Broached Commissions to Design VIP Lounge as a Living Archive
For Melbourne Art Fair 2026, Broached Commissions will create a VIP Lounge focused on floral art; from 18th Century paintings on vellum to AI digital speculations on flora. The space will be conceived as a living archive of how women artists, from the 18th century to today, have rendered the natural world as both scientific inquiry and emotional landscape.
The lounge will combine living floral installations with the artworks. Floral art by Hattie Molloy will entwine with sculptural furniture by K5 and the warm acoustics of Bang&Olufsen sound systems, creating a contemplative refuge amid the fair’s intensity.
Across the exhibition, artworks by artists that represent how the natural world has been utilised as a reflection, rebellion and rebirth across centuries and continents will be placed within Molloy’s floral arrangements, an immersive relationship between staged and artistic explorations of nature. An ambient soundscape of abstracted natural environments, produced by artist k8 mo55, will inhabit the lounge, unifying it as an immersive experience.
“We are excited to curate a VIP Lounge around a set theme and work with Hattie and K8 mo55 to add more sensory layers to the space. Our desire was to bring warmth and calm to the space.” said Lou Weis, founder of Broached Commissions.
Melbourne Art Fair returns 19 – 22 February 2026 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Tickets are on sale now.
Broached Commissions is a research and narrative-driven production house. We commission and create collectible design and provide creative direction for public art and interior commercial spaces, such as hotels and hospitality.
Broached has had survey shows at the UCCA (Beijing) and NGV Ian Potter Centre (Melbourne). Their work is collected by museums and private collectors globally and they were the first Australian design house to show at Design Miami in 2019. Broached is committed to a narrative focused critique not just of history, but the role of design in defining each moment in history. To achieve this Broached has established a global network of relationships with curators and designers who they collaborate with regularly.
Broached was founded in 2010 by Creative Director Lou Weis and includes Lincoln Perdrisat as Designer.
