The luxury report
Chromatic Process - Matters
Chromatic Process, an installation that showcased a new series of Moodlum Chrome pieces, part of Matters exhibition MDW24, featured in The Luxury Report Issue 9.
Edited by Alice Blackwood
September 2024
Photography by Luc Marlowe
The standardx
Hecker Guthrie
Mood Side Chrome and a custom Containa in Clear Frost + Red featured in The StandardX hotel in Fitzroy Melbourne, designed by Hecker Guthrie.
The StandardX, Melbourne is a boutique hotel located in the heart of Fitzroy, one of Melbourne, Australia’s most vibrant and eclectic neighborhoods. Set amidst vintage stores, independent restaurants, hidden bars and art galleries, this boutique hotel is as creative and unique as its surroundings.
The StandardX
August 2024
INTERIOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2024
Full Moon
Full Moon has been shortlisted in the Object, Furniture + Lighting (Professional) Category for the IDEA Awards 2024.
July 2024
Photography by Luc Marlowe
FORWARD FOCUS – STUDENT BUILT CHAIRS CREATED FROM WASTE
Melbourne Design Week 2024
I had the most memorable experience and the pleasure of being one of the creative mentors to the students at the Hester Hornbrook Academy on a chair-making two-day workshop facilitated by Zachary Frankel.
In a world obsessed with hierarchy and perfection, a collective of students and creative mentors embarked on an experimental and collaborative workshop experience. Dreamed up by Zachary Frankel, students from Hester Hornbrook Academy, a special assistance school supporting students with social and emotional challenges, were tasked to produce a chair entirely from what is perceived as ‘waste’. Using limited tools, the students explored the potential of raw materials, by-products of Tait’s manufacturing processes.
Hester Hornbrook Academy
May 2024
Photography by Daniel Grima
COMPASS TERRACE
Mim Design
Mood Side Zinc + Containa Black Frost + White featured in this revived Melbourne terrace designed and styled by Mim Design.
February 2024
Photography by Timothy Kaye
NEW CONTAINA edition
Clear Frost + Vivid Red - Edition 05
Containa is an encased furniture series that explores the narrative of the vessel and its contents.
Edition’s 01 to 05 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.
January 2024
Photography by Luc Marlowe
UNION MAGAZINE
Full Moon- Clear Flute + Stainless Steel
Full Moon- Clear Flute + Stainless Steel featured in INDEX, part of UNION magazine Issue 04 which focuses on championing the most forward thinking works shaping architecture and design in Australia today.
December 2023
kyoto global design awards best 100 2023
Winner of the best 100 Global Achievement Award
Such an honour to be nominated in the KGDA best 100 of the year and then go onto being the winner amongst such extraordinary talent from around the world.
November 2023
Best 100 Winner Interview
NEw series release
Full Moon
The Full Moon series was conceived as a sculptural vessel to convey a sense of intrigue and mystery. Crafted by hand, each moulded moon is created with materials that closely resemble its appearance. Grounded pigments of stainless steel and matt white fused forms float weightlessly within a transparent clear cast resin matter, as if supported by gravity.
Encased within linear glass sheets that interact with the sphere’s appearance from the vessel’s exterior, creating unexpected distorted moon shapes, offering a three-dimensional distillation of the world around them.
With two variations of glass, the fluted distorts the orb’s perception, while the frosted conveys a silencing fog that erases all depth and detail.
Created during a full moon period, this series explores the interplay of materiality, depth and manipulation of form.
November 2023
Photography by Luc Marlowe
NEW moodlum edition
Mood Side 250
Mood Mirror 250 is a sculptural slimline wall piece that elevates form and celebrates colour. Showcasing precision craftsmanship through high-quality materials, with a silver mirrored face encased in a contrasting silver zinc-plated spun steel frame. This piece can be displayed on its own or grouped to create a unique aesthetic composition.
September 2023
Photography by Luc Marlowe
INTERIOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2023
Looking Glass
Looking Glass has been shortlisted in the Object, Furniture + Lighting (Professional) Category for the IDEA Awards 2023.
August 2023
Photography by Luc Marlowe
DOMAIN PRESTIGE MAGAZINE
Design Digest
Looking Glass featured in the Design Digest column of Domain Prestige magazine.
August 2023
Photography by Luc Marlowe
THE LOCAL MARKETPLACE
Containa - Clear Frost + Black
Containa Clear Frost + Black featured on the front cover of The Local Marketplace, part of The Local Project trio publication, Issue No. 11.
The Local Marketplace represents a curated selection of design – from furniture to lighting, rugs to fireplaces – representing the breadth and quality of local design in the region.
February 2023
UNION MAGAZINE
Containa - Clear Frost + Black
Containa Clear Frost + Black featured in Universe: 04, a part of UNION magazine Issue 02 which focuses on championing the most forward thinking works shaping architecture and design in Australia today.
December 2022
vogue living - wizards of oz
Containa + Mood Side Zinc
“Wizards of Oz” feature in the November/December issue of Vogue Living Australia.
Celebrating Australian design, where designers and makers are producing boundary-pushing work that fuses art and furniture together for striking purpose-driven style.
November/December 2022
Photography by Victoria Zschommler - Styled by Joseph Gardner
AZURE MAGAZINE
Designers to Watch
Thrilled to be included in Azure Magazine’s trio of designers who made their mark in 2022.
“3 New Furniture Designers Who Made Their Mark in 2022
After taking the world by storm this year, new furniture designers Dean Norton, Kickie Chudikova and Nifemi Marcus-Bello are officially a trio to watch.”
October 2022
Photography by Luc Marlowe + Spot Studio
INDESIGNLIVE
Studio feature article in indesignlive
“Dean Norton delicately balances mood, material and form. Drawing on personal experience and finding inspiration in both form and materiality, Melbourne-based designer Dean Norton produces sculptural objects that merge into new spaces and create mood”
October 2022
Photography by Elise Scott
Melbourne now 2023
NGV Media Announcement
Melbourne Now 2023 artists and designers at the announcement event on 18 October. Melbourne Now 2023 will open on 24 March 2023 at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.
“The exhibition will mark the ten-year anniversary of the inaugural 2013 exhibition which was a bold and unprecedented survey of some of the most exciting local contemporary practitioners. Melbourne Now in 2023 will again highlight the latest art, architecture, design and cultural practice shaping the cultural landscape of Melbourne. Displayed throughout all levels of The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, the exhibition crosses a range of contemporary disciplines including fashion and jewellery, painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, video, performance, printmaking and publishing.”
October 2022
Photography by Tim Carrafa
THE DWELL 24 - RISING STARS
Dwell Magazine US
Im so thrilled to be included in this year’s list of ‘Rising Stars’ by Dwell Magazine’s Dwell 24 list of Best New Designers of 2022.
September - October 2022
Photography by Armelle Habib
MOOD SIDE FADE + ALUMINIUM PRISM
New Mood Side tables created for Dean Norton: Deeply Considered Design’ exhibition
Mood Side Fade + Aluminium Prism is a continued exploration of the Moodlum Collection, in Blue and White faded polyurethane and ground aluminium prism coated bases, these minimal, sculpturally strong wood-turned tables with back-painted glass and mirror tops will merge with and enhance your space.
September 2022
Photography by Luc Marlowe
NEW COLLECTION RELEASE
Gum
Gum is a new series of wall works which explore and focus on the internal bond of a piece, the areas which are usually out of sight, fully concealed and holding the materials together. Compressed between mirror and glass is a resin putty mixed in a variety of colour pigments that complement the surrounding materials. This series of works is inspired by the natural patterns that materials form when placed under pressure.
September 2022
Photography by Luc Marlowe
INTERIOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2022
Containa
Containa has been shortlisted in the Object, Furniture + Lighting (Professional) Category for the IDEA Awards 2022.
September 2022
Photography by Dean Norton Studio
DULUX COLOUR FORECAST 2023
Connect
Mood Side Wood + Resin featured in Dulux Colour Forecast 2023 in the Connect colour palette.
“A home with a connection to the outdoors has become vital to our wellbeing. Technology has provided us with a new freedom; we no longer need to live in the cities and the suburbs to work – allowing the move to rural settings where we can reconnect with nature. We look for sustainability, authenticity and meaning in the items we choose to connect to and surround ourselves with at home. Decor has a raw beauty featuring imperfections to honour the process of making.”
September 2022
Styling by Bree Leech
Photography by Lisa Cohen
Prize Designs for Modern Furniture + Lighting 2022
Containa Series - Winner - Best Table of the Year
Containa series wins the Prize Designs For Modern Furniture and Lighting Awards 2022 - ‘Best Table of the Year’
July 2022
Render by Spot Studio
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.
June 2022
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
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
Daylight 1700 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
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 to 05 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
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
FLOAT Side 550
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
DEN FAIR 2018
Moodlum Gallery
Moodlum was officially launched at Den Fair Melbourne 2018. We showcased the full collection against a striped back felt setting.
June 2018
Photography by Mischa Baka
REAL LIVING MAGAZINE
Love List
Mood Side featured as part of Real Living Magazines Love List for statement tables.
August 2018
