adam goodrum’s unfolding series receives rigg design prize 2015

adam goodrum’s unfolding series receives rigg design prize 2015 
all images by brooke holm, courtesy of NGV

australian designer adam goodrum has been announced by the national gallery of victoria as the winner of the 2015 rigg design prize, awarded for displaying outstanding creative achievements in contemporary design practice. his work, ‘unfolding’ is a series of translucent folding structures, overlaid with planes of dichroic film, which reflect an array of colorful images across the gallery.

installation view of adam goodrum’s ‘unfolding’

gijs bakker (co-founder, droog design) and wava carpenter (former curator, design miami) judged the exhibition, and commented of goodrum: ‘adam’s work proves that design has the potential for the unexpected and the new. ‘unfolding is very exciting, pushing the boundaries of what design can be with its dreamy, hazy, and poetic atmosphere. we hope that the public will be as surprised and delighted by adam’s work as we were.’

detail of ‘unfolding’ series

from the general exhibition, seven shortlisted designers were invited to present bodies of work that further communicated their practice and ideas. those called for include: adam goodrum (new south wales), brodie neill (tasmania), daniel emma (south australia), kate rohde (victoria), khai liew (SA), korban/flaubert (NSW), koskela (NSW) in collaboration with the weavers of elcho island arts (northern territory).

brodie neill (designer) in front of his presentation

adam goodrum commented after the announcement, ‘I’m incredibly thrilled and humbled to have been selected from such a talented and diverse group of australian designers, all of whom I admire. ‘unfolding’ represents a new expression of my practice and my continued exploration of the idea of ‘unfolding’. the exhibition of goodrum and seven shortlisters is on display at the NGV from september 18th 2015, to february 7th 2016. 

daniel to and emma aiston (designers) at their exhibition for rigg design prize 

daniel emma installation 

stefanie flaubert and janos korban (designer and metalworker) with their exhibition 

kate rohde (designer and maker) 

kate rohde’s works 

khai liew (designer) with his collection for rigg design prize 

russel koskela and sasha titchkosky (designers) with the weavers of elcho island arts

koskela and the weavers of elcho island arts installation 

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