Melbourne-based designer – Danielle Brustman – has created a truly inspired work ‘Coloured in 2020’  as a site-specific installation for the NGV Triennial.  It is the exhibition design for her work ‘Spectrum: An Exploration of Colour’, which features works from the NGV Collection while incorporating her own furniture and lighting design work.

‘Coloured in 2020’ is a spectacular bringing-together of notions of colour and form and a playful nod to Le Corbusier’s Colour Keyboards.  In the installation piece , designer Danielle Brustman strives to challenge the perception of private and public space, creating a colour narrative where the dynamic keyboard pattern connects with display cases in the architectural environment of the exhibition, in particular making reference to Leonard French’s multi-coloured cut-glass ceiling in the Great Hall..

Danielle saw the possibilities for using Tretford carpet as the medium in this installation and through her stunning use of colour, she shows how the Tretford palette can be transformed.  She extends this sense of play to her kids workshop at the Triennial with a Le Corbusier-inspired colouring-in device and activity sheet as part of the Triennial events kids festival. – open for a limited season in 2021.

“Using the coloured carpet across the floor and balcony walls creates a physical and visual link between the corridor and balcony spaces and the entire installation.  

The use of carpet speaks to the domestic and architectural nature of Le Corbusier’s colour keyboards in their primary iteration. I used the Tretford carpet range for its extensive colour range and robust natural fibres.”  Danielle Brustman

Various colours of Tretford Roll were used in juxtaposition to the colours of Leonard French’s stained glass ceiling of the Gallery – the carpet was brilliantly installed by C4 National Flooring Services, VIC.