Sculptures grown from arctic seawater are among the projects in this roundup of seven of the most intriguing exhibitions from Melbourne Design Week.
Also among the pieces on show at the event, which is Australia's largest annual design festival, was a vending machine that sells snacks made from insects and pet furniture that serves multiple functions.
Now in its eighth edition, this year's Melbourne Design Week gathered over 300 exhibitions, displays, symposiums and talks throughout the city of Melbourne and the region of Victoria State, exploring the theme of Design the World You Want.
Read on for the seven key installations and exhibitions from this year's Melbourne Design Week:

Photo is courtesy of Sruli Recht
Abyssicide: Garments for drowning in, by Sruli Recht and RMIT Architecture Tectonic Formation Lab The Abyssicide installation comprised three suspended sculptures grown from water with the help of computational design and robotic fabrication.
Through the manipulation of electrified seawater combined with negatively charged surfaces, calcium and carbonate molecules were attached to objects.
The process employed a biomimetic technique that mimics how coral forms its skeleton, with the actual growth period lasting for over a year.
"By mimicking the way coral built its skeletal structure I figured out a way to straight up turn arctic seawater into solid objects," explained designer Sruli Recht.
"In the throes of a climate crisis, Abyssicide envisions a...