From 20 – 22 June 2019, Australia’s favourite design event, DENFAIR, returns for it’s fifth year. 150 exhibitors will showcase their products in over 12,000sqm over three days at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
DENFAIR is Australia’s leading destination for designers, architects, interior stylists and design-lovers. This year, expect to see some big names in Australian and international design with DENFAIR announcing their biggest ever activation program. The central theme for 2019, LIFE WORK, sees a particular focus on design supporting the integration of work life and personal life. DENFAIR will be launching a dedicated workspace precinct #futurework in collaboration with FUTURESPACE.
If you are going to be in Melbourne this don’t miss our favourites exhibiting at DENFAIR 2019.
CULT
Stand # 602
The much anticipated Cult stand will showcase extensions to best-selling NAU collections by Adam Goodrum, Kate Stokes, Adam Cornish and Tom Fereday, as well as the recent Mercedes-Benz Design Award winner, Stack, by Zachary Hanna. Designed to present the novelties in a contemporary, private space, the NAU stand will also feature an interactive augmented reality zone, which invites visitors to design their own interior with the entire NAU collection, including 2019 novelties, using the NAU AR app – a 3D Augmented Reality app for iOS launched last year at DENFAIR.
On Thursday 20 June, meet members of the NAU collective from 3pm-5pm at NAU stand including Adam Goodrum, Kate Stokes, Adam Cornish, Tom Fereday and Zachary Hanna.
The NAU designers will return on Saturday 22 June for DENFAIR Designers Meet Designers.
COCOFLIP
Stand # 511
Kate Stokes and Hasslet Grounds of Coco Flip will have their own stand at DENFAIR this year, showcasing the Honey Collection, released earlier this year, alongside something brand new!
FURNISHED FOREVER
Stand # 1107
Furnished Forever is a commercial furniture studio founded in 2017 by Canberra-based designers René Linssen and Elliot Bastianon. The brand offers a range of highly functional products to cater for the commercial and residential markets. Furnished Forever will be launching two new collections including Benchmark and Serra as well as extending their Stance Collection.
NAU CHAMELEON
Stand # 1208
Following its international launch at ORGATEC 2018, the Chameleon table by Adam Goodrum will also be featured, for the first time in Australia.
The Chameleon by NAU stand is a conceptual installation, imagined by Adam Goodrum, that invites DENFAIR visitors to explore the structural uniqueness of the Chameleon – a commercial table concept designed by Adam Goodrum for NAU.
On Thursday 20 June from 11:30-12:30, join Adam Goodrum at the Chameleon by NAU stand.
STEELCASE
Stand # 916
Steelcase is the world’s leading manufacturer of office environments. At DENFAIR 2019, Steelcase will be showcasing their latest innovative designs including Mackinac, the Umami Lounge System, SILQ and Steelcase Rise.
TAIT
Stand # 612
Tait will be launching their new collection, Scape, designed by Adam Goodrum at DENFAIR 2019. Like emerging rock masses, smoothed, rounded and worn through aeons of weathering, Scape inspires an enriched connection with our natural world.
Meet designer Adam Goodrum on the Tait stand:
Thursday 20 June / 10am & 2pm
Friday 21 June / 10am
Saturday 22 June / 10am
ZAHA HADID DESIGN
Stand #410
Referencing Zaha Hadid’s process, with each new project, Zaha Hadid Design (ZHD) continues to examine its significance within the dialogue of contemporary design.Referencing Zaha Hadid’s process, with each new project, Zaha Hadid Design (ZHD) continues to examine its significance within the dialogue of contemporary design. The ZHD stand at DENFAIR will feature design objects for the home.
DENFAIR SPEAKER SERIES
Each year, DENFAIR hosts a series of panel lead discussions covering topical issues in design from well being, collaboration, hospitality, sustainability and health. Get involved in thought-provoking talks from international and local talents. The Speaker Series is free to attend and open to all.
See the full program here.
GOOD DESIGN AUSTRALIA
Having celebrated 60 years of Good Design in 2018, this year’s installation honours this momentous milestone with a retrospective showcase of award-winning Australian furniture, lighting, homewares and objects at DENFAIR.
ADAM CORNISH x JUNGLEFY
Look out for installations accross DENFAIR by Adam Cornish and Junglefy. Take a break from the excitement at the Living Bar, part greenhouse, part speakeasy. Find your way to the Clean Air installation exploring how the use of plants can improve the quality of air in modern workplaces.
Visit denfair.com.au to register to attend.
OTHER DESIGN HAPPENINGS IN MELBOURNE THIS MONTH
Fred International Open House
Drop in and discover Scandinavian furniture and lighting brands showcased beneath the historic beams of an iconic Collingwood warehouse in the famed Foy & Gibson precinct.
The Apartment. 10/79 Oxford Street, Collingwood, Victoria.
10am – 5pm Friday, 21st June
10am – 3pm Saturday, 22nd June
A.G.M Space Expo and Party
For a second year Friends & Associates is back in Melbourne with A.G.M. to present Australia’s ultimate design showcase. Running over 3 days, A.G.M. Expo ’19 will present designers of various disciplines working within the fields of furniture, lighting and accessories.
A.G.M. Expo ’19 will again present select works from the highly lauded LOCAL MILAN exhibition in Australia for the first time.
20-21 June: 10am-5pm
22 June: 9am-6pm in partnership with Saturday InDesign
Space Party: Friday 21st June 6pm-11pm
INDE Awards Gala
An incredibly diverse range of buildings, spaces, objects and people were submitted for the 2019 INDE.Awards, presented for the first time in Melbourne. The INDE.Awards from Indesign Media are the benchmark for design awards across the Asia Pacific region.
Friday 21 June 7pm – 11:30pm
Saturday In Design
The one-day design festival Saturday Indesign is heating up as more design brands get added to the growing list of exhibitors. Saturday Indesign is a unique design experience primarily serving: Architects, developers, design hunters, industrial designers, interior designers, manufacturers, product suppliers, specifiers.
It brings together members of the architecture, building, construction and design industries in a creative format that’s immersive and interactive, social and fun. You can bring friends or family, you can meet some of the most ambitious, creative design minds, you can (re)connect with the local design community as well as international guests, and you can get to know world-leading brand cultures. It’s a social design experience.
All design lovers are welcome.
Get in touch with us if you are going to DENFAIR 2019