Made By Morgen
Event Presenter / Maker
Nick McDonald is the founder and director of Melbourne-based furniture studio Made By Morgen. Working from his Brunswick workshop, he leads both the design direction and hands-on production of the studio’s timber pieces, operating at the intersection of craft and contemporary design.
With a background in fine furniture making, McDonald approaches each work as a considered spatial element. Proportion, junctions and structural clarity guide the design process, while materiality remains central. Timber is selected for its character and integrity, with forms reduced to their essential lines. The resulting pieces feel grounded and purposeful, designed not simply to occupy a room but to shape how it is experienced.
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Photography by Jack Younger and Phillip HuynhThe pieces demonstrate how circular, non-petrochemical material systems can extend into furniture design.
Collaborators and Material Voices :
Made by Morgen anchors the installation with crafted timber forms, offering structure and stillness amid the ephemeral. Their work highlights the dialogue between permanence and impermanence, revealing the quiet beauty and enduring integrity of timber.Developed in collaboration with Made by Morgen, Other Matter presents the first furniture pieces produced by the studio and using its patented material system, originally developed for architectural surfaces. The system received Dezeen’s 2025 Surface Design of the Year award. The seating pieces incorporate a dense, leather-like surface created through Other Matter’s closed-loop recycling process, where offcuts and returned signage are reprocessed into a durable leather-like material.