COLLABORATION
WINNER Tyrone Wright & Carly Spooner RONE Empire
Initiated by artist Tyrone Wright, Empire is a temporary, self funded project bringing together multiple creative collaborators, to realise one impossibly ambitious immersive installation. In a careful balance of beauty and decay, the iconic Burnham Beeches property was reimagined as a grand, crumbling relic of an abandoned empire. The heritage 1930s mansion was brought to life with Tyrone ‘RONE’ Wright’s distinctive handpainted murals, alongside furnishings and decorative details sourced by stylist Carly Spooner, installations by Loose Leaf, bespoke scent by Kat Snowden, multi-channel sound design by Nick Batterham, and art by Callum Preston. A remarkable and visionary collaboration of epic proportions.
Photography: Rone / Josh Robenstone / Derek Swalwell / Lillie Thompson / Frances Normoyle / Peter Bennetts / Sean Fennessy / Jason Busch / Hayley Sparks / Dan Hocking
‘Being able to experience such a historic property in a dramatically new context is a truly once in a generation experience.’ – Jeremy Wortsman
Commendations
Friends & Associates Welcome To Wasteland
Kosloff Architecture & Callum Morton & Monash Arts Projects & Rush Wright Associates 18 Innovation Walk Revitalisation Project.
Industrial design meets waste management in this boundary pushing experimental exhibition, with over 50 collaborators and 31 project outcomes.
A reskinning of an existing university building, this project sees a strategic alignment between art and architecture to create an innovative new project, and incredible new entrance for students and staff.
‘A visionary & meaningful collaboration.Thoughtful design can change environmental outcomes & we need more of this inspired thinking. Brilliant!’ - Amanda Henderson
‘Innovative, exciting & inviting. What more could you ask of a university building?’– Ken Done
Finalists
TSAR CARPETS, BYZANTINE DESIGN AND LUKE FURNITURE X-Materiality
CINDY-LEE DAVIES & DUSTIN FRITSCHE NWAY
MUIR + OPENWORK Doubleground
THOMAS COWARD & ARTEDOMUS New Volumes
TOM FEREDAY & EARP BROS OMNI Breeze Block
PAIGE ANDERSON, HAYLEY SPARKS AND EMMA LEONARD The Dreamers
CANTILEVER INTERIORS & DESIGNOFFICE Tableau
