluna/Hobart, Tasmania. Her work is informed by her upbringing in the Amazon jungle, the ultimate abandoned environmental frontier. She works between Europe and Australia. Her thesis, ‘The Art of Abandonment’, explores the psychogeography of abandoned places. Panelists: Julia Townsend, Dr Richard Le Messurier and Tom Borgas. Julia Townsend is an Adelaide-based artist whose practice explores the relationship between abstraction, architecture and public space. Working across large-scale murals, painting and site-responsive projects, her work investigates how abstract forms can transform the experience of built environments and create new ways of engaging with place. Drawing inspiration from architecture, construction processes and urban landscapes, Townsend's work considers how visual interventions can activate spaces, encourage public interaction and contribute to the cultural identity of cities. Through both permanent and temporary works, she is interested in the capacity of art to reveal new possibilities within overlooked, transitional and underutilised environments. Her practice examines themes of transformation, adaptation and renewal, with a particular interest in the creative potential that emerges when spaces become undefined or exist between established uses. By introducing abstraction into architectural contexts, her work invites audiences to imagine alternative ways of experiencing the built environment and encourages a sense of curiosity, play and possibility within the city. Dr Richard Le Messurier is an Adelaide-based design practitioner and lecturer who works across architecture, landscape architecture, and urbanism. Operating under the moniker MEDIUM, his design practice spans multiple scales—from residential additions to urban interventions—with a special interest in the social and behavioural impacts of form. This approach extends from his 'Design as Research' PhD, which examined the impacts of short-life, creative interventions in overlooked and interstitial urban spaces. This interest was informed by his time working with European collectives operating within abandoned public spaces, such as Exyzt Collectif and Guerilla Architects. Richard continues to explore these themes through self-built installations and academic work. Richard argues that untapped public value can be unlocked in Australian cities through the use of creative architectural tools. Yet such approaches have been minimally explored on this continent. His contribution to this issue was recognised when ‘Cultivating Quiet’—a project examining the unrealised Australian suburban front yard—was selected for inclusion in the Unsettling Queenstown ‘Open Archive’ at the Australian Pavilion for the 2023 Venice Biennale. Tom Borgas is a visual artist and educator living and working on the traditional land of the Kaurna people in Adelaide, South Australia. His work explores the politics of images, objects and processes that sit at the intersection of art and architecture. Working predominantly with everyday materials his practice is an experiment in what happens when spaces, people and three-dimensional form come together. Tom has exhibited at shows and galleries around Australia including PICA (Perth), The Jam Factory (Adelaide), Artisan (Brisbane), Salamanca Arts Centre (Hobart), MARS gallery (Melbourne), Stockroom (Kyneton) and as part of the 2018 Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial. Commissioning bodies and collaborators include: UAP, The City of Brisbane, Rockhampton City Council, Moreland City Council for Melbourne’s Level Crossing Removal Project, Splendour in the Grass, Hilton Hotel Adelaide, The Adelaide Festival Centre, The City of Adelaide, Illuminate, The District Council of Karoonda East Murray, Renewal SA and OSCA. Together with Amber Cronin, Tom is also one half of Fallow, a critical spatial practice that focuses on site-sensitive, immersive experiences that connect and build ecological communities through sculpture, installation, performance and education.
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CONV ÉMIGRÉ : SPEAKER SERIES 2pm - 5.30pm
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Émigré brings together art, design and architecture for one afternoon at Lynton Residence, a 1962 mid-century home by émigré designer Hubert van der Pennen. Across the afternoon, speakers ask who shapes a city, and from where, through the practitioners who arrived from elsewhere and left their mark on it.
Featuring Stuart Symons, Jet O'Rourke, Dr Catherine Howell and Dr. Amit Srivastava. Guests are welcome to explore Lynton Residence during the break, with drinks supplied by Alpha Box & Dice.
Tickets are strictly limited to 60, full afternoon pass only.
Sunday 18 October, 2pm to 5.30pm.
Sponsored by Alpha Box & Dice.
contributors
- Stuart Symons, Jet O'Rourke, Dr Catherine Howell and Dr. Amit Srivastava.
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CONV PROCESSED / PANEL TALK 11:00 AM
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CONV UNBUILT SYMPOSIUM : OBSTACLES // REMNANTS 10am - 12pm
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UNBUILT Symposium brings together architects, designers and artists for a series of conversations exploring the ideas, circumstances and possibilities that exist around architecture that doesn't get built.
OBSTACLES: 10am - 11am Emerging practice and the forces that prevent architecture from making the transition from idea to building.
REMNANTS: 11am - 12pm What remains after demolition, and how materials can be recovered, reinterpreted and given another use.
Tickets include access to both conversations and the UNBUILT exhibition at Hebart Hall. Explore the full list of collaborators at unbuilt.au
contributors
- PARABOLICA SSdH LIAN Office Alex Nicholls OFFICE A22a Martina Beka
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CONV UNBUILT SYMPOSIUM : SPECULATION // MEANWHILE 1pm - 3pm
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UNBUILT Symposium brings together architects, designers and artists for a series of conversations exploring the ideas, circumstances and possibilities that exist around architecture that doesn't get built.
SPECULATION: 1pm - 2pm Architecture untethered from the certainty of construction: propositions, competitions, provocations and ideas pursued for their own value.
MEANWHILE: 2pm - 3pm Temporary occupation, interim use and what buildings can become in the space between one permanent condition and another.
Tickets include access to both conversations and the UNBUILT exhibition at Hebart Hall. Explore the full list of collaborators at unbuilt.au
contributors
- Trower Falvo 877c Moraene Craft Architecture Office Ren Found Artefact Curators Tusk Architecture
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OPEN MID-CENTURY HOUSE : OPEN HOUSE 2pm - 5.30pm
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OPEN MIXED GOODS : OPEN STUDIO 10am - 4pm
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Join us at Mixed Goods Studios for a special Adelaide Design Week Open Studio. Wander through the studios, meet the designers, artists and makers behind the work, and gain an insight into their creative processes. Explore works in progress, finished pieces and material experiments by Andrew Carvolth, Dean Toepfer, Danielle Barrie, Sam Gold, Bridget Saville, Carman Skeehan, Joslin Koolen and Thomas Carvolth.
contributors
- Andrew Carvolth
- Dean Toepfer
- Danielle Barrie
- Sam Gold
- Bridget Saville
- Carman Skeehan
- Joslin Koolen
- Thomas Carvolth
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OPEN YADURA : OPEN HOUSE 11am - 12pm
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Yadura is our home and studio in South Australia, a warm, creative space filled with art, sculpture, and stories from Adelaide, the Middle East, and the places we have lived and traveled. More than a studio, it is a house of light, life, and storytelling, where creativity is part of everyday living. This event opens Yadura to friends and community, inviting you to experience a space that carries memory, culture, and imagination.
contributors
- Ahmed Elkhalidi and Rua Hashlamoun
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TOUR MODERNIST ADELAIDE WALKING TOUR 11am - 12:30pm
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Adelaide's mid-century boom produced a revolution of modernist architecture most locals walk past without a glance. Stuart Symons' award-winning tours have drawn international acclaim and a devoted cult following, tracing how global design ideas took flight in Adelaide during the 1950s–70s. 'Jewel-like' – Kevin McCloud, Grand Designs
contributors
- Stuart Symons
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WORK MAKE AN IMPRESSION : ARLON HALL / BILLIE JUSTICE THOMSON (ALL AGES) 10am - 5pm
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South Australian artists Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson invite you to slow down and lose yourself inside a painting. Thomson's vibrant compositions draw on everyday objects, Australian imagery and familiar food and drink, evoking a quiet sense of nostalgia. Hall works across painting, drawing and sculpture, exploring the interplay of line, colour and form through moments of overlap and tension. Inspired by Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition this Studio invites hands-on exploration of light, colour, line and shape to create your own abstract coloured, layered line drawing.
contributors
- Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson
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WORK WAX CARVING : RING MAKING 6pm - 8pm
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Wax carving ring making work shop. Work with wax and tools to design and shape your unique ring. Your wax design will be professionally cast, sanded, and finished by the instructor. In approximately two weeks, your completed sterling silver ring will be ready for you to collect
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EXH 10 x 10 The Coldstore, 66 Wyatt St, Adelaide SA 5000
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10x10 Same Parameters, Different Outcomes
contributors
- Enoki Design Studio
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EXH 3D CERAMIC / CLAY PRINTING Kaurna Building, Level 3, Adelaide University City West, 2 Fenn Pl, Adelaide SA 5000
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contributors
- Mohamed Aboeloyoon Mohamed Farouk Abdelaal Ahmed and Peter Charles
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EXH A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN Fab Workshop, 12 Little Rundle St, Kent Town SA 5067
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A Room of One's Own is a collaborative examination of interior living through applied arts. Inspired by the interdisciplinary approach of the Bloomsbury Group and research into the Powerhouse Museum’s collection, the artists work across sculpture, furniture and functional objects, blurring the line between art, design and the decorative.
contributors
- Eleanor Amor
- Agatha Gothe-Snape
- Jennifer Mathews
- Michelle Nikou
- Nat Penney
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CONV ACTIVATING ABANDONED SPACES / PANEL TALK Shop 11G, Gay's Arcade, off Twin St, Adelaide
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This panel discussion investigates the cultural, social, and aesthetic potential of abandoned and underutilised urban spaces in Adelaide. It begins by questioning the notion of abandonment itself: in what sense are places abandoned, by whom, and according to whose values?
Far from being neutral, abandonment is a political and value-laden condition that reflects changing patterns of ownership, economic priorities, and public attention. Rather than viewing abandoned spaces as sites of failure or decay, this project explores how art, design, and aesthetic engagement can reveal the qualities already embedded within them.
Such spaces offer opportunities to acknowledge loss, embrace ambiguity, and discover new forms of meaning and connection. They can become environments where cultural experimentation, informal occupation, and community activity emerge beyond the constraints of commercial productivity.
This panel conversation will explore how undefined urban spaces are essential for social transformation and civic self-organisation. In a market-driven city, spaces that exist outside commercial exchange can provide rare opportunities for collective authorship and public life.
Through design interventions, community engagement, and creative occupation, we ask whether Adelaide can reclaim overlooked urban spaces and transform them into places of social, cultural, and civic potential (can we create our own version of Federation Square?), whether at a metropolitan scale or through a network of smaller, everyday interventions.
Join us for a discussion that leads into the Shop Front Design Tour from 2-5pm, and AWD closing drinks at Honey Dripper.
contributors
- Contemporary curator Chloe Tanner (Tasmania) sits in conversation with public artist Julia Townsend, architect Dr Richard Le Messurier and artist/designer Tom Borgas. Moderator: Chloe Tanner Chloe Tanner, an independent contemporary art curator, lives in nipaluna/Hobart, Tasmania. Her work is informed by her upbringing in the Amazon jungle, the ultimate abandoned environmental frontier. She works between Europe and Australia. Her thesis, ‘The Art of Abandonment’, explores the psychogeography of abandoned places. Panelists: Julia Townsend, Dr Richard Le Messurier and Tom Borgas. Julia Townsend is an Adelaide-based artist whose practice explores the relationship between abstraction, architecture and public space. Working across large-scale murals, painting and site-responsive projects, her work investigates how abstract forms can transform the experience of built environments and create new ways of engaging with place. Drawing inspiration from architecture, construction processes and urban landscapes, Townsend's work considers how visual interventions can activate spaces, encourage public interaction and contribute to the cultural identity of cities. Through both permanent and temporary works, she is interested in the capacity of art to reveal new possibilities within overlooked, transitional and underutilised environments. Her practice examines themes of transformation, adaptation and renewal, with a particular interest in the creative potential that emerges when spaces become undefined or exist between established uses. By introducing abstraction into architectural contexts, her work invites audiences to imagine alternative ways of experiencing the built environment and encourages a sense of curiosity, play and possibility within the city. Dr Richard Le Messurier is an Adelaide-based design practitioner and lecturer who works across architecture, landscape architecture, and urbanism. Operating under the moniker MEDIUM, his design practice spans multiple scales—from residential additions to urban interventions—with a special interest in the social and behavioural impacts of form. This approach extends from his 'Design as Research' PhD, which examined the impacts of short-life, creative interventions in overlooked and interstitial urban spaces. This interest was informed by his time working with European collectives operating within abandoned public spaces, such as Exyzt Collectif and Guerilla Architects. Richard continues to explore these themes through self-built installations and academic work. Richard argues that untapped public value can be unlocked in Australian cities through the use of creative architectural tools. Yet such approaches have been minimally explored on this continent. His contribution to this issue was recognised when ‘Cultivating Quiet’—a project examining the unrealised Australian suburban front yard—was selected for inclusion in the Unsettling Queenstown ‘Open Archive’ at the Australian Pavilion for the 2023 Venice Biennale. Tom Borgas is a visual artist and educator living and working on the traditional land of the Kaurna people in Adelaide, South Australia. His work explores the politics of images, objects and processes that sit at the intersection of art and architecture. Working predominantly with everyday materials his practice is an experiment in what happens when spaces, people and three-dimensional form come together. Tom has exhibited at shows and galleries around Australia including PICA (Perth), The Jam Factory (Adelaide), Artisan (Brisbane), Salamanca Arts Centre (Hobart), MARS gallery (Melbourne), Stockroom (Kyneton) and as part of the 2018 Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial. Commissioning bodies and collaborators include: UAP, The City of Brisbane, Rockhampton City Council, Moreland City Council for Melbourne’s Level Crossing Removal Project, Splendour in the Grass, Hilton Hotel Adelaide, The Adelaide Festival Centre, The City of Adelaide, Illuminate, The District Council of Karoonda East Murray, Renewal SA and OSCA. Together with Amber Cronin, Tom is also one half of Fallow, a critical spatial practice that focuses on site-sensitive, immersive experiences that connect and build ecological communities through sculpture, installation, performance and education.
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EXH ADW CLOSING PARTY x COMPANY WORKS Queen's Theatre, cnr Playhouse Ln & Gilles Arcade, Adelaide SA 5000
Announcing the Ukiyo House ADW Prize that celebrates the creativity, craftsmanship and spirit of experimentation of an Adelaide Design Week contributor. Recognising innovative thinking, material exploration and originality, the prize awards one maker an opportunity to pause, reflect and recharge at Ukiyo House.
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Join us at Queen’s Theatre for a final gathering in celebration of Adelaide Design Week. Set within the warmth and history of the theatre, The Closing Party brings together the people who made the week possible and everyone who attended. Move through the work of makers and artists in Public/Private’s BENCHED exhibition, catch up over drinks, and experience the theatre transformed through feature lighting and music, with the evening gradually transitioning to the dance floor.
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- BENCHED x COMPANY WORKS
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EXH ADW OPENING EVENT x SHORT NOTICE The Meeting Hall, Paul Kelly Ln, 25 Pirie St, Adelaide SA 5000
Door prizes thanks to generous donations from Alpha Box & Dice & Homie. Cardening Club to show the way on Pirie Street!
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Join us to officially launch Adelaide Design Week every*one with exhibition SHORT NOTICE - A three-hour exhibition event that gathers 50 creatives / designers, across disciplines and stages of practice. Each exhibitor brings a work (finished or unfinished, old or new, speculative or familiar) and installs it on the spot. The exhibition takes shape as people arrive, forming a temporary, self-organising landscape of objects and ideas. Concept: Michael Kutschbach. Host: City of Adelaide. Supported by: boxes.com.au & Gang Gang
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- SHORT NOTICE x ADW Concept: Michael Kutschbach. Host: City of Adelaide. Supported by: boxes.com.au & Gang Gang. Designers revealed on the night.
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EXH AFTER HOURS EST Studio, 94 Gilles St, Adelaide SA 5000
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After Hours celebrates emerging female creatives and the work made beyond the boundaries of their everyday professions. Bringing together diverse creative disciplines, the exhibition transforms a shared space into a studio, archive and gathering place - revealing the ideas, experiments and personal practices that emerge after hours.
contributors
- Elaine Thomas
- Maddy Cabalao
- Kiri Bowmer
- Tamara Montina
- Ava Kim
- Alisa Vakhtangova
- Kathryn Neale
- Chloe Katopodis
- Zoe Grigoris
- Gigi O'Halloran
- Kate Maiden
- Anny Benjamin
- Mengzhu Jiang
- Leia Ahmed
- Ziyan Qi
- Rita Liao
- Bridget Saville
- Whitney Huang
- Minqi Gu
- Min Jeong
- Lena Rowe
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EXH AFTER MOOD CAFE & SHOP Studio Gram, 68 Chief St, Brompton SA 5007
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For three days, AFTER MOOD x BUTTER CANTEEN comes to life as a café, shop and gathering place during Adelaide Design Week. A space to pause, wander and discover, where objects, food and atmosphere come together to create a little spark of something unexpected. Come for a coffee, stay for a while, and take a piece of AFTER MOOD home with you.
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- Daniel Emma & Studio Gram
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EXH AFTERLIFE Hebart Hall, 104 Jeffcott St, North Adelaide SA 5006
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Afterlife is a research project investigating the reuse of demolished concrete. The exhibition seeks to change how permanence and decay are read in architecture, urging a more conscious consumption of a material that has potential beyond waste.
contributors
- A22a, Caleb Biffanti, Pier Carthew, Loughlin O'Kane, Kara Pickard and Andrew Walter.
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EXH ANTHO Lo & Co Interiors, 28 Fullarton Rd, Norwood SA 5067
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Hygge Studio and Lo & Co Interiors present ANTHO, a study of botanics in motion through mechanical intervention. ANTHO explores the relationship between nature, technology, light, and atmosphere within interior space. Through kinetic movement and shadow play, the works reinterpret wind, blooming, and organic rhythm as sculptural, programmed experiences.
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- Hygge Studio, Lo & Co Interiors and Cam Wesson
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EXH AT THE TABLE Reform Distilling, 91 Little Rundle St, Kent Town SA 5067
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At the Table is an immersive dining experience, bringing together food, design, and community through the most universal of rituals - sharing a meal. Presented as a ticketed sit-down dinner hosted by Reform Distilling, the event invites twenty-four guests per sitting to engage with locally made design.
contributors
- Alexandra Hirst/ Alexis Mason/ Billy Crellin/ Bindi Nimmo/ Bradley East/ Bridget Saville/ Danielle Rickaby/ Drew Spangenberg/ Eden Wellings/ Em Frank/ Hugo Curtis/ Hung Hin Chan/ James Geue/ Jordan Gower/ Kerryn Levy/ Léa Tarakdjian/ Lena Rowe/ Lily Morin/ Mason Heaven/ Megan Wilkinson/ Oliver Hyde/ Olivia Kathigitis/ Riley Hearn/ Sophie Horvat
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EXH BENCHED Queen's Theatre, cnr Playhouse Ln & Gilles Arcade, Adelaide SA 5000
Come and take a seat at BENCHED. 40+ creatives from across architecture, art, design and making respond to the same brief: make a bench within 1200W × 450H, with production capped at $450.
See how the same familiar object can take 40+ very different forms, and most importantly, sit down and try them for yourself.
Free entry. Everyone welcome.
contributors
- Curated by Maddi Lewis at Public Private. Work by - 4th Floor Elevator, Allan Mawer, Alex Price, Angus Grant, Angus Henderson with Harrison Ferris & Paolo Wait, Bella Sims, Ben Winding, Brian Wiese, Brydon Jackson, Caren Elliss, Chris Town, Conor Mannering, Daisy Guerin, David Musch, Dusty Weatherald, Ereni Vithoulkas, Gabe Turner, Hinko Design, House of Vnholy, Isaac Rudd, Jake Doesn’t Make It, James Geue, Joshua Nash, Klaro Industrial Design, Lauren Murphy & Tom Golin, Lili Harrison & Jake Duthy, Maddi Lewis, Maddie Goldsmith, Marley Scholz Vinall & Aysha Dejanovic, Moraene, Morgan Wake Designs, Pulsing Heart Objects, Remington Matters, Riley Stone, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Scott Van Manen, Semple Stuff, Spacecraft Design Build, Sophie Kitt, Stephen Roy, Stephen Soeffky, Tim Edwards, Tom Borgas, Tom Martin, Tully Wheaton, Workshop 10
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EXH BENCHED CELEBRATION Queen's Theatre, cnr Playhouse Ln & Gilles Arcade, Adelaide SA 5000
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Come and take a seat at the opening of BENCHED at Queens Theatre. 40+ creatives from across architecture, art, design and making are responding to the same brief: make a bench within 1200W × 450H, with production capped at $450.
Food by Sunny’s, wine by Gentle Folk and Delinquente, and records by Aaronac. We’ll also draw the Remington Matters SOFA Sweepstake, with one winner taking home a JF Sofa.
Stick around as BENCHED rolls into the official Adelaide Design Week Closing Party with ADW and Company Works.
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- Curated by Maddi Lewis at Public Private
- Sponsored by Remington Matters, Gentle Folk, Delinquente, Queens Theatre and Company Works. 4th Floor Elevator, Allan Mawer, Alex Price, Angus Grant, Angus Henderson with Harrison Ferris & Paolo Wait, Bella Sims, Ben Winding, Brian Wiese, Brydon Jackson, Caren Elliss, Chris Town, Conor Mannering, Daisy Guerin, David Musch, Dusty Weatherald, Ereni Vithoulkas, Gabe Turner, Hinko Design, House of Vnholy, Isaac Rudd, Jake Doesn’t Make It, James Geue, Joshua Nash, Klaro Industrial Design, Lauren Murphy & Tom Golin, Lili Harrison & Jake Duthy, Maddi Lewis, Maddie Goldsmith, Marley Scholz Vinall & Aysha Dejanovic, Moraene, Morgan Wake Designs, Pulsing Heart Objects, Remington Matters, Riley Stone, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Scott Van Manen, Semple Stuff, Spacecraft Design Build, Sophie Kitt, Stephen Roy, Stephen Soeffky, Tim Edwards, Tom Borgas, Tom Martin, Tully Wheaton, Workshop 10
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EXH BENCHED X IDLE HANDS Queen's Theatre, cnr Playhouse Ln & Gilles Arcade, Adelaide SA 5000
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Come and take a seat at BENCHED. 40+ creatives from across architecture, art, design and making respond to the same brief: make a bench within 1200W × 450H, with production capped at $450.
See how the same familiar object can take 40+ very different forms, and most importantly, sit down and try them for yourself.
As a bonus, local bakery and Adelaide’s favourite new spot for a baked treat Idle Hands will be setting up shop at BENCHED on Friday the 16th. Come for a work break, grab a bite to eat, take a seat on the benches and take it all in. Only around from 9am - 1pm, exhibition open all day.
Free entry. Everyone welcome.
contributors
- Curated by Maddi Lewis at Public Private. Works by - 4th Floor Elevator, Allan Mawer, Alex Price, Angus Grant, Angus Henderson with Harrison Ferris & Paolo Wait, Bella Sims, Ben Winding, Brian Wiese, Brydon Jackson, Caren Elliss, Chris Town, Conor Mannering, Daisy Guerin, David Musch, Dusty Weatherald, Ereni Vithoulkas, Gabe Turner, Hinko Design, House of Vnholy, Isaac Rudd, Jake Doesn’t Make It, James Geue, Joshua Nash, Klaro Industrial Design, Lauren Murphy & Tom Golin, Lili Harrison & Jake Duthy, Maddi Lewis, Maddie Goldsmith, Marley Scholz Vinall & Aysha Dejanovic, Moraene, Morgan Wake Designs, Pulsing Heart Objects, Remington Matters, Riley Stone, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Scott Van Manen, Semple Stuff, Spacecraft Design Build, Sophie Kitt, Stephen Roy, Stephen Soeffky, Tim Edwards, Tom Borgas, Tom Martin, Tully Wheaton, Workshop 10
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CONV BESPOKE INTENTION ARC Tile Design, Unit 4, 9-17 Young St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Arc Tile Design invites you to discover limitless approaches and applications in Architecture and Design. Join renowned Interior Architect Susanna Bilardo from Enoki Design and Architect Sally Wilson from Archaea Architects. Unveiling a bespoke case study showcasing materiality longevity and shaping the future of the space, presented by Arc Tile Design.
contributors
- Interior Architect Susanna Bilardo from Enoki Design
- Architect Sally Wilson from Archaea Architects & Daniella Antonuccio Designer of Arc Tile Design.
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EXH BLOOM The Basement Gallery & Studio, 12 Kingston St, Adelaide SA 5000
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BLOOM is a collaborative exhibition showcasing multidisciplinary creatives, examining the individual and collective experience of the algal bloom that has affected our South Australian coastlines. Hosted at Basement Gallery, BLOOM platforms critical dialogue and fervour surrounding an ongoing ecological issue, explored through experimental visual art and design modes.
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- Ruby Yates (co-curator)
- Tasha Katsikas (co-curator)
- Michael Waters
- Chloe Burton
- Bianca Hoffrichter
- Oliver Johnson
- Kate Hendry
- Rodrigo Kimbelblat
- Chelsea Evans
- Poppy Chung
- Phoebe Hunter
- Francesca Narni
- Nikita Mettananda
- Tyler Jackson Chappell
- India Chappell
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INST CARDENING CLUB Moving venue — roving around Adelaide
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Cardening Club playfully juxtaposes Mother Nature with human design. A roving planted vehicle moves through the city during Adelaide Design Week, creating unexpected moments of greenery. Appearing at key events and locations, the installation transforms an object designed for movement into a playful exploration of nature, creativity and urban design.
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- Emma Thomson & Tim Hansford
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EXH CARDENING CLUBHOUSE Cardening Clubhouse, 15 Stirling Street, Thebarton SA 5031
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Community Event at Cardening Clubhouse! You might have spotted the Cardening Club cruising around town for Design Week — now come and visit the Clubhouse. A new collaborative space by Emma Sadie Thomson and Tim Hansford, bringing together gardening, plants, cars, thoughtful design and community. For Design Week, we’re opening the doors for a casual, kid-friendly hangout — come explore the space, see what we’re working on, grab a drink and stay a while.
contributors
- Emma Thomson & Tim Hansford
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CONV CO-DESIGNING YITPI YARTAPUULTIKU Allan Scott Auditorium (H2-16), Hawke Building, Adelaide University City West, 55 North Tce, Adelaide SA 5000
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YITPI YARTAPUULTIKU - Soul of Port Adelaide: The Story Behind an Award-Winning Place
Discover the remarkable story behind YITPI YARTAPUULTIKU - Soul of Port Adelaide, a multi-award-winning public realm project that has transformed the heart of Port Adelaide. Join Architect Ashley Halliday and Landscape Architect Warwick Keates as they take the audience behind the scenes of the project's conception, design development, and delivery.
This engaging presentation explores how architecture, landscape architecture, planning, culture, history, and community aspirations were woven together to create a place of lasting significance. Through insights into the co-design process, working with cultural knowledge, key challenges, and moments of innovation, Ashley and Warwick reveal the thinking that shaped a project now recognised for its design excellence and contribution to public life.
Whether you are a design professional, student, or community member, this presentation offers a unique opportunity to understand how thoughtful, place-based design can celebrate identity, strengthen connection, and leave a lasting legacy for future generations.
A free event, bookings essential. Presented by the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Adelaide University.
contributors
- Ashley Halliday (Ashley Halliday Architects)
- Warwick Keates (WAX Design)
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CONV COVERS AND PAGES Imprints Booksellers, 107 Hindley St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Presented by Splinter Journal and Pink Shorts Press, as part of Adelaide Design Week 2026. Featuring Tamika Couedor (FutureJuice), Tyrone Ormsby (Person Books, designer of Splinter Journal) and Jess Zeng (ban she, zine maker), in conversation with Emily Hart (Pink Shorts Press). Free to attend. Come along for a glass of wine, an Imprints browse and to discuss everyone's opinions on book covers. Please get in touch with any questions or access requirements.
contributors
- Tamika Couedor (FutureJuice)
- Tyrone Ormsby (Person Books, designer of Splinter Journal) and Jess Zeng (ban she, zine maker)
- in conversation with Emily Hart (Pink Shorts Press)
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OPEN CRAFTED HARDWOODS : FACTORY TOUR Crafted Hardwoods, 240 Morphett Rd, Adelaide Airport SA 5950
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Come and experience a world-first Australian innovation: robotics and nanoscience transforming overlooked timber into architectural-grade hardwood, proudly made in Adelaide.
Walk the floor with our team, get hands-on with the material in both its raw and finished forms, and discover the timber behind Jon Goulder’s Intersection Table and the Grand Designs Australia Pigeon House project. Please register to secure a spot.
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EXH DESIGN FOR CARE Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building, Adelaide University, 4 North Tce, Adelaide SA 5000
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The Design for Care exhibition presents design and co-design projects that reimagine how healthcare systems, services, and products are created. Through collaborative work between Adelaide University researchers, designers, healthcare professionals and care-consumers, the exhibition highlights the transformative potential of participatory design research in shaping more responsive, inclusive, and human-centred healthcare.
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- Adelaide University researchers
- designers
- healthcare professionals and care-consumers
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CONV DESIGN FOR CARE SYMPOSIUM Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building (Foyer), Adelaide University, 4 North Tce, Adelaide SA 5000
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The Design for Care exhibition presents design and co-design projects that reimagine how healthcare systems, services, and products are created. Through collaborative work between Adelaide University researchers, designers, healthcare professionals and care-consumers, the exhibition highlights the transformative potential of participatory design research in shaping more responsive, inclusive, and human-centred healthcare.
contributors
- Adelaide University researchers
- designers
- healthcare professionals and care-consumers
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TOUR DESIGN WALKTHROUGH : QANTAS INNOVATION CENTRE INTERIORS Qantas Product Innovation Centre, Pirie St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Are you an interior designer interested in commercial interiors? Join Qantas, Concept CI and Klaro Industrial Design for an intimate walkthrough of the Qantas Innovation Centre interiors, presented as part of Adelaide Design Week 2026.
Led by Design Associate Samvit Bhanot and Klaro Creative Director Alona Klaro, the walkthrough explores the interior design of the space: the thinking behind its workplace environment, and the furniture and details developed as part of the project.
The session offers a closer look at how the client, interior designer and furniture designer worked together to shape the space, from the broader spatial approach through to individual products, materials and finishes.
Places are limited to 20 guests. RSVP approval is essential.
contributors
- Concept CI
- Klaro Industrial Design
- Qantas
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CONV DESIGNING DEEPLY JPE Design Studio, Level 4, 19 Gilles St, Adelaide SA 5000
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A thought-provoking panel discussion exploring the tension between universal design and designing for specific user needs. The session examines whether creating solutions for everyone can inadvertently dilute effectiveness, and how deeply addressing niche requirements can generate broader societal benefits. When everyone is different, how do we design for anyone?
contributors
- Dr Nathan James Crane
- Eric Cross – Circ Industrial Design
- Kiri Bowmer – JPE Design Studio
- Keith Dougal – JPE Design Studio (Facilitator)
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CONV DESIGNING FUTURES The Forum, Jeffrey Smart Building, Adelaide University City West, 243 Hindley St, Adelaide SA 5000
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In collaboration with Adelaide University, the Creative Alliance Committee (Institute of Architects SA Chapter) is hosting a unique event in the City’s West End to explore the future with designers, design thinkers, and creative practitioners more broadly. Join us for this thought-provoking interlude within an exciting Adelaide Design Week 2026 program. We will bring together our multi-disciplinary and multi-generational community to celebrate and surface collaborative practice, provoking a conversation about the future through the eyes of design + creativity + critical thinking. Through facilitated conversation, we will explore human futures through different perspectives and generations. We are seeking a diverse audience to ignite dialogue, connection, and collaboration as part of this year’s Adelaide Design Week.
contributors
- Creative Alliance Committee, SA Chapter of AIA
- Adelaide University, College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities
- Introduction by: Professor Ariella Helfgott, Adelaide University
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CONV DESIGNING WITH COUNTRY: CONVERSATIONS ON PLACE, PRACTICE AND RESPONSIBILITY Honeydripper, 11 Frome St, Adelaide SA 5000
An informal breakfast conversation, led by Dr Kirrakee Watson and Dr Julie Nichols, exploring what Designing with Country can mean in contemporary architectural and design practice.
Come along for coffee, bagels and an open conversation about how we can strengthen relationships with Country and use design practice as a vehicle to help build a community committed to doing this work, meaningfully and well.
Outcomes:
The event will also explore opportunities to establish an ongoing network and community of practice for architects, designers and other built environment practitioners interested in Designing with Country.
The aim is to create a space where practitioners can continue to connect, share knowledge and experiences, learn from one another, and collectively strengthen best practice in this growing area.
contributors
- Dr Kirrakee Watson & Dr Julie Nichols
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OPEN EST OPEN STUDIO EST Studio, 94 Gilles St, Adelaide SA 5000
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OPEN ESTILO x HERMAN MILLER: AERON NEVER STOPS Estilo, Level 1, 192 Waymouth St, Adelaide SA 5000
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TOUR EVERY*BIKE TOUR Meet at A PLACE coffee, 37 Second St, Bowden SA 5007
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The Every*bike Tour is a casual cycling tour connecting ADW exhibitions, events, designers, studios, curators, makers, workshops, artists, galleries, places and people together by bike. Each stop along the way is a chance to meet, learn and discover an exciting and energised creative Adelaide! BYO Bike :)
contributors
- Tim Grisbrook / MOOD
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EXH GROUNDED Fabrikate Studio, 14/248 Grenfell St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Grounded is an exhibition at Fabrikate studio for Adelaide Design Week, partnering with Melbourne's Lander Se Gallery, curated by Hannah Nowlan. Ceramics, textile, art, sculpture and scent respond to one another in one immersive environment — design as connection, not collection, grounded in the hands and making that shaped it all.
contributors
- Lander Se Gallery
- Victoria
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CONV IN CONVERSATION: INSIGHTS, PROCESS AND MATERIAL INTEGRITY IN LIGHTING DESIGN The Light Impact Showroom, 66 The Parade, Norwood SA 5067
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Bringing together leading lighting studios for an open panel discussion on what shapes their studio practice, processes and the role of material in the finished product. For designers, architects and public interested in product design practices, the event offers an opportunity to gain insight into the thinking that shapes each studio's identity.
contributors
- Participating studios: Nightworks Studio
- Objects for Thought and Transmitt
- hosted by The Light Impact
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EXH in soft company Terrace Floors + Furnishings, 51 Glen Osmond Rd, Eastwood SA 5063
Registration link released soon
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contributors
- Presented by soft, Terrace Floors + Furnishings and Armadillo
- Hosted by Hannah White. Speakers
- Jay Jermyn
- Marlo Lyda and Em Frank
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CONV JAM FACTORY x GUY KEULEMANS Jeffrey Smart Building, Adelaide University City West, 243 Hindley St, Adelaide SA 5000
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South Australian designer, artist and researcher Guy Keulemans provides insight into his current JamFactory exhibition 'X Guy Keulemans'
contributors
- Guy Keulemans
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CONV JON GOULDER x AGSA Art Gallery of South Australia, 490 North Tce, Adelaide SA 5000
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Join Rebecca Evans, Curator of Decorative Arts and Design for a special Adelaide Design Week Tuesday Talk with South Australian craftsperson and designer, Jon Goulder. Jon Goulder is a fourth-generation furniture designer and maker. Goulder completed his apprenticeship in furniture making and upholstery with his family’s business E W Goulder and Sons, between 1988-1992. In 1996 he moved to Canberra to study furniture design and fine woodworking at Canberra School of Art under the direction of the late George Ingham. After leaving Canberra School of Art he established his design consultancy – ’Jon Goulder Designer Maker’. Goulder is both a designer and a talented furniture maker- a rarity in the Australian and international design community. Between 2013-2018 he was Creative Director (Furniture) Jam Factory Adelaide, he was previously a Senior Designer with Snohetta Architects Australasia. He currently runs his own studio space in the southern suburbs of Adelaide.
contributors
- Jon Goulder
- Rebecca Evans
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TOUR LEARNING FROM YITPI YARTAPUULTIKU Yitpi Yartapuultiku, 1300 Old Port Rd, Port Adelaide SA 5015
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Yitpi Yartapultiku, translated to the Soul of Port Adelaide, is a space where all people - Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal - can come together to learn, share, reflect and grow. In a rare opportunity to talk with Elders, RAIA, AILA and PIA present a joint event for the built environment industry, where we can all learn together about this unique project.
contributors
- Ashley Halliday (Ashley Halliday Architects)
- Warwick Keats (WAX Landscape Design)
- Matthew Rose (City of PAE - Project Director)
- Greg Grabasch (Brave and Curious - Engagement Consultant)
- Community Elders
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TOUR LISTENING WITH ARCHITECTURE Meet at Jewels of Thought Records, 15 Ebenezer Pl, Adelaide SA 5000
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What kinds of acoustic spaces does the architecture of our city offer us? How might these spaces ground us. How might they serve to expand our sense of self? Join artist and educator Tom Borgas on a guided listening experience of some of his favourite east-end pockets of sonic intensity.
contributors
- Tom Borgas
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INST LIVING ON THE CEILING Smokelovers, 244 Rundle St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Living on the ceiling is a lighting family resulting from exploring the relationship between material, memory and transformation. Through the use of ceramics and linen the show exhibits pieces made by imprinting, folding, creasing, bending and tearing porcelain with remnants of French workwear.
contributors
- Eden Wellings
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EXH MADE IN AUS 4th Floor Elevator, Level 4, 14 Grenfell St, Adelaide SA 5000
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4FE present a thoughtful curation of objects sourced exclusively from private collection showcasing the influence of migrant and local talents in furniture art, industrial design, and manufacturing in Australia between the 1950s-1980s. These iconic pieces are displayed through a fresh contemporary lens, exemplifying how good design transcends time.
contributors
- Grant & Mary Featherston
- Douglas Snelling
- Johan H Naess
- Fred Lowen & More
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WORK MAKE AN IMPRESSION : ARLON HALL / BILLIE JUSTICE THOMSON (ALL AGES) The Studio, Art Gallery of South Australia, 490 North Tce, Adelaide SA 5000
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South Australian artists Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson invite you to slow down and lose yourself inside a painting. Thomson's vibrant compositions draw on everyday objects, Australian imagery and familiar food and drink, evoking a quiet sense of nostalgia. Hall works across painting, drawing and sculpture, exploring the interplay of line, colour and form through moments of overlap and tension. Inspired by Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition this Studio invites hands-on exploration of light, colour, line and shape to create your own abstract coloured, layered line drawing.
contributors
- Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson
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EXH MAKING SPACE Georgie Shepherd Interior Design, 46B Beulah Rd, Norwood SA 5067
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Months of planning. Years of emotion. A lifespan of less than a day. Making space for the temporary environments of floristry in the world of installation design.
contributors
- Presented by Jake Doesn't Make It Hosted by Georgie Shepherd Interior Design Collaborators: Christabel Powell Ethereal Botanica Evebud (Evie Harrison and Lili Harrison) Fling Creative FLWR.bttm flwrform KENSI Studio OneDay Florals Sarah's Flower Field SUMMER BLOOM
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OPEN MID-CENTURY HOUSE : OPEN HOUSE Mid-Century House, Lynton SA 5062
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CONV ÉMIGRÉ : SPEAKER SERIES Mid-Century House, Lynton SA 5062
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Émigré brings together art, design and architecture for one afternoon at Lynton Residence, a 1962 mid-century home by émigré designer Hubert van der Pennen. Across the afternoon, speakers ask who shapes a city, and from where, through the practitioners who arrived from elsewhere and left their mark on it.
Featuring Stuart Symons, Jet O'Rourke, Dr Catherine Howell and Dr. Amit Srivastava. Guests are welcome to explore Lynton Residence during the break, with drinks supplied by Alpha Box & Dice.
Tickets are strictly limited to 60, full afternoon pass only.
Sunday 18 October, 2pm to 5.30pm.
Sponsored by Alpha Box & Dice.
contributors
- Stuart Symons, Jet O'Rourke, Dr Catherine Howell and Dr. Amit Srivastava.
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OPEN MIXED GOODS : OPEN STUDIO Mixed Goods Studios, Unit 3, 64 Humphries Tce, Kilkenny SA 5009
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Join us at Mixed Goods Studios for a special Adelaide Design Week Open Studio. Wander through the studios, meet the designers, artists and makers behind the work, and gain an insight into their creative processes. Explore works in progress, finished pieces and material experiments by Andrew Carvolth, Dean Toepfer, Danielle Barrie, Sam Gold, Bridget Saville, Carman Skeehan, Joslin Koolen and Thomas Carvolth.
contributors
- Andrew Carvolth
- Dean Toepfer
- Danielle Barrie
- Sam Gold
- Bridget Saville
- Carman Skeehan
- Joslin Koolen
- Thomas Carvolth
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TOUR MODERNIST ADELAIDE WALKING TOUR Meet at Faraway House, 21 Franklin St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Adelaide's mid-century boom produced a revolution of modernist architecture most locals walk past without a glance. Stuart Symons' award-winning tours have drawn international acclaim and a devoted cult following, tracing how global design ideas took flight in Adelaide during the 1950s–70s. 'Jewel-like' – Kevin McCloud, Grand Designs
contributors
- Stuart Symons
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CONV MONET TO MATISSE : ART TO EXHIBITION GGA Studio (Grieve Gillett Architects), 243 Pirie St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Go behind the scenes of Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition with AGSA's curatorial team and exhibition designers Grieve Gillett Architects. Discover how art, architecture, colour and curatorial thinking came together to shape the exhibition, from the placement of individual works to the design of the complete visitor experience.
contributors
- GGA exhibition design team + AGSA curatorial team
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EXH MOVEMENT ACROSS SCALES Woods Bagot, Level 14, 11 Waymouth St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Woods Bagot welcomes visitors to an open studio and curated exhibition exploring how design shapes movement and connection from city streets to national transport networks. Centred on the human experience, it reveals how architecture and infrastructure influence journeys across increasingly complex systems.
contributors
- Woods Bagot Designers
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EXH NEO TEEN TAKEOVER : LETS GOGH (13-17 YEARS) Art Gallery of South Australia, 490 North Tce, Adelaide SA 5000
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Celebrate Monet to Matisse with a full gallery takeover. Check out live music, artist workshops and new projects from the state's leading youth and arts organisations.
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EXH NOW: NEW/OLD WORKS Washdog Studios (inside Fab Workshop), 12 King William St, Kent Town SA 5067
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NOW: new/old work brings together creations and archival pieces from artists in residence and alumni of Washdog Studios and fab workshop. Celebrating creative evolution, this exhibition maps the bridge between past explorations and current practices revealing how early ideas transform, persist and re-emerge in contemporary design and art.
contributors
- Julia Boros
- Michael Carney
- Dave Court
- House of Vnholy
- Bianka Kennedy
- Zoe Kirkwood David McMurray
- Sakthivel Eakambaranathan
- Sam Matthewman
- Hari Koutlakis
- Abbey Murdoch
- Paloma Ellery
- Kathryn Lyon
- Cameron Longshaw
- Claire Markwick-Smith
- Miles Dunne
- Benen Hamon
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EXH OBJECT TO MATERIAL 19 Twin St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Object to Material showcases a series of furniture & homeware each made of common objects like soda cans, milk bottles, etc. The need for such furniture arises when people, like students, rent an unfurnished house with limited funds. Characteristics such as playfulness, peculiar visual language is highlighted in each piece.
contributors
- Achintya Chaudhary
- Laura Sandil
- (Venue Collaboration with Marchelle Matthew)
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EXH PHOTOSYNTHETIC AGENCY Kaurna Building, Level 3, Adelaide University City West, 2 Fenn Pl, Adelaide SA 5000
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contributors
- Peter Charles
- Chiara Le
- Farnaz Nazarzadeh Ansaroudi
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EXH POWER SURGE: INTO THE GRID JamFactory, 19 Morphett St, Adelaide SA 5000
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An exhibition of prototype lighting by Associates of JamFactory’s Ceramics, Furniture, Glass and Jewellery/Metal Studios, providing insight into the creative process of design and production.
contributors
- JamFactory Associates
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EXH PROCESSED Immersive Light and Art (ILA), 63 Light Sq, Adelaide SA 5000
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PROCESSED, presented by Industrial Design Exchange Adelaide (IDEA), reveals the people and processes behind South Australian industrial design. Through sketches, prototypes and final products, the exhibition traces how ideas are developed, tested and refined into the products that shape how we live and work.
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CONV PROCESSED / PANEL TALK Immersive Art and Installation, 63 Light Sq, Adelaide SA 5000
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EXH PUBLIC NOTICE 19 Twin St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Public Notice is an open poster exhibition presented as part of Adelaide Design Week, inviting graphic designers, students and visual communicators to use the poster as it was always meant to be used—as a tool for communication, not commerce. The exhibition takes its cues from the AGDA Poster Annuals: a theme, a format, and an open call. But there is no jury here and no selection process. The theme—design is not neutral. Every decision carries a point of view. Public Notice asks designers to respond to whatever that means to you: a social issue, an environmental concern, a community, a belief. The only brief is to stand for something.
contributors
- Various
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EXH RF LUX + LOUIS POULSEN - CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF THE PH SYSTEM RF Lux, 1/149 Flinders St, Adelaide SA 5000
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A century celebration honoring Danish architect Poul Henningsen and the revolutionary PH System. Discover the origins of Louis Poulsen and trace a century of anti-glare feature lighting innovation (1926–2026).
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OPEN RF LUX LIGHTING RF Lux, 1/149 Flinders St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Showroom launch - Premium Architectural & Decorative Lighting defined by the balance of refined design and technical precision.
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EXH SHOP GENERATOR Common Uncommon, 100 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000
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A temporary shop for permanent objects. Shop Generator brings together a curated collection of considered objects by independent designers and makers. Bridging the space between exhibition and retail, Shop Generator brings objects into focus to be encountered, celebrated and collected. Recognising that a sale can be a meaningful continuation of the creative process. Here for a moment, then gone again.
Join us on Thursday 15th to celebrate the opening of Shop Generator. Idle Hands will be behind the bar, pouring juice from 5pm.
Can’t make it? Come by Friday for an after work knock-off and a night of shop trading.
contributors
- AILISH LING
- ALEXANDER ROBERTSON
- ALEXIS MASON
- BRIDGET SAVILLE
- BUSHWOMAN
- CADELL CANUTE
- CAKEY SPORTSMAN
- CARMAN SKEEHAN
- DANNY JARRATT
- DITHER
- EDEN WELLINGS
- ELEANOR AMOR
- EM FRANK
- EMBER SATYN
- ETIKETTE
- HARRISON GALE
- IDA OBJECTS
- JACK FENBY
- KOBAMUNDII
- LEA TARAKDJIAN
- MARTINA BEKA
- MINCE
- NAT PENNEY
- OLIVER JOHNSON
- OUTCAST GOODS
- PETER FONG
- RILEY STONE
- ROMELIA
- RORY BRANSON
- S.K
- SAM GOLD
- SATURDAY YARD WORK
- SEMPLE STUFF
- SIBLING
- STEMM STUDIO
- STUDIO ARBIE
- STUDIO MIGNONE
- STUFF BY GLAD
- THOMAS CARVOLTH
- TOM SUMMERS
- TRICOTE
- VICTORIA PATERSON
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EXH SHOPFRONT DESIGN CIRCUIT Various shopfronts, East End, Adelaide SA 5000
WIN: Aesop People's Choice Prize - visit to vote, vote to win
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The annual Shopfront design challenge sees the East End buzz with a number of business and designer collaborations for 24/7 viewing. This multi-venue exhibition has seen local businesses hand over their shopfronts for quick thinking design responses from selected Adelaide based designers and architects. For Adelaide Design Week 2026, we have expanded again - with more venues in the East End - bringing an intimate and broad range of responses. Join us for a dynamic walking tour of the Shopfront Design Circuit exhibitions, finishing at Honeydripper for an afternoon to farewell Adelaide Design Week. All are welcome, with additional collaborations and the final walking tour route to be announced.
contributors
- Jewel of Thought Records x Tom Borgas
- Galeria Grafika x Tristan Kerr
- Utopian Creations x Jake Lane
- Naomi Murrell x Sophia Moore
- Shop Pond / Filter Store x Moraene Architecture & Design Collective
- Nudie Jeans x Will Cheeseman and Oliver Hyde
- Miss Gladys Sym Choon x Claire Markwick-Smith
- Aesop x Andrew Carvolth, Latteria x House of Vnholy, HoneyDripper x Musch
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EXH SHORT NOTICE The Meeting Hall, Paul Kelly Ln, 25 Pirie St, Adelaide SA 5000
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A three-hour exhibition event. A gathering of 50 designers, across disciplines and stages of practice, who each bring a work (finished or unfinished, old or new, speculative or familiar) and install it on the spot. The exhibition takes shape as people arrive, forming a temporary, self-organising landscape of objects and ideas.
contributors
- SHORT NOTICE x ADW Concept: Michael Kutschbach. Host: City of Adelaide. Supported by: boxes.com.au & Gang Gang. Designers revealed on the night.
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EXH SKANGAROOVIA Skangaroovia, 215 Magill Rd, Maylands SA 5069
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Skangaroovia is a South Australian design studio specialising in lighting, furniture and crafted objects. We collaborate with architects and designers to create project-specific outcomes that are thoughtful, practical and finely crafted. This exhibition introduces our practice through past and current projects. It highlights our in-house design and making capabilities.
contributors
- Mark Jones
- Ellis Moseley
- Yuro Cuchor
- Marlize DeKlerk
- Lex Stobie
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EXH SLOT SODA Objects + Studios, 1 Rosetta St, West Croydon SA 5008
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SLOT is an exhibition that explores propositions, explorations and curiosities. Encouraging designers, makers, architects, artists and creative voyeurs to collaborate and respond to a brief of simplicity - to design objects, furniture, artwork, anything - without the need fixings. The act of 'slotting' inspires the action, and in turn, the proposals.
contributors
- Curated by Bronwyn Marshall
- Hosted by SODA Objects
- Supported by Table Wines, Little Bang Brewing Co. and Little Hampton Bricks. Andrew Barker Annie Cornelli Andrew Walter Anthony Gagliardi Athanasios Lazarou Bronwyn Marshall Conor Mannering Elijah Makris Harry Knott Jason Oaten-Hepworth Jason Hanoumis Joseph Standring Jim Semple Joe Fuschen Jonathan van der Knaap Kim Bridgland Luke Makris Nat Penney Nathan Ng Oliver Hyde Paul Akins Penny Fisher Peter Fong Richard Le Messurier Sakthivel Eakambaranathan Saxon Rudduck Simon Williams Sonja Danilovic Stephen Roy Thomas Maxam Wilfred Cheung Workshop 10
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EXH soft presented in partnership with the Art Gallery of South Australia Art Gallery of South Australia, Donor’s Lounge (via the Courtyard), 490 North Tce, Adelaide SA 5000
12pm Friday - Explore soft with your senses in this tactile session for people with vision impairment, guided by Andy TT and Calum Hurley. Bookings required.
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Through artworks, objects and encounters, Soft seeks to invite new connections and ways of seeing, while considering the quiet gestures of care and meaning that shape our relationship with the things we live alongside.
contributors
- Janice Cui
- Jesse Wakenshaw
- Belinda Nimmo
- Phillip Nielsen
- Em Franklin + Miles Dunne
- Marlo Lyda
- Studio Tops
- Indigo Tolhurst
- Patrick Scott
- Dean Toepfer
- Riley Stone
- Drew Abrahamson
- Lotte Schwerdtfeger
- Tom Graham
- Penny Fisher
- AMALGAME studio
- Tom Summers
- Jay Jermyn
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EXH STARRY STARRY NIGHT Liverpool Street Gallery, 39 Liverpool St, Adelaide SA 5000
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We’re going off grid. Taking a breath to explore the romance, ritual, deliberate nature of lighting the humble candle. Whether it’s amidst a stormy blackout, the final touch on the dinner party you’ve slaved for or to help you unwind after another busy day, there is no doubting the charm of candlelight. (Plus, everyone looks better candlelit). Starry starry night is a multidisciplinary exhibition showcasing contemporary craft and design. Exploring soft deliberate lighting and the way it can shape individual and shared sensory experience.
contributors
- Alexis Mason, Bindi Nimmo, Bridget Saville, Bronwyn Marshall, Cecile Gariepy, Daniel & Emma, Daniel Stavridis - Sedni Studio, Drew Spangenberg, Eden Wellings, Gabe Turner, Jed Kelly, Joe Fuchsen - Glass Rhythm, Kerryn Levy, Lauren Murphy, Lotte Schwerdtfeger, Luke Turner & Nicholas Fuller - Miller Objects, Miles Dunne & Em Frank, Olivia Kathigitis, Parcta Studio, Patrick Scott - New Instance, Remington Francis, Sam Gold, Saul Scanlon - Handmade & Found, Scott Van Manen Scott Van Tuil – Van Tuil, Simon Colabufalo – Colabufalo, South Drawn, Stephen Roy – ROY, Studio Henry Wilson, Thomas Carvolth, Tom Fereday, Tom Golin
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EXH STEEL SKIN (PERFORMANCE) My Cloud Nine, 263 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000
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STEEL SKIN is an immersive Adelaide Design Week performance where artists Pierre Mukeba, James Geue (Discarded), Alix Kuijpers, Liam Somerville and more combine interactive sound, movement and visuals. Audiences are invited to interact, shaping an evolving sensory experience that blurs the boundaries between installation, live performance, participation and contemporary design.
contributors
- Alix Kuijpers
- Izabella Vozzo
- Jack Green
- James Geue
- Liam Somerville
- Pierre Mukeba
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CONV STYLECRAFT: MADE HERE Stylecraft, 11 Waymouth St, Adelaide SA 5000
This Adelaide Design Week, join us for lunch or breakfast for a panel discussion exploring the inspiration, materiality, and enduring value of Australian made design. Choose from one of two sessions that will bring together Helen Kontouris (Director, LEN Furniture), Nichole Harris (General Manager, Instyle) and Diana Rosenthal (Principal, Architectus).
Outside of session times, Stylecraft Adelaide will continue to operate during trading hours as an open showroom display featuring new furniture releases. Please note, Stylecraft is closed on weekends.
Panel discussions will commence approximately 30 minutes into each session.
contributors
- Helen Kontouris - Director, LEN Furniture Nichole Harris - General Manager, Instyle Diana Rosenthal - Principal, Education Interiors Leader, Architectus
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EXH SUPER PARTY Sans-Arc Studio, 3A Malcolm St, West Croydon SA 5008
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A super late, super party. In 2020, Bankston Architectural and Sans-Arc launched the Super Collection into lockdown. No party, no fanfare. Five years and four collaborations later we're finally throwing it, inside Sans-Arc's new West Croydon studio. The collection draws on the Radical Design Movement, so does the night. Part exhibition, part installation, part party. Hospitality presented with a Bankston + Sans-Arc touch. Touch points throughout, an experience in one way or another. Drinks, food, music, fun.
contributors
- Sans-Arc Studio + Bankston Architectural
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EXH TAC COLLECTION Mixed Goods Studios, Unit 3, 64 Humphries Tce, Kilkenny SA 5009
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"taC" seating is a collaboration between brothers Andrew and Thomas Carvolth. Made locally in their studio, each piece is direct in form and generous in feel.
contributors
- Thomas and Andrew Carvolth
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WORK THE DIGITAL PAUSE - COLLAGE EVENING Cancelled
Please note that this event has been cancelled. Stay tuned for next year.
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Klaro Industrial Design and Being Studio are hosting an analogue collage night, part of The Digital Pause series! Join us for a relaxed evening to unplug, unwind, and create your own vision board for the design practice you want to manifest. We'll have magazines, fabric offcuts and catalogues on hand, plus some refreshments.
contributors
- Being Studio & Klaro Industrial Design
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CONV THE FRINGE CONDITION : EXTREME DESIGN GGA Studio (Grieve Gillett Architects), 243 Pirie St, Adelaide SA 5000
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What does it mean to design for life at the fringe of human existence? The Fringe Condition is an exhibition and panel discussion exploring one of the most radical design briefs of our time, building for human life on the Moon, and what that means for communities here on Earth.
contributors
- Amit Srivastava
- Albert Rajkumar
- Meriem Allani
- Souktik Bhattacherjee
- Monika Stankiewicz
- Kato Claeys
- Kara Simpson
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CONV THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN FORM AND PURPOSE Jardan, 223 Flinders St, Adelaide SA 5000
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A conversation exploring the relationship between form and function in contemporary furniture design.
The discussion will examine how comfort, versatility, usability and practical requirements are integrated into the design process while maintaining a strong creative point of view. It will consider how designers navigate these competing demands to create pieces that are both highly functional and visually distinctive.
contributors
- Panel: Kim Bridgland (Studio All Days) Dave Bickmore (Studio Gram) Alana Hanton (design by WBL) Max Cairns (Jardan) Moderator: Alice Wilkinson (Studio Nine)
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WORK THREADING STORIES The Mill, 154 Angas St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Threading Stories is a community quilting workshop grounded in care, creativity and storytelling. This workshop allows participants to sew or embellish a shared quilt. Open to everyone from beginner to advanced sewers and storytellers, to printmakers, painters and mixed media creatives.
contributors
- Stella Martino
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EXH TO FEEL IN PLACE Design by WBL (Williams Burton Leopardi), Level 3, 28 Franklin St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Here, we find the comfort and hope we crave. Join photographer and designer, Studio Philo in an immersive photographic and written exploration of what it means to feel inspired, connected and truly ‘in place’.
contributors
- Studio Philo In Collaboration with Atkins Lab and Etikette Candles
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EXH TOKEN Various ADW Events
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TOKEN / curated vending machine; Travelling micro gallery & marketplace lucky dip celebrating the creativity, generosity and curiosity of our design community. Affordable, accessible and unexpected, TOKEN allows every*one to take home a small piece of Adelaide Design Week with all proceeds donated to Carlew.
contributors
- Ailish Ling, Alex Barker, Alexis Mason, Alicia Kidd, Amber Cronin, Andrew LymnPenning, Andy TT, Andy Ward, Annalisa Lippis, Annie Comelli, Bankston Architectural, Ben McPherson, Bri Hammond, Bronwyn Marshall, Brydon Jackson, Calum Hurley, Caren Elliss, Casey Chong, Claire Markwick-Smith, Cohen Pettitt, Conor Mannering, Daniel Guest, Daniel Wells Smith, Daniel.Emma, Dr Nathan James Crane, Drew Martin, East End Flower Market, Ebony Proud, Eden Wellings, Em Frank, Emma Sadie Thomson, Gemma Caon, Harrison Gale, Hugo Curtis, Jacob Stavrakis, Jake Lane, Jasmine Placentino, Jess Miller, Jess Peele, Jess Sisto, Jesse Wakenshaw, Jim Semple, John Bosco, John Goulder, Jonathan VDK, Julian Leigh May, Justin Hermes, Katica Ped, Katrina Ramm, Kirrakee Watson, KJ, Lauren Murphy, Lotte Schwerdtfeger, Louie Naito, Maddi Lewis, Maddie Goldsmith, Maeja Hida, Matiya Marovich, Menna McAlpin, Miles Dunne, Naomi Murrell, Oliver Hyde, Patrick Scott, Penny Fisher, Peter Fong, Ryan Neville, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Sami Agostino, Sarah Leach, Shane Heddy, Simon Colabufalo, Simon Terry, Sophie Wilkinson, Stella Martino, Stephen Roy, Stephen Soeffky, Steve Bankston, Suzanne Karagiannis, Tom Borgas, Tom Graham, Tristan Kerr, Wilfred Cheung.
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EXH TOMORROW TALENT JamFactory, 19 Morphett St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Discover the next generation of designer/makers in an exhibition of work by the talented Associates across JamFactory’s Ceramics, Glass, Furniture and Jewellery/Metal Studios.
contributors
- JamFactory Associates
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INST TORPOR DAY BED Nudie Jeans, Shop 2, 228-230 Rundle St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Torpor seat is an object that investigates the relationship between rest, movement, and material reuse. The project brings together recycled denim textiles developed by Will Cheesman in collaboration with Nudie Jeans, with reclaimed timber sourced and crafted by Oliver Hyde.
contributors
- William Cheesman & Oliver Hyde
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TOUR TORRENS RIVER CITY WALK Meet at Sir Douglas Nicholls Bridge (Kainkawirra Waadlakatha), War Memorial Dr, North Adelaide SA 5006
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Walk the River Torrens like never before. Using an interactive mobile map, this guided walk reveals 150 years of urban design evolution. View archival photos of exact locations and see how GeoAI analyzed Adelaide's heritage landscape to track changes in infrastructure, vegetation, and public life.
contributors
- Mohamad Waheed Fareed Abdelfattah
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EXH TWO WAY EST Studio, 94 Gilles St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Two-way is a collaborative exhibition, by a designer, jeweller, musician and a furniture maker, exploring the exchange between maker and material. The artworks are a result of attention, negotiation and participation rather than control. Two-way invites audiences to observe the conversations that occur through creative practice and our relationship with the material world.
contributors
- Isabelle Byrne
- Peter Fong
- Emma Byrne
- Will Young
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CONV UNBUILT SYMPOSIUM : OBSTACLES // REMNANTS Hebart Hall, 104 Jeffcott St, North Adelaide SA 5006
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UNBUILT Symposium brings together architects, designers and artists for a series of conversations exploring the ideas, circumstances and possibilities that exist around architecture that doesn't get built.
OBSTACLES: 10am - 11am Emerging practice and the forces that prevent architecture from making the transition from idea to building.
REMNANTS: 11am - 12pm What remains after demolition, and how materials can be recovered, reinterpreted and given another use.
Tickets include access to both conversations and the UNBUILT exhibition at Hebart Hall. Explore the full list of collaborators at unbuilt.au
contributors
- PARABOLICA SSdH LIAN Office Alex Nicholls OFFICE A22a Martina Beka
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CONV UNBUILT SYMPOSIUM : SPECULATION // MEANWHILE Hebart Hall, 104 Jeffcott St, North Adelaide SA 5006
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UNBUILT Symposium brings together architects, designers and artists for a series of conversations exploring the ideas, circumstances and possibilities that exist around architecture that doesn't get built.
SPECULATION: 1pm - 2pm Architecture untethered from the certainty of construction: propositions, competitions, provocations and ideas pursued for their own value.
MEANWHILE: 2pm - 3pm Temporary occupation, interim use and what buildings can become in the space between one permanent condition and another.
Tickets include access to both conversations and the UNBUILT exhibition at Hebart Hall. Explore the full list of collaborators at unbuilt.au
contributors
- Trower Falvo 877c Moraene Craft Architecture Office Ren Found Artefact Curators Tusk Architecture
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EXH UNBUILT: LAUNCH PARTY Hebart Hall, 104 Jeffcott St, North Adelaide SA 5006
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Join us for the launch party and explore the exhibition after dark. UNBUILT is an independent exhibition bringing together unrealised work by emerging architects, designers and artists.
Competition entries. Abandoned commissions. Speculative proposals. Ideas that almost made it, and others that never had the chance. UNBUILT takes over Hebart Hall, a State Heritage-listed former school in North Adelaide.
Drinks are on us. Music by Gencia. Lighting by House of Vnholy. Soundscape by Lotte + Mara Schwerdtfeger. Foliage by Edelweiss Floral. Scent by Jesse Wakenshaw Studio.
contributors
- PARABOLICA Craft Architecture SSdH Office Fora Moraene 877c Office Alex Nicholls LIAN Office MI-JI Found Artefact Curators Tusk Architecture Office Ren A22a Martina Beka OFFICE
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EXH UNDER A BRIDGE Secret location, Adelaide SA 5000
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Jake Rollins presents Under a Bridge, a two-hour pop-up exhibition of new works specific to site. Adelaide location, bridge announced on the day.
contributors
- Jake Rollins
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EXH VIBRANT SOFUBI: EARLY PLASTICS MANUFACTURING REDEFINED 19 twin St, Adelaide 5000
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Featuring Suity-chan by Adelaide design studio Hints and Spices, the exhibition celebrates the beauty of sofubi through colour, effects and paint.
Sofubi is a toy manufacturing method from the 1950s which was largely abandoned by industry for more automated processes but kept alive in Japan. From the late 1990s, artists and designers adopted it to produce their own designs.
Today it is more than a manufacturing process. It is a multilayered medium with its own community of makers, collectors, retailers and events, and that interest has brought production back around the world.
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EXH WASTE RECONSIDERED Something Special Concept Store, Plant 3, 14 Fourth St, Bowden SA 5007
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‘WASTE RECONSIDERED’ an exploration of beauty within the discarded. Flipping the concept of landfill waste to produce elegant usable forms, Rebecca and Rachel work with local businesses and industries to source abundant waste streams and the result.. ASTONISHING.. an aesthetic story within our homes, workplaces and dining experiences.
contributors
- Esse Bio Designs (Brand) / Something Special Concept Store (host) / Rebecca Hartman Kearns (Maker/Founder) / Rachel Mifsud (Designer/Founder)
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WORK WAX CARVING : RING MAKING Min Jewellery, Suite G14, Epworth Building, 33 Pirie St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Wax carving ring making work shop. Work with wax and tools to design and shape your unique ring. Your wax design will be professionally cast, sanded, and finished by the instructor. In approximately two weeks, your completed sterling silver ring will be ready for you to collect
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EXH X KEULEMANS JamFactory, 19 Morphett St, Adelaide SA 5000
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Presented in partnership with Adelaide University, this exhibition showcases creative works by South Australian designer, artist and researcher Guy Keulemans. In collaboration with leading Australian designers, Keulemans explores the repair, reuse and generative and regenerative processes for environmental sustainability.
contributors
- Guy Keulemans
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OPEN YADURA : OPEN HOUSE Yadura Design Studio, Parkside SA 5063
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Yadura is our home and studio in South Australia, a warm, creative space filled with art, sculpture, and stories from Adelaide, the Middle East, and the places we have lived and traveled. More than a studio, it is a house of light, life, and storytelling, where creativity is part of everyday living. This event opens Yadura to friends and community, inviting you to experience a space that carries memory, culture, and imagination.
contributors
- Ahmed Elkhalidi and Rua Hashlamoun
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CONV YEP, YOU CAN DO A PHD IN DESIGN! The Forum, Jeffrey Smart Building, Adelaide University City West, 243 Hindley St, Adelaide SA 5000
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What does a PhD in design contribute to the field? This panel brings together PhD graduates and current Adelaide University doctoral candidates to explore how rigorous, sustained research can expand our understanding of design beyond the things it produces. Drawing on insights from their projects, speakers will discuss what led them to pursue a PhD in design, and how doctoral research asks critical questions that might open up new directions for the field. Join us for an informal conversation highlighting the value of doctoral research in broadening how we think about, understand, and practice design.
contributors
- Dr Melinda Gaughwin Dr Nathan James Crane Anna Goldsmith Eric Luksch Bec Boland
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EXH YOKE • OBJECTS FOR HUMAN CONNECTION Michi, 223 Pulteney St, Adelaide SA 5000
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YOKE • objects for human connection • explores the quiet power of handmade objects to draw us back toward one another in a time increasingly shaped by speed, convenience, and digital distance. Ceramics, furniture, vessels, lighting, plants and sculptural works become conduits for human closeness through thoughtful making, shared presence and storytelling.
contributors
- Samantha Agostino
- Simon Bajada
- Andrew Carvolth
- Thomas Carvolth
- Miles Dunne
- Em Frank
- Daniel Guest
- Ha Architecture
- Alexandra Hirst
- Denise Hojdyssek
- Takeshi Iue
- Joslin Koolen
- Alexis Mason
- Bridget Saville
- Lea Tarakdjian
- Eden Wellings
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CONV YOU'RE NOT FINISHED YET The Forum, Jeffrey Smart Building, Adelaide University City West, 243 Hindley St, Adelaide SA 5000
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This panel, a collaboration between JamFactory and the School of Art and Design, Adelaide University, is a provocation around craft, design, and professional practice, and how these connect to educating future practitioners and practice as an ongoing discipline. It explores craft as a critical, shared practice connecting materiality, skill, and collaboration.
contributors
- Lee-Anne Hall, Veronika Gunjko-Kelly, Guy Keulemans, Gabriella Bisetto
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