CASA VOGUE Brasil

Design Total

Containa Clear Frost + Black featured in Casa Vogue Brasil, Milano Design Week 2022 Design Total article.

July 2022

ARTICHOKE MAGAZINE

Studio Profile

Studio feature article in Artichoke Magazine, Issue 79. Featured collections include Moodlum, Ikebana Vase, Containa, Daylight, Float, Concave Convex Mirror and Mood Coffee Zinc.

Published in Artichoke, Australia's interiors and design magazine

June 2022

HOUSES MAGAZINE

Studio Profile

Studio feature article in Houses Magazine, Issue 146. Featured collections include Daylight, Containa, Concave Convex Mirror and Mood Side Zinc.

Published in Houses Magazine

June 2022

ROSSANA ORLANDI GALLERY

RoCOLLECTIBLE - Milan Design Week 2022

Hello Milano!!! Containa side tables Clear Frost + Black/Mondrian showcased by Rossana Orlandi at Ro COLLECTIBLE for Milan Design Week 2022.

June 2022

Photography by Andrea Ceriani

COLLECTIBLE DESIGN FAIR BRUSSELS

Movimento Club - Origin’s

Containa Clear Frost + Mondrian Blue side table showcased by Movimento Club as part of their exhibition Origin’s for the Collectible Art Fair in Brussels.

“Where does an idea come from? Exploration? Experimentation? Evolution? A mistake or a stroke of genius? Most likely, we are influenced by our surroundings; the places we’ve been and the things we’ve observed. Wherever it may be, every origin is truly and unquestionably unique.

As a collective, our origins are diverse and widespread. As individuals, however, our origins might be closer than we think. ‘Origins’ questions where we’ve come from and where we’re going, as individuals, as a collective and as a global design scene” Movimento Club

May 2022

Photography by Ben Baltus

Colour Hive

Design Impressions SS 2023

Containa Clear Frost + White featured in Colour Hives Design Impressions SS 2023 direction.

May 2022

WALLPAPER MAGAZINE

Global Interiors Special

Containa side table featured in the April issue of Wallpaper Magazine, celebrating six international hotspots for their annual Global Interiors Special. First stop: Australia

April 2022

Artwork by Tom Hancocks

Melbourne design fair

Curated by the National Gallery of Victoria

New works, Daylight Forever + Moodlum Zinc Chameleon Mirror along with Concave Convex Mirror showcased with Modern Times as part of PRESENT within the inaugural Melbourne Design Fair.

Melbourne Design Fair is an initiative of the National Gallery of Victoria delivered in collaboration with the Melbourne Art Foundation.

Melbourne Design Fair is part of Melbourne Design Week, an initiative of the Victorian Government.

March 2022

Photography by Elise Scott

MOODLUM ZINC - CHAMELEON MIRROR

New work for Melbourne Design Fair showcased by Modern Times within the PRESENT sector.

Moodlum Zinc - Chameleon Mirror explores the Mood Mirrors, Coffee + Side tables in a finish that elevates form and celebrates colour. The base of the tables and framework of the mirrors are plated in Zinc and embellished with a mirror that transforms in colour depending on its viewing angle. A performative collection allowing each piece to reflect the colours and tones of its surroundings, providing a delicate alteration in their chromatic form, uniting with and enhancing the space in which they are placed.

Designed + Crafted in Melbourne. 

March 2022

Photography by Luc Marlowe

DAYLIGHT FOREVER

New work for Melbourne Design Fair showcased by Modern Times within the PRESENT sector.

In an attempt to bring the outside into our homes, this piece aims to lift our well being and boost our creative energy. Daylight is a sculptural glass infinity lamp with a floating (6500k) full spectrum globe that mimics the same natural light of the sun. A reimagined edition and continued narrative of Daylight, created in 2020 for alt.material in response to the theme ingenuity.

Designed + Crafted in Melbourne. 

March 2022

Photography by Luc Marlowe

MOOD SIDE WOOD + RESIN

New Work

Reimagined from the Moodlum Collection, Mood Side Wood + Resin is a visually light, sculpturally strong wood turned table with a clear, lightly frosted 5mm resin top fused into a contrasting solid pine base. With no visible fixings and elegant continuous curves that emphasize the natural grain, this minimal piece will merge with and warmly enhance your space.

February 2022

Photography by Luc Marlowe

DESIGN ANTHOLOGY

Dossier / Profile

Internal Process

Studio feature article in Design Anthology Australia, December issue. We discussed our studio process during the last two years of lockdown, how this has encouraged collaboration and changed our approached to design. Featured collections include FLOAT, Moodlum as well as Concave Convex Mirror, Connection = Community and Daylight for alt.material.

December 2021

VIVID 2021 EMERGING DESIGNER AWARDS

Judges Choice Award - Winner

Honoured to receive the Judges Choice Award at the VIVID 2021 Emerging Designer Awards, what a great way to end a rollercoaster of a year. I’m so incredibly grateful to the VIVID curators , judges and sponsors for their support and a massive congratulations to all the finalists and winners .

Sponsored by Laminex

November 2021

Photography by Ray Rolla

MOOD SIDE CHROME

Commission Piece for Aesop

A custom creation for Aesop’s Karringyup Store in WA, Mood Side Chrome is a visually light, sculpturally strong table with a recessed clear glass top and curved chrome plated mirror polished steel base. With elegant continuous curves and no visible fixings, this minimal piece will merge with and enhance the space in which it sits.

DAYLIGHT 1700

Commission piece for Rachel Berners Acupuncture + Wellness Studio

An adaption from the original Daylight which was created in response to the theme Ingenuity for alt.material 4 2020

'“How can design bring us closer despite social distancing & our current physical separation?”

“How can we begin to address well-being through re-assurance & comfort?”

In an attempt to bring the outside into our homes during isolation, this piece aims to lift our well being and boost our creative energy.

Daylight 002 is a sculptural floor lamp made entirely of black tinted glass, with a floating (6500k) full spectrum globe that mimics the same natural light of the sun.

Designed + Crafted in Melbourne. 

October 2021

Photography by Dean Norton Studio

NARRATIVE GOODS

Containa Editions 01, 02, 03 + 04 were created for Narrative Goods, an exhibition by Modern Time and part of the Craft Contemporary Festival.

“Narrative Goods explores the possibility of functional design to inspire delight, provoke conversation and embody story, bringing craft together with a conceptual expression of ideas”

October 2021

Photography by Elise Scott

NEW COLLECTION RELEASE

Containa

Open Edition Encased Furniture Series

Containa is an encased furniture series that explores the narrative of the vessel and its contents. 

Edition’s 01, 02, 03 + 04 focus on an organic, sculptural, wood-turned form, housed within mitre bonded shards of frosted glass, protected, still, and delicately floating in what appears to be a blanket of fog. 

Attained through a combination of natural materials combined with traditional and modern machining techniques. This results in a functional art piece that is perceptible in both design precision and organic composition, a symbolic exploration of confinement and protection.

Designed + Crafted in Melbourne. 

October 2021

INSIDE MAGAZINE

Float, Daylight + Connection = Community

Float, Daylight + Connection = Community featured in Inside Magazine for the IDEA Awards 2021. All have been shortlisted in the Object, Furniture + Lighting (Rising) Category.

September 2021

INTERIOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021

Float, Daylight + Connection = Community

Float, Daylight + Connection = Community have all been shortlisted in the Object, Furniture + Lighting (Rising) Category for the IDEA Awards 2021.

September 2021

Photography by Dean Norton Studio

dezeen AWARDS 2021

Daylight

Daylight shortlisted in the Lighting Design Category for the Dezeen Awards 2021.

Created in response to the theme INGENUITY for alt .material 2020

In an attempt to bring the outside into our homes during isolation, this piece aims to lift our well being and boost our creative energy.

Daylight is a sculptural, frosted glass lamp with a floating (6500k) full spectrum globe that mimics the same natural light of the sun.

September 2021

Photography by Dean Norton Studio

THE DESIGN FILEs + Laminex, DESIGN AWARDS 2021

Daylight

Daylight shortlisted as a finalist in the lighting design category for The Design Files + Laminex Design Awards.

Created in response to the theme INGENUITY for alt.material 2020

In an attempt to bring the outside into our homes during isolation, this piece aims to lift our well being and boost our creative energy.

Daylight is a sculptural, frosted glass lamp with a floating (6500k) full spectrum globe that mimics the same natural light of the sun.

July 2021

Photography by Dean Norton Studio

CONCAVE CONVEX MIRROR acquired by the national gallery of victoria (ngv)

Concave Convex Mirror

So excited to announce that the NGV has officially acquired our Concave Convex Mirror for its permanent collection.

Open edition Illusion mirror, designed in response to the theme DUCTILITY for alt. material an exhibition part of NGV Melbourne Design Week 2020.

Mild steel spun over a custom timber mould with a recessed graphic illusion mirror, this piece explores material ductility and the perception of form.

When viewed at eye level from left to right at a 45° angle, the mirror appears to bend inwards and protrude outwards, reflecting the curved form of the outer steel frame.

July 2021

Photography by Mischa Baka

VIVID AWARDS 2021

Float, Daylight + Connection = Community

Float, Daylight + Connection = Community shortlisted as finalists in the Furniture, Lighting, and Colour categories for the Vivid Awards 2021.

May 2021

The artling

Design Feature

Focused design article on the design process and inspirations at Studio Dean Norton.

May 2021

Render by Anthony Devine

The art of bathing - by kate challis interiors

Float Side 550

Flaot Side 550 featured in The Art of Bathing, a window display by Kate Challis Interiors for The English Tapware Company’s Sydney and Melbourne showrooms.

“Each quarter, The English Tapware Company refreshes its window displays with a new creative vision. Local designers and artists are invited to explore their creativity using The English Tapware Company products in combination with bespoke pieces that reflect the interests and identity of the contributor.”

The English Tapware Company

April 2021

Photography by Patrick Redmond

CONNECTION = COMMUNITY

A documentary + sculptural / functional piece in collaboration with Sarah Hotchin designed in response to the theme COMMUNITY, for alt.material an exhibition part of NGV Melbourne Design Week 2021.

A celebration of our design community, unfolding the design journey from concept through to manufacture. Exploring shared connections, experimentation, and the design process. 

A collaborative storytelling piece realised through a variety of design mediums from graphic implementation, film, material exploration, and collective fabrication techniques. 

March 2021

ARTICHOKE MAGAZINE

Issue 74

Float collection featured in The Edit column of Artichoke magazine, Issue 74.

March 2021

DULUX COLOUR FORECAST 2021

Reset

Float Side 550 featured in Dulux Colour Forecast 2021 ‘Reset’ a palette for summer.

3 rooms in a 1970’s home transformed with three tonal summer palettes to reflect the feeling of reassurance and comfort.

November 2021

Styling by Bree Leech

Photography by Lisa Cohen

NEW COLLECTION RELEASE

Float

Float collection explores transparent form with a subtle overlay of texture, transforming simple tables into light shape-shifting pieces. Made entirely of glass FLOAT’s seamless form changes depending on it’s viewing angle, with material opacity, textured layering, and a dynamic mix of fused straight lines and curved edges. 

Presented in a variety of sizes Float can be displayed singularly or as a collective group.

Available as a console, coffee & two size side tables.

Designed + Crafted in Melbourne. 

October 2020

INTERIOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS (IDEA) 2020

Concave Convex Mirror + Ikebana Vase

Concave Convex Mirror + Ikebana Vase Shortlisted in the Object - Furniture and Lighting category of the IDEA awards 2020.

September 2020

Photography by Mischa Baka

DEZEEN AWARDS 2020

Concave Convex Mirror

Concave Convex Mirror longlisted in the homeware design category for the Dezeen Awards 2020.

August 2020

Photography by Mischa Baka

VIVID AWARDS 2020

Ikebana Vase

Ikebana Vase shortlisted as a finalist in the object design category for the Vivid Awards 2020.

August 2020

Photography by Mischa Baka

DAYLIGHT

Daylight was created in response to the theme Ingenuity for alt. material 4

'“How can design bring us closer despite social distancing & our current physical separation?”

“How can we begin to address well-being through re-assurance & comfort?”

alt.material

In an attempt to bring the outside into our homes during isolation, this piece aims to lift our well being and boost our creative energy.

Daylight is a sculptural, frosted glass lamp with a floating (6500k) full spectrum globe that mimics the same natural light of the sun.

Designed + Crafted in Melbourne. 

August 2020

cASPER MAGAZINE

Design Feature

Focused design article on Moodlum Zinc and our project created remotely during lockdown with Barcelona based digital artists Spot Studio.

July 2020

Render by Spot Studio

DEAN NORTON X SPOT STUDIO

Moodlum Zinc

Introducing our latest project created remotely during lockdown with Barcelona based digital artists Spot Studio.

Featuring Moodlum, a collection that celebrates minimalism, materiality,  shape and form, is reimagined in a 3D world created by Spot Studio. 

Showcasing the electroplated edition which explores the tables and mirrors in a performative zinc plated finish that reflects the colour of it surroundings, elevating the sculptural form and tone of each piece. 

Moodlum Zinc is reimagined in a series of 3D images and a carefully curated 30’s inspired film which takes you on a virtual journey, demonstrating the interaction each piece has with changes in surrounding architectural contrasts, shadow and light.

June 2020

Renders + Film by Spot Studio

CONCAVE CONVEX MIRROR

Illusion mirror in response to the theme DUCTILITY for alt.material, part of NGV Melbourne Design Week 2020.

Mild steel spun over a custom timber mould with recessed graphic illusion mirror. This piece explores material ductility and the perception of form.

When viewed at eye level from left to right at a 45° angle, the mirror appears to bend inwards and protrude outwards, reflecting the curved form of the outer steel frame.

March 2020

Photography by Mischa Baka

TOORAK HOUSE PROJECT

Mood Side Zinc featured in Toorak House Project along side custom Colossal pendants by Lost Profile Studio. A Melbourne residential project, Interior design by Rosanna Ceravolo .

November 2019

Photography by Christine Francis

MOODLUM REIMAGINED

In Collaboration with Alexis Christodoulou

Presenting a series of renders featuring the Moodlum collection, reimagined in the 3D world of Alexis Christodoulou.

September 2019

Renders by Alexis Christodoulou

DULUX COLOUR FORECAST 2020

Cultivate

Electroplated Mood Side featured in Dulux Colour Forecast 2020. This is Cultivate one of four beautifully curated interior setting by Bree Leech.

September 2019

Photography by Lisa Cohen

THE DESIGN FILES, DESIGN AWARDS

Moodlum Collection

The full Moodlum collection was shortlisted as a finalist in the furniture design category for the inaugural TDF Design Awards..

September 2019

Image Credits

Styling by Bree Leech

Photography by Lisa Cohen

MELBOURNE FRINGE

Fringe Furniture 33

First showcase of the Electroplated Mood Side, a new finish edition to the Moodlum Collection.

Also the first showcase of Ikebana Vase, Art of flower arrangement.

A formed steel vase with a number of circular openings, strategically placed for dynamic flower arrangement

September 2019

Photography by Mischa Baka

DOMAIN PRESTIGE MAGAZINE

Design Digest

Mood Coffee table featured in the Design Digest column of Domain Prestige magazine.

August 2019

Image Credits

Styling by Bek Sheppard

Photography by Derek Swalwell

WEAVE HOME

Mood Coffee table featured in Weave Homes SS19 Campaign .

June 2019

Styling by Bek Sheppard

Photography by Marc Buckner

INFORM MELBOURNE

Mood Coffee featured in Balwyn House.

Shoot for INFORM Melbourne

June 2019

Styling by Bek Sheppard

Photography by Derek Swalwell

[ FOCUSED ] INTERVIEW with James Treble

We caught up with James Treble for a focused interview to discuss our design ethos + inspiration.

”Dean Norton is a Melbourne based design studio producing locally made products whose ethos is to explore form through design that is authentic and considered, with a high level of attention to detail. Despite their young history these tables provide a strong design statement with iconic appeal”

James Treble

February 2019

MOODLUM RAW

Introducing a new Moodlum finish edition for the Mood Mirrors, Side + Coffee tables .

December 2018

Polished Spun Steel / Recessed Smoke Grey mirror

DULUX COLOUR FORECAST 2019

Wholeself

Mood Coffee + Mood Side featured in Dulux Colour Forecast 2019. This is Wholeself, one of four settings beautifully styled by Bree Leech.

September 2018

Photography by Lisa Cohen