Each week, we highlight a selection of global design headlines, from standout projects to innovative product launches and industry moments. Celebrating craftsmanship, creativity and contemporary design, we explore this week’s latest design news from Sophie Dries, Ingrid Donat at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Cosentino, Max Lamb for HEM and Reece Bathrooms.
Paris-based Architect Sophie Dries Designs New Glassware for The TwentyFour Six
Sophie Dries collaborates with Antwerp-based design platform The TwentyFour Six on a series of glass-blown candle holders. Titled The Wonder of Natural Materials, the drop-like glass shapes reflect Dries’s fascination with the chemical formation of minerals.
Ingrid Donat Enters Into Dialogue With Pierre Jeanneret at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris
Sculptural designer Ingrid Donat returns to the work of Pierre Jeanneret with a series of subtle interventions to his modernist furniture. Presented at the Paris Carpenters Workshop Gallery, the Dialogues exhibition sees Donat reconceptualise the Committee chairs with upholstery, while a Jeanneret desk is covered in leather with the artist’s own motifs.
Architecture on a Smaller Scale at the Melbourne Cosentino Flagship During Melbourne Design Week
Hosted within the Cosentino flagship for Melbourne Design Week, a bespoke bar installation by Joind in collaboration with Cosentino, Elton Group, V-ZUG and The Galley explored the future of architectural joinery through integrated, intelligent materials and design-led specification. The sculptural piece showcased the newly launched Joind x Cosentino custom door system with integrated Cosentino surfaces, as well as the debut of Cosentino’s latest material innovation, ĒCLOS.
HEM is the First to Produce British Furniture Designer Max Lamb’s Economy Chair
Long-time collaborators Max Lamb and HEM have turned the Economy Chair prototype into an industrially produced timber version, called the Min chair. The chair is made from a single dimension of pine timber, using a near-zero-waste construction approach.
Reece Bathrooms Opens Its First-of-Its-Kind Showroom at Sydney’s Rosebery Engine Yards
Set within the heritage-listed Rosebery Engine Yards, the new design-led space introduces The Maker Studio, a hands-on material exploration zone spanning cabinetry, benchtops and tapware, alongside personalised consultant-led appointments and an AI-powered Bathroom Assistant to help clients arrive with clarity and confidence.
Modern Design Icons at Leonard Joel
Leonard Joel’s June Modern Design auction features heirloom contemporary and mid-century furniture, lighting and interiors by the likes of Ettore Sottsass, Shiro Kuramata, Mario Bellini and Charlotte Perriand. Viewing runs from 29–31 May in Abbotsford, ahead of the auction on 1 June at Leonard Joel, Hawthorn.