11/10/2026
Plant Life: The Nature of Design at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne National Gallery of Victoria looks at plants as some of our oldest and potentially most important material collaborators. The exhibition moves between ancestral craft, industrialisation and contemporary material research, asking what a more regenerative material future could look like.
We’re part of the opening section with Sensbiom 2.1 -a modular installation made from our plant-based biopolymer, developed to respond to its environment. Its web-like structures respond to UV radiation by changing colour, turning an invisible environmental condition into something visible and making the material itself part of the interaction.
Bringing together more than 60 works across design, architecture, craft and art, Plant Life looks at how plant-based materials can offer alternatives to non-renewable resources while reconnecting contemporary design with much older ways of working with the natural world.
On view at NGV Melbourne until 7 February 2027.
📷 Margund Sallowsky