Together with the Australian creative community we celebrated the LUSTRE exhibition and toasted the launch of the new Swing Collection. Both have emerged from an obsession with metal – a restless, ongoing dialogue with stainless steel that sits at the heart of how we make things.
Light has a way of revealing what materials are made of, and in LUSTRE, our exhibition for Melbourne Design Week 2026, stainless steel proved it has more to say than most. Eight Swing Chairs, each finished differently – from raw and industrial to mirror-bright – lined a ‘catwalk’ in the middle of the Melbourne showroom, each one catching and scattering light in its own quiet way. The result was both display than a discovery: a single form explored across an entire spectrum of surface and shine. Chosen for its strength, durability and resistance to the elements, stainless steel has the functional qualities required for purpose-built furniture to suit A Life Outside. Here though, stripped back and held up to the light, it became something else entirely: a study in transformation.
We invited new and old friends to help us officially launch the exhibition on Friday 15 May, over a morning tea of coffee and donuts. The occasion was favoured with rare, but welcome, autumn sunshine, and as the sunbeams streamed into the Smith Street showroom playing across the experimental Swing Chairs, LUSTRE came to life as the catalyst for conversation and ideas. Friends, collaborators and colleagues from across Melbourne’s design community gathered to mark the occasion, and the energy in the room was generous and full of warmth. Melbourne Design Week asks us to ‘Design the world you want’, and our exhibition opening was a wonderful snapshot of that world, and the special people and spirit that inhabit it.
Visitors were also treated to a first look at the expanded Swing Collection that translates the hardworking glamour of the Swing Chair (2023) to a range of seating and tables. Designed in collaboration with Adam Goodrum, the Swing Lounger, Barstool, Dining Table, Café Table, Side Table, and show-stopping Swing Chaise harness the functional and creative potential of tube-bent stainless steel. With their elegant and distinctive silhouette, the new pieces caught the eye of discerning design lovers as they entered the showroom.
The new Swing Collection is available across Australia now.
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Get the recap of MDW 2026 at Tait, featuring the LUSTRE exhibition and launch of the new Swing Collection. Both have emerged from an obsession with metal – a restless, ongoing dialogue with stainless steel that sits at the heart of how we make things.
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The beloved Swing Chair grows into a full collection. Expanding on the original’s graceful arcs, pure stainless steel construction and enduring craftsmanship, the Australian-made Swing Collection brings hardworking glamour to new seating forms and tables.
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Stainless steel has much more going for it than its strength and seamless uniformity. The Tait Design Studio has been experimenting with this enduring material, with surprising results revealed at Melbourne Design Week (MDW) in the Tait Melbourne Showroom from 14–23 May.
The exhibition opens on Thursday 14 May. The official opening event for ‘Lustre’ is on Friday 15 May at 9.30am in the Tait Melbourne showroom, and the exhibition will run until 5pm Saturday 23 May. Visitors will also glimpse the new expanded Swing Collection.
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