Tactile Dialogues - Melbourne Design Week 2025

Curated by Ryan Fernandes. Hotsed by Made by Morgen, Brunswick

Living in an increasingly digital world marked by mass production and overconsumption, the exhibition Tactile Dialogues challenges audiences to reconsider the role of physical objects and the potential to foster moments of human connection. Curated and directed by Ryan Fernandes within the Made by Morgen showroom, this showcase offers a rich and tactile experience through mixed materiality from textiles, wood, wool, metal, leather, glass, and paper.

Tactile Dialogues serves as a platform for experimentation by established makers through exploring the ties that bind us to physical spaces and community, celebrating the power of craft to comfort, surprise, and inspire joy. Each work prompts a reflection on how materials are sourced and processed and reconsidered through the act of making, repair and transformation.

Representing work from Made by Morgen, Emma Shepherd (Sundance Studio), Sarah Nedovic, DenHolm, Lana Launay, Martyn Thompson, Paul Vizzari, Andrew Hustwaite, Thang Do and others the exhibition unfolds through a series of interconnected spaces with each object in conversation with the next.

May 2025