Artbank

“The designers and their clients have made many more decisions about what not to do than what to do – and all to the enrichment of the project.”

Artbank is home to a contemporary Australian art collection that belongs to us all – that is, the 10,000-plus artworks are available to the public via an art leasing initiative. This is the clear message that emerges from much of the collateral issued by the thirty-eight-year-old institution, and it is communicated with vigour and enthusiasm to all visitors to the new converted warehouse site in Melbourne’s Collingwood. Edition Office has taken this democratization of art into the heart of its design for