The winner of the National Gallery of Victoria's 2015 Rigg Design Prize is Adam Goodrum with his work Unfolding, a spectacular series of transparent, foldable houses which reflect coloured, luminous shadows across the gallery walls.
The Rigg Design Prize is the most prestigious accolade for contemporary design in Australia, awarding $30,000 to an Australian design practitioner. In 2015, seven of Australia’s most exciting designers were invited to enter bodies of work.
An exhibition of the seven designers’ works opens at the NGV from today, 18 September, with each designer in their own immersive and dedicated space.
Adam Goodrum is renowned for his inventive products and furniture, which have been presented at the Design Museum, London; Milan Triennale; Design Museum, Belgium; Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA; and Bagatti Valsecchi Museum, Italy.
Two of the biggest names in international contemporary design, Gijs Bakker (Co-Founder, Droog Design) and Wava Carpenter (Former Curator, Design Miami), judged the Rigg Design Prize for 2015.
The judges commented, ‘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.
‘Of the overall exhibition, the seven shortlisted designers presented extremely high-quality bodies of work. The Rigg Design Prize is very unique in that each designer has the freedom to create their own environment in a dedicated space.’
See more at www.ngv.vic.gov.au
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