As the end of our blockbuster 2018/19 season of free events draws near, we still have a number of international guests to look forward to, including Hyphen-Labs co-founders Ece Tankal and Carmen Arguila y Wedge. A global team of women of colour at the intersection of technology, art, science and the future, Hyphen-Labs is both a commercial studio and a…
Read MoreOne of the highlights of this season’s MPROJECTS series at MPavilion has been our Fixperts community engagement design intervention, which teamed members of the UK-based global design initiative with design students from RMIT, with the aim to assist people in the community. Over a period of six weeks, the teams worked with people from the community to create design solutions to problems that…
Read MoreExciting news! We’ve extended our season of free events until Sunday 17 February, supported by our principal partner ANZ. With more talks, workshops, performances, installations and kid-friendly experiences to be soaked up this summer, the MPavilion 2018/19 season is our biggest yet, welcoming over 500 international and Australian guests, and more than 120,000 visitors to the…
Read MoreAs the long days of summer lie ahead, the MPavilion team has picked out a range of exciting events to put down in your calendar. From family friendly, to educational and insightful, all the way to the restorative, there truly is something for everyone. Bug Blitz Do you have a budding ecologist in your family?…
Read MoreWe’re passionate about facilitating new discussions about design as part of our free annual program, and this season we went one further, initiating our inaugural writing residency program. In collaboration with the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and State Library Victoria, we awarded the position of MPavilion 2018 Writer in Residence to Maddee Clark, an exciting and…
Read MoreAt MPavilion, design and community go hand in hand—one of the main objectives of the MPavilion project, initiated in 2014 by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, is to include people from all walks of life in conversations about how we build our cities and think about our collective future. We also love literature, collaborating with exciting Australian publishers…
Read MoreThis season at MPavilion, we’ve welcomed the UK-based global design sensations Fixperts to collaborate with RMIT design students and help the community while they’re at it. Fixperts is a creative social campaign that uses design to help people with everyday problems—they find people with essential needs and assist them through inventive yet simple design. In short, they…
Read MoreMelbourne artist Esther Stewart has become one of our country’s most exciting international art stars in recent years. Her colourful, geometric paintings and sculptures have been praised far and wide, even leading to a collaboration with Italian fashion house Valentino in 2015. Working at the crossroads of art, architecture and design, Esther draws from Islamic mosaic and…
Read MoreIt’s hard to believe we’re more than halfway through our season of free events! And because this time of year is all about looking back, here we give you a selection of snaps from the program so far, taken by our talented team of photographers. It would be an understatement to say that the community has embraced MPavilion 2018,…
Read MoreResponding to Carme Pinós’s majestic design for MPavilion 2018, sound artist Lisa Greenaway created a spatial sound experience that can be heard every day at the opening and closing of MPavilion as part of our MPROJECTS series. Drawing on recordings of the natural and urban rhythms and music of the Queen Victoria Gardens, ||Reflections|| is a composition…
Read MoreIt’s summer in the city—prime time to get out and explore what Melbourne has to offer. With hundreds of free events for all ages and interests, we have you covered. Whether you’re looking for a family-friendly adventure, a dance or yoga workshop, or an engaging panel discussion about society and culture, MPavilion is your destination…
Read MoreIt isn’t every day that we get to walk into the office with a glistening award under our arm. We’re so excited to share the news that MPavilion has been recognised at the Melbourne Awards 2018, taking home the award for 2018 Contribution to Profile by a Community Organisation. The city’s highest accolade, the Melbourne…
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