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 C.Gallery, Space Furniture, Clovis Rétif, Sydney Contemporary and Formafantasma.
Photography courtesy of Gallotti&Radice
Space Furniture Becomes Exclusive Australian Partner for Gallotti&Radice
Space Furniture has become the exclusive Australian partner for Gallotti&Radice, the Italian glass and furniture house founded in 1956. The appointment lands as Gallotti&Radice marks its 70th anniversary, with a Milan Design Week exhibition designed by architect Sophie Dries tracing the brand’s mastery of glass.
Photography courtesy of Sydney Contemporary
Sydney Contemporary Returns to Carriageworks for Its 10th Edition
Returning to Carriageworks from 3-6 September, with tickets available now. Talks highlights include The Material Turn, featuring industrial designer David Caon, gallerist Sally Dan-Cuthbert, and artists Alex Seton and Grace Lillian Lee, exploring why materiality and craft are having a moment.
Photography courtesy of Formafantasma
Formafantasma Named Serpentine’s First Lead R&D Fellows, Ecology
Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin’s Formafantasma have joined Serpentine Galleries as Lead R&D Fellows, Ecology, in a multi-year collaboration supported by the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation. Beginning this summer, the research-based studio will help embed ecological thinking across Serpentine’s exhibitions, operations and long-term strategy, building on their 2020 Serpentine exhibition Cambio.
Photography courtesy of C.Gallery
Elliot Bastianon Opens First Solo Show With C.Gallery
Elliot Bastianon will present Analogue and Alchemy, his first solo exhibition with CRITERIA | C.Gallery, opening 23 July in South Yarra. The show explores the tension between craft and industry.
Photography by Valentin Russo
Clovis Rétif Joins Agence MEWS, Announces First Artist’s Book
The French artist, designer and creative director behind collaborations with Hermès, has released his first artist’s book. Original drawings, objects and previously unpublished texts, arriving 2026.