Design Now Exhibition, Melbourne Museum

Kim Wong, Jewellery, Three Greedy Pigs from the Bedtime Stories collection, 2008 Photo: Kim Wong

Design Now! is object gallerys annual exhibition held at Melbourne Museum that presents the work of outstanding graduates from applied art and design courses nationwide.There is a broad range of designs that are shown from furniture to jewellery.

There was a design that stood out straight away from all the rest which was The Sound Bubble by Naomi Fogel, Naomis design reminded me of the Sydney Opera house,i liked this design because it is aimed at melbournes rapid growth of music culture and we dont have any pubs that are decent enough to listen to live music this is a real must for Melbourne, we need it.

Another design i liked was the jewellery that was made by Kim Wong. She made: Romantic Citizens, Twin Chimps, Winter Wonderland, Princess Nishtha, Three Greedy Pigs and Peek a Boo. I liked these designs because they are fun and quirky each piece of jewellery uses alot of colour and they are very bold.

Kim has captured the individual spirit of each animal, this jewellery is designed for people who dont take themselves to seriously and perhaps indulge once and a while in childhood dreaming.

I enjoyed this exhibition because it showed a range of different designs, it was interesting to see what was thought of, and how the design works at this time in life. It was very interesting to see different designs all in the one space.