THE EVENT

Join us to celebrate the start of the second Fremantle Design Week and open the exhibition ‘Liam Young: Planetary Transition’.

We’re excited to welcome Liam Young to Fremantle and you’ll be mesmerised by his powerful and provocative video works, presented in Western Australia for the first time.

The bar will be open and we’re looking forward to kicking off a week of inspiring design events across the port city!

This is a free event however registration is essential — all are welcome.

The PS Art Space is the Fremantle Design Week Hub. Check the program for events happening across the week.

ABOUT FREMANTLE DESIGN WEEK

Fremantle Design Week is a biennial festival of design and design ideas. Western Australia’s first multi-disciplinary design festival, it is a week-long program of talks, exhibitions, tours, workshops, open studios and special events.

Fremantle Design Week is presented by DesignFreo, a platform celebrating design and designers in the port city of Fremantle / Walyalup and beyond.

Visit DesignFreo’s website and find us on Instagram:

designfreo.org
@designfreo

ABOUT LIAM YOUNG

Liam Young is an LA-based designer, director and BAFTA-nominated producer who operates in the spaces between design, fiction and futures. His visionary films and speculative worlds are both extraordinary images of tomorrow and urgent examinations of the environmental questions facing us today.

As a worldbuilder, he visualises the cities, spaces and props of our imaginary futures for the film and television industry, working in Hollywood and across the globe. His own acclaimed films have been widely exhibited and are in the collections of international museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, Cooper Hewitt, the V&A, the NGV, M Plus Hong Kong and MoMA.

Liam has been acclaimed in both mainstream and design media including features with TED, Wired, New Scientist, Arte, Canal+, Time magazine and many more.

Liam’s film work is informed by his academic research and he has held guest professorships at Princeton University, MIT, and Cambridge. He now runs the ground-breaking Masters in Fiction and Entertainment at SCI Arc in Los Angeles.

EVENT SUPPORTER: WARDERS HOTEL

The Warders Hotel is generously hosting Liam Young in Fremantle.

The Warders Hotel is is a small boutique hotel nestled within the historic limestone cottages that once housed Fremantle’s Warders. Built in 1851, the cottages are a significant part of Fremantle’s rich cultural and historic heritage, having served as accommodation for the warders of the nearby Fremantle Prison.

Carefully restored to preserve their historic charm, the cottages now offer a serene retreat in the vibrant heart of Fremantle. Each room is a refined sanctuary, blending original timbers and stonework with modern luxury finishes. Thoughtfully sourced furniture, art, and textiles create a calm and inspiring space.