Melbourne Design Week 2024: 20 Not To Be Missed Events

In the lead-up to Melbourne Design Week, we have collected a list of 20 not to be missed talks, exhibitions and other happenings.

SOUTH SPACE | AN ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION

Friday 24 – 31 May

Presented by McBride Charles Ryan Architects. Collaborators include: Bird de la Coeur, Blight, Blight & Blight, Brearly Architects and Urbanists, Coy Yiontis, Grant Amon, Lucy Clemenger, Maria Danos, Nervegna Reed, OOF! Architects, RBA Architects, Coco & Richard Swansson, Sally Draper, Searle x Waldron Architecture, and Susi Leeton, MCR Office, Prahan.

REPAIRING: ENVIRONMENTAL REGENERATION, ART AND BUILDING WITH BARACCO+WRIGHT AND LINDA TEGG

Thursday 30 May 6 pm

Presented by Baracco+Wright and Linda Tegg, Bookshop by Uro, Collingwood Yards, Collingwood.

CELEBRATING THE EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA, WASHINGTON D.C.

Thursday 23 May – Saturday 1 June

Presented by Bates Smart, Bates Smart Gallery, Melbourne.

RETROFITTING OUR CITIES | PANEL EVENT

Wednesday 29 May 6 pm

Presented by BVN Architecture, Queen & Collins, Melbourne.

DESIGNING TOMORROW | COMMUNITY-CENTRIC SPACES FOR 2024 AND BEYOND

Monday 27 May 9.30 – 11.30 am

Presented by The Design Coach Australia, Design Precinct, Richmond.

ADVENTURES IN DESIGNING WITH COUNTRY

Thursday 30 May, 5 – 6.30 pm

Presented by ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects and The University of Melbourne, The Launchpad – Melbourne Connect, Carlton.

FINE FOOD & PLACES FOR IT

Wednesday 29 May 6 – 7.30 pm

Presented by Wardle, Wardle, Collingwood.

IF WE STILL NEED TO BUILD, HOW DO WE DO SO RESPONSIBLY?

Wednesday 29 May 6 – 7.30 pm

Presented by Office of the Victorian Government Architect JJ Clark Room, Old Treasury Building, East Melbourne.

EXPLORING CIRCULARITY THROUGH MATERIAL REUSE

Tuesday 28 May 3 – 5 pm

Presented by City of Melbourne, Melbourne Town Hall Commons, Melbourne.

REIMAGINING BIRRARUNG | DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR 2070

Wednesday 29 May 2 – 5:30 pm

Presented by National Gallery of Victoria in association with Birrarung Council, Great Hall, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

INTERNAL MONOLOGUES

Thursday 23 – Friday 31 May

Presented by National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Tasma Terrace, East Melbourne.

MAGGIE EDMOND A.S. HOOK GOLD MEDAL ADDRESS

Tuesday 28 May 6 – 8 pm

Presented by Australian Institute of Architects and National Gallery Victoria, Great Hall, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: RICHARD WELLER’S GRAND TOUR OF 21ST CENTURY PLACES

Wednesday 29 May 6 – 8 pm

Presented by Bookshop by Uro, Music Market, Collingwood Yards, Collingwood.

MATERIAL MATTERS 02 EXHIBITION

Thursday 23 May – Saturday 1 June

Presented by BETA by STH BNK and Atelier, Exhibitors include Breathe, Nexus Design, KFive, Other Matter, Upparel, Julian Leigh May, Jordan James Kaye, Hempanel, Heliotape, DnJ Paper, Design Futures Lab, Cubic Products, Cordon Salon, UNStudio, Cera Stribley, Hanover House, Level 4, Southbank.

EMERGING BIO-BASED AND UPCYCLED MATERIALS FOR EVERY-DAY USE

Friday 31 May 5.30 – 7.15 pm

Presented by Atelier and Collectivity Talks. Hanover House, Level 4, Southbank.

MIGRATION. WOMEN. ARCHITECTURE

Friday 24 May 6 – 7.30 pm

Presented by Museums Victoria, Immigration Museum, Melbourne.

THE VAULT

Thursday 23 – Thursday 30 May

Presented by Australian Institute of Architects, Brickworks Studio.

MEMO ARCHITECTURE PIZZA PARTY

Thursday 30 May 7 – 9 pm

Presented by Memo Architecture, Skydiver Records, Collingwood.

COMMON GROUND 3: TOOLS

Monday 27 May 10 am – 12 pm

Presented by Monash Urban Lab, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne.

PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE IN THE CITY (OF MELBOURNE)

Saturday 25 May 10.30 am – 12.30 pm

Presented by Emerging Architects and Graduate Network (EmAGN) Testing Grounds Emporium, Melbourne.

Melbourne Design Week and the Victorian Design Program are initiatives of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

More information: designweek.melbourne