Melbourne Design Week 2024: Open Studios at Abbotsford Convent

Abbotsford Convent takes you inside local artist and designer studios for creative conversations about process and product.

Join Jack Hancock (The System), Kathryn Leopoldseder, Rema O’Neill e Ghostwares, and end your tour with a glass of bubbles and conversations. 

Circa 

 Jack Hancock 

Jack Hancock’s Il sistema is a collaborative design space, a fashion brand, a bespoke clothing atelier and sewing school. As a multi-functional arts space, The System privileges functional, intelligent clothing that facilitates the realisation of individuals’ authentic expression. 

Kathryn Leopoldseder 

Katheryn Leopoldseder is an internationally recognised contemporary jeweller, artist and designer. She produces limited-edition handmade jewellery pieces, unique private commissions as well as large-scale objects d’art. 

Rema O’Neill 

Rema O’Neill is an architect specialising in residential design, thermal performance and social histories. 

Oggetti fantasma 

Ghost Wares è uno studio di ceramiche con sede a Melbourne che si concentra sulla creazione di oggetti eleganti ma giocosi. Tutti i prodotti sono realizzati a mano, consentendo una gamma di pezzi complementari in continua evoluzione. Ghost Wares cerca di creare prodotti contemporanei con un elemento di sobrietà senza tempo.  

Accessibilità 

Tutti Convent Studios are wheelchair accessible.

Melbourne Design Week and the Victorian Design Program are initiatives of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.