Fiona Lynch X Toni Maticevski
NGV Melbourne Design Week 2025
This collaborative installation between interior designer Fiona Lynch and acclaimed fashion designer Toni Maticevski traverses the intersections of fashion, furniture, and interior architecture. Born from a shared belief in the emotive power of material, the exhibition transforms remnant fabrics from the Maticevski archive into a series of sculptural works that blur the lines between disciplines.
At its centre is a reimagined iteration of Fiona Lynch’s signature ‘Cuff’ sofa, reupholstered in a shimmering gold textile sourced from Maticevski’s Parisian remnants. The piece reflects a tension between structure and softness—a signature of both designers—and offers a tactile embodiment of transformation, where waste becomes wonder.
Alongside the furniture, a series of lighting elements and sculptural forms made from Maticevski’s hemmed organza and cracked pearlescent textiles play with shadow, transparency, and reflection. These elements embody the push and pull of dualities: delicacy and strength, edge and elegance, rawness and refinement.
Fiona Lynch X Toni Maticevski
NGV Melbourne Design Week 2025
This collaborative installation between interior designer Fiona Lynch and acclaimed fashion designer Toni Maticevski traverses the intersections of fashion, furniture, and interior architecture. Born from a shared belief in the emotive power of material, the exhibition transforms remnant fabrics from the Maticevski archive into a series of sculptural works that blur the lines between disciplines.
At its centre is a reimagined iteration of Fiona Lynch’s signature ‘Cuff’ sofa, reupholstered in a shimmering gold textile sourced from Maticevski’s Parisian remnants. The piece reflects a tension between structure and softness—a signature of both designers—and offers a tactile embodiment of transformation, where waste becomes wonder.
Alongside the furniture, a series of lighting elements and sculptural forms made from Maticevski’s hemmed organza and cracked pearlescent textiles play with shadow, transparency, and reflection. These elements embody the push and pull of dualities: delicacy and strength, edge and elegance, rawness and refinement.
“When it comes to the lights and the manifestation of the design, the idea emerged through an ongoing dialogue between our teams, grounded in shared values around beauty and transformation. The conversation began with reimagining a purpose for fabrics preserved in the Maticevski archive — and how we might develop a way to create something of beauty and value, enriching people’s lives through it.
The discovery of light organza—almost weightless, cascading—sparked the idea of a visual language that plays with shadow and transparency. The pearlescent cracked fabric then added another dimension, catching and scattering the light. Together, these fabrics allow the viewer to see through or glimpse between the various layers. This interplay reflects a deeper duality in Toni’s work: the tension between lightness and structure, softness and strength. Toni’s process is often intuitive—drawn from an emotional and material response to fabric and form.
There’s a clear appreciation for the unexpected—whether through texture, reflection, or the juxtaposition of raw edges with precision. The installation becomes a sculptural expression of fabric in motion.
Ultimately, the design is an extension of our shared pursuit: to fill space with feeling and create a visual experience that resonates as both refined and quietly calming.”
— Toni Maticevski
This installation is both collaborative and cross-disciplinary—an offering that dissolves boundaries, elevates remnants, and proposes a new kind of space where emotion, craftsmanship, and concept move fluidly across form.
