Melbourne Art Fair / FUTUREOBJEKT Feb 2026
FUTUREOBJEKT is the new collectable design salon conceived by Melbourne Art Fair as a platform for the most compelling ideas in contemporary design, architecture, and the crafted object. The program brings a sharpened curatorial lens to the design landscape, amplifying the voices, practices and material narratives shaping culture today. Envisioned as both stage and showcase, FUTUREOBJEKT assembles leading studios, galleries and makers whose works challenge convention, celebrate material intelligence, and propose new ways of living with design. Anchored by a central Design Lounge and framed by a tightly curated Talks program, it offers collectors, architects, designers and the design-curious a space to discover, connect and engage. A fair-within-a-fair, built for encounter, disruption and the thrill of the not-yet-known.
Vogue Living / VL50 Feb 2026
VL50 marks a landmark moment for Vogue Living—an immersive celebration of fifty years of design influence, cultural impact, and the continual reimagining of how we live. Conceived as a dynamic gathering of the world’s most visionary creatives, the event traces the evolution of style while spotlighting the ideas shaping its future, this year the event is distinguished by the presence of Joris Poggioli as guest of honour, introduced by Gallery Twenty Twenty.
Bringing together leading designers, architects, artists and tastemakers, VL50 presents a curated constellation of spaces, objects and concepts that define contemporary living. from pioneering material approaches to boundary-pushing interiors, the program reveals the craftsmanship, innovation and personal narratives driving the next chapter of global design.
Anchored by a central vogue living pavilion — part exhibition, part salon — VL50 offers audiences a place to encounter new work, rediscover iconic figures, and engage in conversations that bridge past and future. a milestone celebration, built for reflection, revelation and the enduring power of great design.
The Opera House Table Aug 2026
The first dedicated exhibition of furniture by artist Mike Hewson, revealing a new body of work that extends his ongoing exploration of material histories, architectural memory and the transformation of overlooked elements. Continuing Hewson’s commitment to the inventive reuse of materials, The Opera House Table centres on a series of new works that transform a rare collection of pre-cast panels dating to the late 1960s into sleek, robust dining tables. Preserving the character and history of these architectural fragments, each piece balances permanence with refinement, allowing the material’s past to remain embedded within its renewed purpose. Presented alongside bespoke seats combining found and fabricated components, the exhibition reveals Hewson’s approach to furniture as sculpturally rich forms that invite use while carrying histories of materials, architecture and place. Through considered composition and careful adaptation, the collection explores how objects can hold memory, function and new meanings, presenting furniture as both a practical presence and a reflection of the environments from which it emerges. A lasting dialogue between histories.
