For Melbourne Design Week 2023, Coco Flip presents Linear, an exhibition of limited-edition lighting alongside a short film that explores the history and legacy of pleating. The exhibition poses two questions—What is the value of our local artisan industry? And what stands to be lost when these industries are no longer viable?

Working with Melbourne’s last remaining pleating factory—Specialty Pleaters in Williamstown—the lighting and design studio seeks to understand the historical significance of pleating and engage with the process, exploring new ways that pleating can be applied in a contemporary design context. “This project has been an opportunity for us to explore a more free, creative process, outside the commercial constraints of product design,” explains Kate Stokes, Coco Flip’s Founder and Co-Director.

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