Part of The Things We Keep, a photographic exhibition presented at The Front Room Gallery for Melbourne Design Week 2026.
Each artwork began with a personal object belonging to a creative, collector, designer, artist, or maker from across Australia. These objects were then handed to photographers, not simply to be documented, but interpreted - transforming private possessions into shared artworks shaped by memory, atmosphere, and emotional response.
Presented as a limited edition of 20, each A3 artwork is printed in Melbourne on fine art cotton rag paper as part of an exclusive companion release available through The Hub General Store. Artwork printing leadtime up to 1 week.
Photographer: Sian Fay
Creative / Collector: Edward Pearce
22/62. Removed from its original context, this object becomes strangely unfamiliar - a polished aluminium bar with deep red numerals and arrows pointing confidently in opposite directions. Taken from the fifth floor lift landing of Hannah St Hotel, it now exists as a fragment of a much larger story. It is a prototype, made during the shaping of a brand, when a building was slowly becoming a hotel and every detail carried weight. Somehow, this small object resolved itself early. It got everything right before the rest caught up. I have kept it as a reminder of the exhaustion, uncertainty, and quiet satisfaction that comes with making something from nothing.
