GUIDA
“Overtone”
Oct01 - Oct18, 2026

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OIGÅLL PROJECTS presents Overtone, a new exhibition by Melbourne design studio GUIDA, bringing together furniture, lighting and audio objects developed around a shared consideration of time, use and longevity.

Rather than imagining an object for a fixed moment or singular set of circumstances, Overtone considers what it means to design for a life that will inevitably change. Spaces shift, habits evolve, materials age and tastes move on. Across the exhibition, change is understood not as a threat to an object’s relevance, but as something that can be anticipated within its design.

Components can be moved, removed, reconfigured, recovered or replaced, allowing each work to adapt to new environments and requirements without abandoning its original purpose. Longevity becomes not simply a question of physical durability, but an object’s capacity to remain useful, desirable and meaningful over time.

The exhibition includes Pan, a compact two-way speaker developed with Australian sound engineer Casey Hartnett; Set Desk, a castor-mounted steel work desk; Fold Lounge, formed from hand-finished folded aluminium with removable upholstery; and Signal, a machined aluminium lamp that shifts between uplight, ambient light and directional source according to its orientation. GUIDA’s modular Beautifully Basic Shelf system completes the collection.

Taken together, the works propose a quieter understanding of permanence: objects designed not to resist change, but to accommodate it.

Founded by industrial designer Thomas Guida, the Melbourne-based studio works across furniture, lighting, objects and audio, bringing together designers, fabricators and specialist collaborators through a materially driven approach to industrial design.