RE:BORN is a collaboration between Cultivated and Romance Was Born, presented as part of Melbourne Design Week 2026. Presented within Artbank Melbourne and brought to life through an immersive environment by studio x us, RE:BORN brought together designers, makers, artists and industry partners in a collective act of reinvention.
Every element of RE:BORN is designed with its next life in mind. The collectible furniture, lighting, rugs and exhibition pieces presented throughout the exhibition are available for acquisition, while all remaining components will endure beyond the exhibition through reuse, recycling, reinvention or sale.
This catalogue captures the ideas, collaborators, processes and outcomes behind RE:BORN - a project that demonstrates how the most considered response to throwaway culture is imagination, and how design can continue evolving long after the exhibition ends.
