The annual MPavilion Chair Commission is now open – and Tadao Ando, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect and MPavilion 10 designer, is set to select the competition winner. The Chair Commission is a highlight of each MPavilion, with the winning design and practice featured onsite and profiled to an expansive network of local and international media, collaborators,…
Read MoreAre you interested in curation, art, design, and architecture? MPavilion is looking for its next cohort of 17 to 25-year-olds to take part in this year’s M_Curators mentorship program. Over the course of a week, emerging curators will participate in daily workshops that go through the ins and outs of public programming and curation. Participants…
Read MoreWe’re incredibly excited to share the news that MPavilion has awarded Pritzker Prize-winner Tadao Ando with the commission for MPavilion 10! Over the past decade, MPavilion has worked with the world’s most significant architectural thinkers to create a space for engagement with urgent urban, civic, and design concerns. Tadao Ando will mark the seventh leading…
Read MoreLast week, in the lead up to International Women’s Day, we hosted a special Women in Design lunch with our visionary founder Naomi Milgrom AC to celebrate MPavilion 2022 architect Rachaporn Choochuey, and MPavilion’s long-standing commitment to gender equity and diversity. Recognising MPavilion’s proud tradition of commissioning and collaborating with women who are not afraid…
Read MoreMeet our M_Curators: A new generation of thinkers, creatives and programmers shaping the MPavilion 2022/23 season! Since 2019, MPavilion has worked with 16-25 year-olds interested in programming, curating, art, design and architecture. The free program—now in its fourth year—is led by our creative director Jen Zielinska and program producer Molly Braddon, who mentor and guide…
Read MoreThis season, MPavilion is thrilled to partner with Dulux Australia to transform our kiosk every month. To kick start 2023, the Dulux Kiosk has been given its first new look—a stunning magenta makeover. Throughout the summer, Dulux will paint the kiosk four times using colours selected by our 2022 architect Rachaporn Choochuey, adding a dynamic…
Read MoreThe start of a new year has long been a time to reflect and reset. Whether health and wellbeing are on your list of new year’s resolutions or you’re looking to combat some post-holiday blues, we’ve got you covered. top program picks for a feel good start to 2023: New Games: Togetherness through PlayBring out…
Read MoreMPavilion has your summer school holidays sorted! Kids of all ages are invited to play under the colourful canopy of all(zone)’s MPavilion 2022 in the Queen Victoria Gardens as they get creative, tell stories, dream and learn with a series of free and fun workshops. From Monday 9 January to Saturday 14 January, children will…
Read MoreEnjoy fish & chips in the gardens—Parcs style! This season, we’ve partnered with leading Melbourne ferment and wine bar, Parcs, to take over the MPavilion Food Truck for two weekends in December and March. (Inspired by the fishing net layer of all(zone)’s MPavilion 2022 design, Parcs chef Dennis Yong has created a ‘bootleg fish &…
Read MoreCoinciding with the launch of the 9th MPavilion, you can now watch Deborah Cheetham’s MPavilion Wominjeka Song Cycle for free here and on MSO.live until the close of the MPavilion season on Thursday 6 April 2023. Set in the Melbourne Recital Centre, Deborah Cheetham’s Wominjeka Song Cycle is a rare presentation of eight songs from the acclaimed…
Read MoreThe final stitch has been sown. The 48th piece of the waffle canopy has been hung. The microphones have been tested (1,2). So, without further ado, we are delighted to say that MPavilion 2022 by all(zone) is officially open! Designed to celebrate being outdoors, the vibrant, textural MPavilion’s standout feature is its ingenious canopy—comprising three…
Read MoreMeet the talented creative behind the label on our first ‘MPavilion Pale Ale’, Melbourne-based graphic designer, Anita Shao—affectionately known as Noodle A self-proclaimed late bloomer in the graphic design field, after completing her Bachelor of Communication Design at RMIT, Anita landed a gig as a director’s assistant in the advertising industry specialising in treatments for…
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