Melbourne is Australia’s uncontested home of design. It is not surprising then, ahead of Melbourne Design Week’s program announcement, three organisations have announced headlining designers who will be showing in Australia: Christien Meindertsma, Visnja Brdar and Pierre Yovanovitch.
She is the third recipient of the annual commission series, which invites renowned female designers to create groundbreaking new work for the NGV Collection. What is exciting about Meindertsma’s design principles is her material innovation – “nothing is waste” is her philosophy. She believes that we are on the brink of a new material era and, through the use of everyday materials, works to shift thinking and language so that perceived waste is treated as a valuable design resource.
