Contact
Email charlie@charliewhite.com.au
Instagram @charliefranci5
Bio
The furniture and object design of Charlie White is characterised by the transformation of unlikely materials into design archetypes. Through his arrangement of materials to perform structural functions, White creates an aesthetic language of sombre, gothic plasticity with an economy of means. His seductive and expressive works freely traverse the ambiguity between art and functionality.
Working in Architecture practice, White’s design background is rooted in his formative studies in Fine Art at the Canberra School of Art and the Glasgow School of Art. Along with degrees in Philosophy and Architecture from the University of Melbourne, White’s design work positions itself as part of a greater historical continuity of spatial understanding.
A veteran of Melbourne Design Week exhibitions, works from White’s commission-based practice reside in private collections both in Australia and abroad.
Selected Press
2024 Est Living, Est Magazine Issue 51, “Design Radar 2024”, Artists: Cloud Plinth Feature
2024 Yellowtrace, “BEST OF ART & INSTALLATIONS | 2023 ARCHIVE”, VERSA Exhibition Feature
2023 Sight Unseen, “10 Projects we loved from the 2023 Melbourne Design Week”
2023 Yellowtrace, “From Unique Objects to Thought Provoking Ideas: Highlights from Melbourne Design Week 2023”
2023 Yellowtrace, “Our Ultimate Guide to Melbourne Design Week 2023”
2021 Design Files Awards, Emerging Designer - Finalist
2021 InDesign Magazine #84, ‘Far From Landfill’ - Editorial
2021 Yellowtrace, “Opus VIncula: Mattresses Bound by Charlie White at Melbourne Design Week 2021”
Solo & Group Exhibitions
2023 Exhibitor, PLINTH by Misc Objet, Studio 816, Nicholas Building, Craft Contemporary 2023
2023 Joint Exhibition, VERSA, Charlie White & Tom Fereday, Meat Market Stables, Melbourne Design Week 2023
2023 Exhibitor, Friends & Associates 1-Hour Exhibition, Melbourne Design Week 2023
2023 Exhibitor, Melbourne Design Fair 2023, Discovery Section
2023 Exhibitor, NGV Australia, Melbourne Now: No House Style
2022 Exhibitor, Friends & Associates Self Portrait, Melbourne Design Week 2022
2021 Solo Exhibition, Opus Vincula: Mattresses Bound, Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne Design Week 2021
2020 Exhibitor, ExLAB:Experimental Furniture Futures, ALPHA60 Chapter House
2020 Exhibitor, Friends & Associates Life & Death, Melbourne Design Week 2020
2018 Exhibitor, Friends & Associates AGM, Melbourne Design Week 2018
Education
2018 - 2021 Masters of Architecture, University of Melbourne
2020 TU Delft Exchange Semester, Masters of Architecture
2015 - 2016 Graduate Diploma of Arts (Philosophy), University of Melbourne
2007 - 2012 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Photomedia), Australian National University