Material explorations, traditional craft and the hand of the maker place these emerging designers at the forefront of collectable design.
This piece originally appeared in est magazine issue 55: ‘Faces of Design’.
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Quirky and avant-garde, the pieces created by Australian designer and maker Drew Abrahamson are often the result of experimentation. Abrahamson’s first creative outlet was in illustration and printmaking before venturing into a trade, training as a carpenter and building merchandising sets for luxury brands. This combination of different pathways eventually wove perfectly for where he landed. “As I have pulled further and further away from more ‘traditional’ jobs to do what I love, I can see I’ve taken a little piece from all these disparate things and mixed them,” he shares.
At the core, Abrahamson’s work is centred on experimentation, which he says is a “vital part of my practice that I try to honour as often as I can. Experimenting, to me, is at the core of what defines what we consider collectable.”
Drew Abrahamson with several of his recent pieces, including the My Sweet Centrefold shelves and Big Eli floor lamp.
Lignum Sanctum was a special commission table for HARD at Melbourne Design Week 2024, exploring the hedonism of ancient mythology and constructed with walnut burl veneer.
There's a head-turning quality to the work of Drew Abrahamson, where creature-like forms and naughty shapes make for pieces unlike anything else.
