Ella Saddington is a multidisciplinary designer and curator interested in narratives of community, materiality and aesthetics. Specialising in process and material investigation her work often incorporates research, collaboration and experimentation as a form of critical practice. Working across furniture and object design, Saddington often focuses on overlooked and ubiquitous processes and materials, in which re-imagined are shown again in a different light.
Establishing Melbourne based design studio and collaborative practice CORDON SALON in 2018. With a particular interest in lost or forgotten processes and crafts the studio works with skilled or specialised craftspeople, artists and designers to create one-of-a-kind or limited edition collectable design works.
In 2020 Saddington founded NEW ASSEMBLAGE a curitorial project that focuses on developing opportunities within the Australian contempory collectable design community through a series of exhibitions and creative programs.
Establishing Melbourne based design studio and collaborative practice CORDON SALON in 2018. With a particular interest in lost or forgotten processes and crafts the studio works with skilled or specialised craftspeople, artists and designers to create one-of-a-kind or limited edition collectable design works.
In 2020 Saddington founded NEW ASSEMBLAGE a curitorial project that focuses on developing opportunities within the Australian contempory collectable design community through a series of exhibitions and creative programs.
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Ella Saddington b. 1986, Bundjalung land (Murwillumbah), AustraliaLives and works on Wurundjeri land (Naarm/Melbourne), Australia
Exhibitions (solo)
Volume IV, Oigall Projects curotsy of Sophie Gannon Gallery (2023)
Volume III, Designwork 05 for Melbourne Design Week, Sophie Gannon Gallery (2021)
Morphic, Compound Interest Gallery (2019)
Volume III, Designwork 05 for Melbourne Design Week, Sophie Gannon Gallery (2021)
Morphic, Compound Interest Gallery (2019)
Exhibitions (group)
No House Style, Melbourne Now, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia /Melbourne [2023]
Design House, Oigall Projects /Melbourne [2023]
Matters_ presented by Futures Collective, Villa Alba Museum /Melbourne [2023]
Venus on the Half-Shell - Curated by Oigall Projects /Melbourne [2022]
OIGALL OFFSITE - Curated by Oigall Projects for Sydney Design Week /Sydney [2022]
The Chair - Curated by Eliza Tiernan for Craft Victoria [2022]
Designing with waste- Prented by Raw Assembly & T Magazine for Beta Project Residency [2022]
Sharefolder Fantasy - Curated by Dale Hardiman & Mark Dineen for Melbourne Design Week (2022)
Select - Melbourne Design Fair /Curated by Simone LeAmon for Melboure Design Week /Melbourne (2022)
Self Portrait - RMIT Design Hub /Curated by Friends & Associates for Melboure Design Week /Melbourne (2022)
Altenative Provisions - Presented by CRAFT for Melboure Design Week /Melbourne (2022)
Faux Pas - Oigåll Projects /Presented by New Assemblage for Craft Contemporary /Melbourne (2021)
Future Proof - Oigåll Projects /Presented by New Assemblage for Melbourne Design Week /Melbourne (2021)
Chapter 1 - At The Above Gallery /Melbourne (2021)
Ingenuity - Alt.Material 4/ Presented by Alt.Material & Dezeen (2020)
Life & Death - Meat Market Stables /Curated by Friends & Associates for Melboure Design Week /Melbourne (2020)
Elasticity - Alt.Material 2/ Presented by Alt.Material for Melboure Design Week (2019)
Plasticity - Alt.Material 1/ Presented by Alt.Material (2018)
Design House, Oigall Projects /Melbourne [2023]
Matters_ presented by Futures Collective, Villa Alba Museum /Melbourne [2023]
Venus on the Half-Shell - Curated by Oigall Projects /Melbourne [2022]
OIGALL OFFSITE - Curated by Oigall Projects for Sydney Design Week /Sydney [2022]
The Chair - Curated by Eliza Tiernan for Craft Victoria [2022]
Designing with waste- Prented by Raw Assembly & T Magazine for Beta Project Residency [2022]
Sharefolder Fantasy - Curated by Dale Hardiman & Mark Dineen for Melbourne Design Week (2022)
Select - Melbourne Design Fair /Curated by Simone LeAmon for Melboure Design Week /Melbourne (2022)
Self Portrait - RMIT Design Hub /Curated by Friends & Associates for Melboure Design Week /Melbourne (2022)
Altenative Provisions - Presented by CRAFT for Melboure Design Week /Melbourne (2022)
Faux Pas - Oigåll Projects /Presented by New Assemblage for Craft Contemporary /Melbourne (2021)
Future Proof - Oigåll Projects /Presented by New Assemblage for Melbourne Design Week /Melbourne (2021)
Chapter 1 - At The Above Gallery /Melbourne (2021)
Ingenuity - Alt.Material 4/ Presented by Alt.Material & Dezeen (2020)
Life & Death - Meat Market Stables /Curated by Friends & Associates for Melboure Design Week /Melbourne (2020)
Elasticity - Alt.Material 2/ Presented by Alt.Material for Melboure Design Week (2019)
Plasticity - Alt.Material 1/ Presented by Alt.Material (2018)
Awards/ Grants
George Alexander Fellowship, awarded by the International Specialised Skills Insitiute [2022]