DETAILS
Free, no booking required
Microluxe
28 Johnston St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia
DATES
Thu 15 May 12 – 5.30pm
Fri 16 May 12 – 5.30pm
Sat 17 May 12 – 5.30pm
Sat 17 May 2 – 3pm
Designer Talk
Sun 18 May 12 – 3pm
Mon 19 May 12 – 5.30pm
Tue 20 May 12 – 5.30pm
Wed 21 May 12 – 5.30pm
Thu 22 May 12 – 3.30pm
ACCESS
The Do It Ourselves project, hosted by Alor — a Melbourne-based furniture studio — reimagines DIY from a designer’s perspective. Each piece has been created by local designers using materials sourced entirely from their local hardware store, often Bunnings. The initiative challenges and inspires the public to get hands-on and craft their own furniture. Designed with accessibility in mind, every project requires only basic hand tools, making them approachable for beginners. Additionally, all designs adhere to a cost cap of $150, ensuring they remain both affordable and achievable for everyone.
Participants
James Walsh
James Walsh is a Melbourne based industrial designer with a passion for material and process experimentation. Through this approach to designing, Walsh has developed a number of pieces that identify new ways of reusing waste materials, while also demonstrating exciting approaches to traditional, often primitive processes in the creation of his sculptural work. For the "Do It Ourselves" project, Walsh led the conceptual development and curation of works under Alor, a Melbourne-based furniture studio, focused on promoting good design and good people.
Jordan Fleming
Jordan Fleming is a Melbourne-based artist and designer known for creating unique, sculptural furniture and lighting. With a background in cabinet making and interior design, she launched
her practice in Australia in 2018, focusing on transforming furniture into expressive, functional art. Her work and process focuses on creating designs which embody a playful, tactile aesthetic, using materials like plaster, pigment, timber, and metal which allow the maker’s mark to be left, evoking emotion and forge connections with viewers.
Bel Williams
Bel Williams is a furniture and object designer from Aotearoa New Zealand based on the lands of the Kulin Nation. With a background in industrial design, Bel launched her studio practice in 2022. An ongoing exploration that moves freely between materials and grounds itself in the playful manipulation of balance, weight and form.
Bolaji Teniola
Bolaji Teniola is an emerging interdisciplinary designer who blends his furniture and industrial design training from RMIT University to create innovative pieces. He enjoys allowing the process to dictate the outcome, driven by curiosity about materiality and manufacturing.
Calum Hurley
Calum Hurley is a Melbourne-based designer. With a background in interior architecture and as an alumni of JamFactory’s esteemed Associate Training Program, his practice includes furniture, object, spatial, exhibition and visual merchandising design.