Long Distance Call: Sculptural Furniture and Lighting

Stoneface Co. is a furniture, lighting, and objects studio based in Toronto, Canada, with select collections produced in Melbourne, Australia. For her Melbourne Design Week debut, founder of Stoneface Co. and internationally awarded designer Jade McDonell presents selected furniture and lighting works.

Long Distance Call reflects the tension and duality of a life lived between two countries. Often navigating time zones and opposite seasons, McDonell finds beauty in liminal spaces. By reimagining a selection of her Canadian permanent collection using Australian materials and production, Stoneface Co. explores diverse Australian identities and the impact of place on design.

The Ostrea Coffee Table, produced in Yackandandah in the Victorian High Country, is made from the rare Australian timber Otway Blackwood. The table’s form is modelled after the Ostrea Edulis, a European oyster with a flat, fan shape. Principles of meditation, repetition and fluidity, served as a starting point for this work.

The Coastal TL lamp features an overlapping shade that draws from the geometry of a sailboat sails. Influenced by sailing culture across the Great Lakes of Canada and Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne, the piece reflects a dialogue between distant coastlines.

Join us at the iconic Storehouse in St Kilda, a Concept Gallery featuring art, fashion and furniture thoughtfully curated by Thomas J Burge.

Designer talk, Sunday May 17th.