Melbourne, AU

AND, are an emerging Melbourne based design studio composed of duo Julian Allen and Samantha Duffee. Julian has a background in architecture, industrial design and furniture making while Samantha started out in textiles and surface design and then also went on to furniture and industrial design. As designer makers AND place great importance on material use, texture, inquiry and playfulness driven by their joint interest in process, enabling their practice to adapt to different projects and outcomes. “We look to create pieces that evoke curiosity in the viewer, or user by exploring simple forms with an emphasis on materiality in order to connect the user to the object in unexpected ways”.

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