Events: Souvenir

Souvenir is a collection of meaningful, functional and affordable objects by Australian designers and craftspeople. Commissioned by Friends & Associates and hosted by specialist architecture and design bookstore Bookshop by Uro, each artefact encapsulates the current fascinations and preoccupations of its designer in a compact, collectible form.

A transparent clear glass sculpture sitting on a collection of books

Lucid Stop by Rachel Byron & Carmen Skeehan.

Small opaque table lamp sitting on a book in a bookshelf

Tome Portable Lamp by Charlie White.

A brass paper weight designed for Melbourne Design Week 2024, sitting on a pale green book

Paper Weight by Ross Gardam.

Our contribution to this project, Mill Clock, is a faceted aluminium clock exploring the notion of time. We can’t escape time, or pause time, or time travel (yet). We can however, experience time differently depending on our emotions, actions and thoughts. We can dilate time, accelerate time and sink into time. Use it wisely.

Stainless Steel Mill Clock as part of Souvenir for Melbourne Design Week 2024

Mill Clock designed by Coco Flip for Souvenir, Image by Michael Pham

Thick white candle and metal candle holder sitting on a pale green book in a bookshelf surrounded by other books

AP Souvenir by Andrew Carvolth.

A set of three waffle coasters made from porcelain mesh. The coasters sit on a pale green book on a table surrounded by other colourful books

Waffle Coaster by Alterfact.

Two glass incense burners sitting on a pale green book in a bookshelf

Sana Incense by Tom Fereday.

A dark coloured doorstop designed for Souvenir as part of Melbourne Design Week 2024

The Door Is Always Open by Damien Wright.

A persons arm reaching to grab a white mug with 'vase' text printed on it

Shareholder Fantasy Vase by Dale Hardiman & Mark Dineen.

A gradient bronze and silver metal vessel sitting on a pale green book on a bookshelf

Gradient 6060 by SKEEHAN Studio.

Participants in Souvenir for Melbourne Design Week 2024 include Alterfact Studio, Andrew Carvolth, Charlie White, Coco Flip, Dale Hardiman & Mark Dineen, Damien Wright, Rachel Byron & Carman Skeehan, Ross Gardam, Skeehan Studio and Tom Fereday.

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