Granite boulders skewered on metal poles are used to display jewellery in this Melbourne showroom designed by Richard Stampton Architects.
Located in the city's central business district, the all-white industrial showroom was created by the Phillip Island-based firm for Melbourne jewellery designer Cushla Whiting.
The space features whitewashed walls, concrete flooring and exposed beams and pillars.

The "floating" boulder display cases are installed across one half of the open plan showroom, while the other half is given over to office space with bright yellow desks and a conference table surrounded by stools for meetings.
The office can be divided off from the showroom by lowering a series of mustard-coloured curtains that hang between pillars.
Arranged in a layout inspired by astrological constellations, the display cases are made up of granite boulders mounted on poles and encircled by transparent tubes. Items of jewellery are arranged across or mounted within the boulders' surfaces.
The clear tubes that shield the displays slide up and down on counter-balanced weights so that showroom staff can easily access them.

Richard Stampton Architects said that the idea to use granite boulders stemmed from time spent on the coast of south-eastern Australia.

"Common across our southern latitude in Australia are incredible ancient white quartz-laden granite boulders," explained Stampton.
"They usually form the raised headlands as bookends to the w...