< img src="https://cdn.homecrux.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/100-chairs.jpg" alt=" "> A furnishings piece is way different than art pieces in our home, specifically a chair. Unlike wall paintings, a chair demands to be touched and trusted, functioning as a discussion between materials and human beings. A belief, the 2026 edition of Melbourne Style Week conveyed through its 100 Chairs exhibition.
Curated by Friends & Associates, the 100 Chairs exhibit silences the sound of the world to present us to the tactile luster of purely Australian-designed furniture. Amongst the rows and rows of raw experimentation and smart problem-solving, these 5 chairs not only caught our attention but asked us to pause and browse the eyes of the designer. Let’s check out the 5 best and quirky choices from the 100 Chairs exhibition from the 2026 Melbourne Style Week.
rest(less) Chair
The rest(less) chair is a speculative, sculptural furniture piece by Australian ceramicist and designer Bridget Saville. Made from extruded clay, the chair design was motivated by a period of physical and psychological health difficulties Saville was browsing at the time of production. It marks a bolder, bigger expansion in her ongoing style series. Stepping far from conventional furnishings restraints, the chair records a sense of liberty through a speculative, strong, and larger-scale technique to ceramics.
< blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow" > For rest [less], I was interested in the contrast between a kind that appears uneasy and animated, while concurrently being held within a static structure that, in turn, supplies a location for rest
— Bridget Saville
Image: Bridget Saville E63rd Sofa The E63rd Sofa is a renowned, customized modular piece created by Australian designer Nicholas Johnston. Understood for reimagining the classic discussion pit, it features an integrated table system that enables flexible configurations. The furniture balances sculptural sophistication with utility, adapting perfectly into sophisticated property and contemporary interiors. 
Image: Nicholas Maxwell Johnston ReStitch chair The ReStitch Low Chair by renowned Australian commercial designer Adam Goodrum is an innovative furniture piece that debuted at Melbourne Style Week 2026. It is a direct, refined evolution of his iconic, award-winning Stitch Chair, which originally made its debut in 1998. The initial Stitch Chair gained international acclaim for joining pieces of 2mm metal with an elaborate series of 12 incorporated piano hinges. With this year’s launch of the ReStitch series, Goodrum has pushed the limitations of accuracy engineering.
By additional refining the structural capacity of the internal hinges, he has scaled up the mechanisms to support much larger, lounge-oriented dimensions, making a significant low chair profile possible for the very first time. The ReStitch Low chair utilizes diligently laser-cut and formed stainless-steel pieces for smooth compact folding.
The ReStitch low chair (2026) displayed at the 100 Chairs exhibit during Melbourne Design Week 2026, is an alternative chair type stemmed from a folding furnishings principle that came from 1996. This chair is one typology within the ReStitch project. It shares a typical thread: its hinges are a visual feature as much as a technical one, making it possible for the chair to fold into a sheet-like profile without the telltale appearance of a standard collapsible chair when open.
— Adam Goodrum Studio
Image: Adam Goodrum Happy to Satisfy YouChair The chair’s complete title is”Pleased to satisfy you, hope you think my name,”a direct nod to the opening lyrics of the Rolling Stones’ iconic 1968 track, Compassion for the Devil. The design represents a dialogue in between the dark and mild sides of humankind. The chair beings in an intentional in-between space: it is simultaneously tough and soft, extreme and mild.
It is hand-carved from Oregon timber, with tufts of recycled Icelandic sheepskin and a carefully crafted brass rose. Bemelen thinks that the horned piece alludes to the devil, articulating that we are all a mix of excellent and evil.
Image: Scotty Bemelen Elba Dine Chair The Elba Dine Chair is a limited-edition chair that creates a minute of pause while welcoming people to link and experience through touch. Made in partnership with the local Australian designers, the chair sits at the core of what the studio Zenn Design represents.
It features a single double-frame architecture and sets a totally upholstered, plush cushion perfectly inside a very little light-weight external frame to accomplish a tidy, drifting aesthetic without compromising comfort.
Image: ZENN DESIGN The 100 Chairs feels like less of an exhibition and more of how we choose to fill our environments. The five highlighted pieces also review how design is much more than just a canvas; they invite us not just to sit, but to belong.