Feature... Adelaide Design Week 2026
Discover the JamFactory Community at Adelaide Design Week 2026.
14 - 18 October 2026.
Adelaide Design Week returns in 2026 from 14-18 October, with the theme “every*one” — a focus on people, movement, connection and the power of design to unite and strengthen.
Transforming galleries, laneways and pop-up spaces across the CBD, the program showcases 88 events including exhibitions, talks, workshops and tours, celebrating South Australia’s rich design talent and economy.
We’ve highlighted a selection of the program featuring some of the talented designer/makers that make up JamFactory’s community. Check out these events and exhibitions amongst the exciting full program!
A Room of Ones Own
Fab Workshop, Kent Town
A Room of One's Own is a collaborative examination of interior living through applied arts. Inspired by the interdisciplinary approach of the Bloomsbury Group and research into the Powerhouse Museum’s collection, the artists work across sculpture, furniture and functional objects, blurring the line between art, design and the decorative.
Exhibitors: Eleanor Amor, Agatha Gothe-Snap, Jennifer Mathews, Michelle Nikou,
Nat Penney
After Hours
EST Studio, ADL CBD
After Hours celebrates emerging female creatives and the work made beyond the boundaries of their everyday professions. Bringing together diverse creative disciplines, the exhibition transforms a shared space into a studio, archive and gathering place - revealing the ideas, experiments and personal practices that emerge after hours.
Exhibitors: Elaine Thomas, Maddy Cablao, Kiri Bowmer, Tamara Montina, Ava Kim, Alisa Vakhtangova, Kathryn Neale, Chloe Katopodis, Zoe Grigoris, Gigi O'Halloran, Kate Maiden, Anny Benjamin, Mengzhu Jiang, Leia Ahmed, Ziyan Qi, Rita Liao, Bridget Saville, Whitney Huang, Minqi Gu, Min Jeong, Lena Rowe
After Mood Cafe & Shop
Studio Gram, Brompton
For three days, AFTER MOOD x BUTTER CANTEEN comes to life as a café, shop and gathering place during Adelaide Design Week. A space to pause, wander and discover, where objects, food and atmosphere come together to create a little spark of something unexpected. Come for a coffee, stay for a while, and take a piece of AFTER MOOD home with you.
Exhibitors: Daniel Emma, Studio Gram
At The Table
Reform Distilling, Kent Town
At the Table is an immersive dining experience, bringing together food, design, and community through the most universal of rituals - sharing a meal. Presented as a ticketed sit-down dinner hosted by Reform Distilling, the event invites twenty-four guests per sitting to engage with locally made design.
Exhibitors: Alexandra Hirst, Alexis Mason, Billy Crellin, Bindi Nimmo, Bradley East, Bridget Saville, Danielle Rickaby, Drew Spangenberg, Eden Wellings, Em Frank, Hugo Curtis, Hung Hin Chan, James Geue, Jordan Gower, Kerryn Levy, Léa Tarakdjian, Lena Rowe, Lily Morin, Mason Heaven, Megan Wilkinson, Oliver Hyde, Olivia Kathigitis, Riley Hearn, Sophie Horvat.
Benched
Queens Theatre, ADL CBD
Come and take a seat at BENCHED. 40+ creatives from across architecture, art, design and making respond to the same brief: make a bench within 1200W × 450H, with production capped at $450. See how the same familiar object can take 40+ very different forms, and most importantly, sit down and try them for yourself.
Exhibitors: Curated by Maddi Lewis at Public Private 4th Floor Elevator, Alex Price, Angus Grant, Angus Haskard & Jaxxon Semmens, Angus Henderson with Harrison Ferris & Paolo Wait, Aysha Dejanovic & Marley Scholz-Vinall, Bella Sims, Ben Wake, Ben Winding, Brydon Jackson, Caren Elliss, Chris Town, Conor Mannering, Daisy Guerin, David Musch, Dusty Weatherald, Ereni Vithoulkas, Gabe Turner, Hinko Design, House of Vnholy, Isaac Rudd, Jake Doesn’t Make It, James Geue, Joshua Nash, Klaro Industrial Design, Lauren Murphy & Tom Golin, Lili Harrison & Jake Duthy, Maddi Lewis, Maddie Goldsmith, Moraene, Pa Sam, Pulsing Heart Objects, Remington Matters, Riley Stone, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Scott Van Manen, Semple Stuff, Spacecraft Design Build, Sophie Kitt, Stephen Roy, Steve Soeffky, Tim Edwards, Tom Borgas, Tom Martin, Tully Wheaton, Workshop 10
Bloom
Basement Gallery, ADL CBD
BLOOM is a collaborative exhibition showcasing multidisciplinary creatives, examining the individual and collective experience of the algal bloom that has affected our South Australian coastlines. Hosted at Basement Gallery, BLOOM platforms critical dialogue and fervour surrounding an ongoing ecological issue, explored through experimental visual art and design modes.
Exhibitors: Ruby Yates (co-curator), Tash Katsikas (co-curator), Michael Waters, Chloe Burton, Bianca Hoffrichter, Oliver Johnson, Kate Hendry, Rodrigo Kimbelblat, Chelsea Evans, Poppy Chung, Phoebe Hunter, Francesca Narni, Nikita Mettananda, Tyler Jackson Chappell, India Chappell
in soft company
Terrace Floors and Furnishings, Eastwood
Hosting a little dinner ~in soft company~ presented by Terrace Floors + Furnishings & Armadillo. As the evening unfolds, join designers, makers and hosts to indulge in an evening of yummy bites, silly times and a preview of works from the upcoming soft exhibition.
Exhibitors: Presented by soft, Terrace Floors + Furnishings and Armadillo, Hosted by Hannah White. Speakers: Jay Jermyn, Marlo Lyda, Em Frank
Wednesday Talk: JamFactory X Keulemans
Adelaide University, ADL CBD
South Australian designer, artist and researcher Guy Keulemans provides insight into his current JamFactory exhibition 'X Guy Keulemans'.
Presenter: Guy Keulemans
Jon Goulder X AGSA
Art Gallery of South Australia, ADL CBD
Join Rebecca Evans, Curator of Decorative Arts and Design for a special Adelaide Design Week Tuesday Talk with South Australian craftsperson and designer, Jon Goulder. Jon Goulder is a fourth-generation furniture designer and maker. Goulder completed his apprenticeship in furniture making and upholstery with his family’s business E W Goulder and Sons, between 1988-1992. In 1996 he moved to Canberra to study furniture design and fine woodworking at Canberra School of Art under the direction of the late George Ingham. After leaving Canberra School of Art he established his design consultancy – ’Jon Goulder Designer Maker’. Goulder is both a designer and a talented furniture maker- a rarity in the Australian and international design community. Between 2013-2018 he was Creative Director (Furniture) Jam Factory Adelaide, he was previously a Senior Designer with Snohetta Architects Australasia. He currently runs his own studio space in the southern suburbs of Adelaide.
Presenter: Jon Goulder, Rebecca Evans
Living on the Ceiling
Smokelovers, ADL CBD
Living on the ceiling is a lighting family resulting from exploring the relationship between material, memory and transformation. Through the use of ceramics and linen the show exhibits pieces made by imprinting, folding, creasing, bending and tearing porcelain with remnants of French workwear.
Exhibitor: Eden Wellings
Mixed Goods: Open Studio
Mixed Goods Studio, Kilkenny
Join us at Mixed Goods Studios for a special Adelaide Design Week Open Studio. Wander through the studios, meet the designers, artists and makers behind the work, and gain an insight into their creative processes. Explore works in progress, finished pieces and material experiments by Andrew Carvolth, Dean Toepfer, Danielle Barrie, Sam Gold, Bridget Saville, Carman Skeehan, Joslin Koolen and Thomas Carvolth.
Studio Tenants: Andrew Carvolth, Dean Toepfer, Danielle Barrie, Sam Gold, Bridget Saville, Carman Skeehan, Joslin Koolen, Thomas Carvolth
Power Surge: Into the Grid
JamFactory, ADL CBD
An exhibition of prototype lighting by Associates of JamFactory’s Ceramics, Furniture, Glass and Jewellery/Metal Studios, providing insight into the creative process of design and production.
Exhibitors: Renee Becker, Chloe Burton, Hugo Curtis, Bradley East, Riley Hearn, Teegan Horat, Alexis Mason, Lily Morin, Ember Satyn, Ciara Steggerda, Lily Trnovsky, Eden Wellings and Megan Wilkinson.
Shop Generator
Common Uncommon, ADL CBD
A temporary shop for permanent objects. Shop Generator brings together a curated collection of considered objects by independent designers and makers. Bridging the space between exhibition and retail, Shop Generator brings objects into focus to be encountered, celebrated and collected. Recognising that a sale can be a meaningful continuation of the creative process. Here for a moment, then gone again.
Exhibitors: Ailish Ling, Alexander Robertson, Alexis Mason, Bridget Saville, Bushwoman, Cadell Canute, Cakey Sportsman, Carman Skeehan, Danny Jarratt, Dither, Eden Wellings, Eleanor Amor, Em Frank, Ember Satyn, Etikette, Harrison Gale, Ida Objects, Jack Fenby, Kobamundii, Léa Tarakdjian, Martina Beka, Mince, Nat Penney, Oliver Johnson, Outcast Goods, Peter Fong, Riley Stone, Romelia, Rory Branson, S.K, Saturday Yard Work, Semple Stuff, Sibling, Stemm Studio, Studio Arbie, Studio Mignone, Stuff By Glad, Thomas Carvolth, Tom Summers, Tricotre, Victoria Paterson.
Shopfront Design Circuit
Various Locations, East End
The annual Shopfront design challenge sees the East End buzz with a number of business and designer collaborations for 24/7 viewing. This multi-venue exhibition has seen local businesses hand over their shopfronts for quick thinking design responses from selected Adelaide based designers and architects. For Adelaide Design Week 2026, we have expanded again - with more venues in the East End - bringing an intimate and broad range of responses. Join us for a dynamic walking tour of the Shopfront Design Circuit exhibitions, finishing at Honeydripper for an afternoon to farewell Adelaide Design Week. All are welcome, with additional collaborations and the final walking tour route to be announced.
Exhibitors: Jewel of Thought Records x Tom Borgas, Galeria Grafika x Tristan Kerr, Utopian Creations x Jake Lane, Naomi Murrell x Sophia Moore, Shop Pond / Filter Store x Moraene Architecture & Design Collective, Nudie Jeans x Will Cheeseman and Oliver Hyde, Miss Gladys Sym Choon x Claire Markwick-Smith, Aesop x Andrew Carvolth, Latteria x House of Vnholy, HoneyDripper x Musch
Skangaroovia
Skangaroovia, Maylands
Skangaroovia is a South Australian design studio specialising in lighting, furniture and crafted objects. We collaborate with architects and designers to create project-specific outcomes that are thoughtful, practical and finely crafted. This exhibition introduces our practice through past and current projects. It highlights our in-house design and making capabilities.
Exhibitors: Mark Jones, Ellis Moseley, Yuro Cuchor, Marlize DeKlerk, Lex Stobie
SLOT
SODA Objects, West Croydon
SLOT is an exhibition that explores propositions, explorations and curiosities. Encouraging designers, makers, architects, artists and creative voyeurs to collaborate and respond to a brief of simplicity - to design objects, furniture, artwork, anything - without the need fixings. The act of 'slotting' inspires the action, and in turn, the proposals.
Exhibitors: Ailish Ling, Alexandra Cerny, Andrew Barker, Annie Cornelli, Andrew Walter, Anthony Gagliano, Athanasios Lazarou, Bronwyn Marshall, Conor Mannering, Elijah Makris, Harry Knott, Tason Oaten-Hepworth, Jason Hanoumis, Joseph Standring, Jim Semple, Joe Fuschen, Jonathan van der Knaap, Kim Bridgland, Luke Makris, Nat Penney, Oliver Hyde, Paul Akins, Penny Fisher, Richard Le Messurier, Sabrina Sterk, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Saxon Rudduck, Simon Williams, Sonja Danilovic, Stephen Roy, Thomas Maxam, Wilfred Cheung, Workshop 10
soft
Art Gallery of South Australia, ADL CBD
Through artworks, objects and encounters, Soft seeks to invite new connections and ways of seeing, while considering the quiet gestures of care and meaning that shape our relationship with the things we live alongside.
Exhibitors: AMALGAME studio, Bel Williams + Claire Markwich Smith, Bindi Nimmo, Dean Toepfer, Drew Abrahamson, Em Frank + Miles Dunne, Indigo Tolhurst, Janice Cui, Jay Jermyn, Jesse Wakenshaw, Lotte Schwerdtfeger, Marlo Lyda, New Instance, Penny Fisher, Phillip Nielsen, Riley Stone, Studio Tops, Tom Graham, Tom Summers
Starry Starry Night
Liverpool Street Gallery, ADL CBD
We’re going off grid. Taking a breath to explore the romance, ritual, deliberate nature of lighting the humble candle. Whether it’s amidst a stormy blackout, the final touch on the dinner party you’ve slaved for or to help you unwind after another busy day, there is no doubting the charm of candlelight. (Plus, everyone looks better candlelit). Starry starry night is a multidisciplinary exhibition showcasing contemporary craft and design. Exploring soft deliberate lighting and the way it can shape individual and shared sensory experience.
Exhibitors: Alexis Mason, Bindi Nimmo, Bridget Saville, Bronwyn Marshall, Cecile Gariepy, Daniel & Emma, Daniel Stavridis - Sedni Studio, Drew Spangenberg, Eden Wellings, Gabe Turner, Jed Kelly, Joe Fuchsen - Glass Rhythm, Kerryn Levy, Lauren Murphy, Lotte Schwerdtfeger, Luke Turner & Nicholas Fuller - Miller Objects, Miles Dunne & Em Frank, Olivia Kathigitis, Parcta Studio, Patrick Scott - New Instance, Remington Francis, Sam Gold, Saul Scanlon - Handmade & Found, Scott Van Manen, Scott Van Tuil – Van Tuil, Simon Colabufalo – Colabufalo, South Drawn, Stephen Roy – ROY, Studio Henry Wilson, Thomas Carvolth, Tom Fereday, Tom Golin
taC Collection
Mixed Goods Studios, Kilkenny
"taC" seating is a collaboration between brothers Andrew and Thomas Carvolth. Made locally in their studio, each piece is direct in form and generous in feel.
Exhibitors: Andrew Carvolth, Thomas Carvolth
TOKEN
Various ADW Events
TOKEN / curated vending machine; Travelling micro gallery & marketplace lucky dip celebrating the creativity, generosity and curiosity of our design community. Affordable, accessible and unexpected, TOKEN allows every*one to take home a small piece of Adelaide Design Week with all proceeds donated to Carlew.
Exhibitors: 80+ Designers Makers + Creatives
Tomorrow Talent
JamFactory, ADL CBD
Discover the next generation of designer/makers in an exhibition of work by the talented Associates across JamFactory’s Ceramics, Glass, Furniture and Jewellery/Metal Studios.
Exhibitors: Renee Becker, Chloe Burton, Jessie Croshaw, Hugo Curtis, Bradley East, Connor Feltus, Jasper Goldney, Riley Hearn, Oliver Hyde, Teegan Horat, Alexis Mason, Lily Morin, Bindi Nimmo, Antoine Roille, Ember Satyn, Ciara Steggerda, Lea Tarakdjian, Lily Trnovsky, Eden Wellings and Megan Wilkinson.
Torpor Day Bed
Nudie Jeans, ADL CBD
Torpor seat is an object that investigates the relationship between rest, movement, and material reuse. The project brings together recycled denim textiles developed by Will Cheesman in collaboration with Nudie Jeans, with reclaimed timber sourced and crafted by Oliver Hyde.
Exhibitors: Will Cheesman, Oliver Hyde
Under a Bridge
(Secret Location), ADL CBD
Jake Rollins presents Under a Bridge, a two-hour pop-up exhibition of new works specific to site. Adelaide location, bridge announced on the day.
Exhibitors: Jake Rollins
X Keulemans
JamFactory, ADL CBD
Presented in partnership with Adelaide University, this exhibition showcases creative works by South Australian designer, artist and researcher Guy Keulemans. In collaboration with leading Australian designers, Keulemans explores the repair, reuse and generative and regenerative processes for environmental sustainability.
Exhibitors: Guy Keulemans
Yoke - Objects for Human Connection
Michi, ADL CBD
YOKE • objects for human connection • explores the quiet power of handmade objects to draw us back toward one another in a time increasingly shaped by speed, convenience, and digital distance. Ceramics, furniture, vessels, lighting, plants and sculptural works become conduits for human closeness through thoughtful making, shared presence and storytelling.
Exhibitors: Samantha Agostino, Simon Bajada, Andrew Carvolth, Thomas Carvolth, Miles Dunne, Em Frank, Daniel Guest, Ha Architecture, Alexandra Hirst, Denise Hojdyssek, Takeshi Iue, Joslin Koolen, Alexis Mason, Bridget Saville, Lea Tarakdjian, Eden Wellings.
You’re Not Finished Yet
Adelaide University, ADL CBD
This panel, a collaboration between JamFactory and the School of Art and Design, Adelaide University, is a provocation around craft, design, and professional practice, and how these connect to educating future practitioners and practice as an ongoing discipline. It explores craft as a critical, shared practice connecting materiality, skill, and collaboration.
Speakers: Lee-Anne Hall, Veronika Gunjko-Kelly, Guy Keulemans, Gabriella Bisetto