Taking Shape is a Melbourne Design Week exhibition that brings together over 20 Australian artists and designers. Presented by WRAP and Est., the exhibition reflects on circularity and contemporary design as an active part of daily life, something to inhabit, encounter, and negotiate.

Fri 22 May 6pm & 8:15pm & Sat 23 May 6pm & 8:15pm | Root to Stem is an intimate dining event set amidst the Taking Shape exhibition and is presented by WRAP and Chef Johnny Hasan, whose journey from Bangladesh to Melbourne’s hospitality scene, local schools and now new restaurant Patris, shaped a practice grounded in resourcefulness, respect and flavour.

Sat 16 May 10am & 2pm | Light and mark making become language in this hands-on storytelling workshop for curious kids and their grown-ups with First Nations artist Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta).

Using paper lanterns provided by IKEA, participants will design and decorate their surface, sharing stories of family, imagination and belonging.

Sun 17 May 10am | Design gets wild in this joyful, tactile workshop where kids create their own one-of-a-kind textile monster with the Australia Tapestry Workshop’s (ATW) Weaving Kit!

Sun 24 May 12pm - 4pm | Speed Networking for Artists: Public Art Edition with WRAP, SORA Interior Architecture and Design, and LiFE Architecture and Urban Design.