Objectspace

Objectspace in Auckland is a public gallery dedicated to the fields of design, craft and architecture. Through exhibitions, events and publishing, the gallery celebrates the past, present and future of the country's material culture.

The gallery was established in 2004 after a working group of prominent local makers, art writers and curators identified a lack of support for applied arts. In 2017 an architecturally refurbished gallery on Rose Road in Ponsonby was launched. Once an industrial space, this building is now a national home for making practices. From Rose Road and a satellite gallery in Christchurch, Objectspace delivers an annual programme of exhibitions, events, publishing and more, all celebrating the best practice and thinking in design, craft and architecture.

You can visit free exhibitions and attend events at Objectspace all year round.

Image credits:

1. ĀKAU: Te Reo Māori on the Streets in Pohewa Pāhewa: a Māori design kaupapa, 2023, photograph by Sam Hartnett

2. Toro Whakaara: Responses to our built environment, 2021/2022, photograph by Sam Hartnett

3. TDC68 Aotearoa: The World's Best Typography, 2023, photograph by Jinki Cambronero

4. Photograph by David St George

5. Collectors’ Night Out event, 2023, photograph by David St George

6. Emma Fitts: Lapping at Your Door, 2022 Courtyard Plinth Commission, photograph by Sam Hartnett

7. Tender Brick: The Material Epiphanies of Peter Hawkesby, 2020/2021, photograph by Sam Hartnett

8. Deadweight Loss: The Value of Making, 2020, photograph by Sam Hartnett

9. Judy Darragh: Competitive Plastics, 2021, photograph by Sam Hartnett