Designer Talk: Danielle Brustman and Claudia Lau
Presented by National Gallery of Victoria
DETAILS
Free, no booking required
NGV Federation Court
180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC, Australia
DATES
Fri 16 May 12 – 12.45pm
The memory of materials — their histories, transformations, and cultural associations — shapes how we perceive, transform and live with them. This discussion explores how this materials store memories as much as we do, and what design narratives emerge from these?
Join cermacist Claudia Lau and designer Danielle Brustman in conversation with NGV curator Timothy Moore besides Yayoi Kusama’s Dancing Pumpkin to talk about the meaning of materials through their recent projects.
Participants
Danielle Brustman
Danielle Brustman’s studio encompasses a broad spectrum of practice from residential, retail and educational interior design along with furniture, lighting and object design for exhibition and installation. Danielle’s design work is narrative driven and informed by dynamic colour relationships and material explorations. Brustman’s installation Coloured in, along with her Chromatic Fantastic cabinets and wall light were exhibited as part of the NGV Triennial 2020. Her installation Inner – Terior was a finalist in the Rigg Design Prize 2018 at NGV Australia. In 2022, Danielle was a finalist in The Australian Furniture Design Award and her project Ten combs was included in Melbourne Now at NGV. Her furniture designs and installations have been presented at: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Milan Design Week, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne Design Week, Useful Object gallery. Most recently Danielle presented a suite of objects and a multimedia installation at the Jewish Museum of Australia titled I could have danced all night. Inspired by her grandmothers the presentation explored intergenerational connection and the power of objects to hold memory.
Claudia Lau
Timothy Moore
Timothy Moore is the Curator of Contemporary Design and Architecture, and Melbourne Design Week at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). In this role, he has contributed to major exhibitions such as NGV Triennial, Melbourne Now, the NGV Architecture Commission, Liam Young: Planetary Redesign, and Watch&Chill 3.0 (that toured to MMCA, PEM and TONO Festival) as well as Melbourne Design Week from 2017 to 2025. Timothy is also the founder of Sibling Architecture, a practice recognised for its socially engaged architectural work. Sibling’s exhibitions and designs have been featured at the NGV, the Istanbul Design Biennial, the São Paulo Architecture Biennial, Melbourne Design Week and Science Gallery Melbourne. In addition to his curatorial and architectural work, Timothy serves as Associate Dean (Engagement) at Monash University's Art, Design and Architecture (MADA). He is a researcher with XYX Lab at Monash University, where his work explores the intersection of gender, sexuality, equity, and architecture. Timothy's professional experience spans architecture offices in Melbourne, Amsterdam, and Berlin, as well as editorial roles with influential publications such as Volume, Architecture Australia, Future West (Australian Urbanism), Memo Review Architecture, and They Shoot Homos Don’t They?.