Flotsam at Milano Design City
Brodie Neill MFA 04 FD is proud to collaborate with Galleria Rossana Orlandi for the inaugural Milano Design City, a celebration of design, art and culture.
Brodie Neill is internationally renowned for creating striking, sinuous and sculptural designs rooted in material research, technical rigour and craft know-how.
A longstanding champion of using ocean plastic waste to create new materials, Brodie Neill represented Australia at the inaugural London Design Biennale in 2016 at Somerset House with a critically acclaimed installation Plastic Effects, where he launched a self-created new material Ocean Terrazzo and his now iconic Gyro table. He presented a multimedia installation Drop in the Ocean, an Official London Design Festival Project the following year. Capsule, Brodie’s latest design work engaging with the issue of ocean plastic was exhibited at Museo Nazionale della Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci in Milan. Brodie has spoken internationally about his Ocean Plastic series of works, most notably at the European Union Parliament and the United Nations.
A University of Tasmania and Rhode Island School of Design graduate, since establishing his studio in London’s East End in 2008, Brodie has worked with an impressive roster of clients including Riva1920, Swarovski and Kundalini. He has collaborated with international brands including Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz and Alexander McQueen, and his limited edition works are included in museums, galleries and private collections around the globe.
