Melbourne Art Fair unveils FutureObjekt exhibitors and new NGV partnership commission

Melbourne Artwork Honest has introduced the complete exhibitor lineup for FutureObjekt, a brand new collectible design salon debuting on the 2026 Honest, alongside revealing the inaugural recipient of the Melbourne Artwork Honest x Nationwide Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Design Fee.

Working 19–22 February 2026 on the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre, FutureObjekt will deliver collectively 20 main studios, galleries and designers in a devoted 600-square-metre area throughout the truthful. Impressed by the nice collectible design salons, FutureObjekt is conceived as a platform for progressive concepts in modern design, structure and crafted objects. The salon will showcase work that challenges conference and explores new instructions in materiality and type.

Exhibitors will current a tightly curated choice of items, together with new collections created completely for the truthful. Highlights embody a limited-edition vary of Murano glass lamps by Volker Haug Studio; uncommon classic and new works from Don Cameron; a targeted edit from Paris-based designer Joris Poggioli introduced by Mobilia; and the Melbourne Artwork Honest debut of Studio Gardner, that includes works by Jumandie Seys, Pauline Esparon and Studio Utte. Christopher Boots will reimagine signature lighting items in new finishes, whereas Craft Victoria will showcase experimental materials explorations by Isabel Avendano-Hazbun, Claire Ellis and Locki Humphrey. A number of impartial studios will be part of forces in a shared sales space highlighting rising Australian design voices.

In parallel, Melbourne Artwork Honest has named Melbourne-based artist and metalsmith Anna Varendorff because the recipient of the inaugural MAF x NGV Design Fee. Varendorff will create an formidable set up increasing her signature tubular varieties into a collection of ceiling lights, suspended vases and monumental ground vessels, premiering on the truthful earlier than getting into the NGV’s everlasting assortment. The fee, supported by the Victorian Basis for Residing Australian Artists, presents the designer a uncommon alternative to scale up her observe each conceptually and spatially.

The truthful additionally revealed particulars of the 2026 VIP Lounge, designed by Broached Commissions. Centred on floral artwork and feminine artists’ interpretations of nature throughout historical past, the area will function dwelling installations by Hattie Molloy, sculptural furnishings by K5, Bang and Olufsen acoustics and an ambient soundscape by k8 mo55, with all artworks accessible on the market.

Rounding out this system, truthful ambassador Brahman Perera will design the inaugural Champagne Bollinger Bar – an understated, sculptural intervention meant to offer guests with a second of calm amid the depth of the truthful.