Designers:

Desiree Ibinarriaga, MADA & Wominjeka Djeembana Indigenous Research Lab

The vision of Wominjeka Djeembana is to provide an identity of Indigeneity at Monash MADA. It aims to articulate the synergies between Indigenous ways of knowing with practice-led research specifically in the areas of art, design and architecture.

The Department of Design at Monash University is ranked in the Top 100 in the world. We are design collaborators, making a positive difference by taking on global problems and solving them with innovative design solutions.

Project: Agave

The Agave furniture sculpture is an Indigenous design that embodies relationality between people and place, is founded on ancestral knowledge, it holds cultural significance, it is functional, sustainable, visually aesthetic, and it facilitates space for ceremony, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous practices. The Agave connects immaterial and material elements of culture. The furniture while using and interact with it transitions to become ‘a space’ for practices and events.

Category: Use

Designers
Desiree Ibinarriaga, MADA & Wominjeka Djeembana Indigenous Research Lab
Project Team
Desiree Ibinarriaga
MADA Digital Fabrication Workshop
Dan Truscott 
Dan Tanner
Carlo Gigliotti