lessons from the reef,
libations for a false god
2025

This section documents an external group exhibition held on Friday, 14th November 2025. Hosted by XFLOS at their Collingwood Yards floristry studio, Flowerclub, the show brought together the distinct graduation projects of three 2025 RMIT Industrial Design Honours peers: Kar Yen Lim; Paper Offerings, Yi Jun Kwa; The Year of Play, and my own collection, Lessons from the Reef.
(@lcaryen, @yijuuuuunn, @flowerclub.xflos)

The presentation below captures the opening night, focusing on the dialogue between my porcelain vessels and bespoke floral installations. Within the botanical context of Flowerclub, the ceramic forms became part of a living landscape, their coral-inspired architectures interacting directly with organic matter to amplify themes of ecological fragility and transient beauty.

Beyond its conceptual execution, the exhibition represented a bridge between academic research and commercial viability. The opening night was a success, with sales completely offsetting the year's production expenses, material fees, and concept development costs. Through these images, the collection is contextualised not merely as static design objects, but as active, resonant artifacts celebrating the culmination of a year-long creative inquiry.