Curious about where agtech is heading and the opportunities for advanced manufacturing in Fishermans Bend? In partnership with Farmers 2 Farmers, we are hosting a lunch and learn session for local businesses and innovators to learn more about the cross-sector opportunities in agriculture for design, engineering and advanced manufacturing businesses and innovators in Fishermans Bend.

What do you see? Have you got an idea that could transform this waste into a circular design product?

In partnership with CBCo Brewery, No Bull Cause is hosting a design challenge competition to inspire more circular thinking in design. 

Join us at the Fishermans Bend Circular Design Collective for a series of three monthly design sessions - or create-tanks - to reimagine what these unused cans and plastic beer tops from CBCo could be transformed into.   The only limits are your imagination!  

Curious about quantum physics and what it could offer your business in the future? Join us for a lunch and learn session with Chris Ferrie, notable quantum educator, best selling author for an introduction to quantum computing and explore modern applications for start ups and small business.

Presented by in collaboration with Romulus Folio Gallery, this session is open to all peoples from all ancestral lineages as we share conversation, stories, and songs that have been sung into being from our ancestors. Perhaps a space within you will open to become more curious about your culture’s own stories and traditions.

Weaving Three Stories returns for its third workshop in Fishermans Bend, led by First Peoples to foster intercultural connection through storytelling and creative practice. Join this hands-on emu feather flower-making session alongside art, ceremony, and shared reflections on caring for Country.

Join us for an engaging networking event and panel discussion exploring how placemaking can shape thriving, people-first precincts.  Hear from three leading voices in urban transformation - REDO × Atelier × FB IDEAs — each offering practical insights into how we can use spaces in the meantime to grow cities that are inclusive, activated, and made for community.

Embrace the stillness of winter and reconnect with your inner voice in this 90-minute Writing for Wellbeing Workshop, held in the evocative setting of the Romulus Folio Gallery during its current winter exhibition.

Join Precious Plastics Melbourne for a fun and interactive school holiday workshop where kids can learn about plastic recycling. This free hands-on session introduces micro-recycling technology and explores the circular economy, inspiring young changemakers to take action on plastic waste.

Join Precious Plastics Melbourne for a fun and interactive school holiday workshop where kids can learn about plastic recycling. This free hands-on session introduces micro-recycling technology and explores the circular economy, inspiring young changemakers to take action on plastic waste.

How does art shape our experience of space? Texture and Colour in Spatial Design explores how contemporary abstract art transforms environments and deepens our connection to place. Part of Melbourne Design Week 2025 and supported by FB IDEAs.

Join Angelina for a conversation about her time as artist in residence at the Gladstone — a space in transition that has offered fertile ground for exploration, connection, and reimagining what a gallery can be.

Weaving Three Stories is a First Peoples-led workshop series in Fishermans Bend exploring culture, connection, and place through yarning and weaving. Join Workshop 2 on 21 June for storytelling, performances, and hands-on coil weaving.

No Bull Cause retail pop ups offer an opportunity to see and purchase unique upcycled and reimagined fashion products made by No Bull Cause at the Fishermans Bend Circular Design Collective.

Join us to celebrate the launch of ‘Tides and Transformation’ , featuring works by Angelina Mirabito and Samuel Galloway, alongside contributions from other local artists connected to the area, that respond to the unique character and layered history of Fishermans Bend — a landscape shaped by industry, erosion, and renewal.

Join artist Angelina Mirabito for a nurturing and expressive palette knife painting workshop that invites you to transform emotion into bold, textured art.

Weaving Three Stories fosters belonging through yarning and weaving workshops led by First Peoples. Held in changing communities like Fishermans Bend, the project deepens appreciation of First Peoples' culture by weaving stories of place and connection. Open to all including children 10+, it invites the broader community to engage in intercultural dialogue.

Join The Gladstone’s Artist in Residence Angelina Mirabito for a Design Week workshop exploring monochrome painting as a powerful expression of emotion and meaning.

No Bull Cause retail pop ups offer an opportunity to see and purchase unique upcycled and reimagined fashion products made by No Bull Cause at the Fishermans Bend Circular Design Collective.

Part of Melbourne Design Week, From Waste to Worth showcases bold, circular design using reclaimed textiles—proving that sustainability and innovation go hand in hand. Supported by FB IDEAs, this exhibition invites you to explore how Australia’s textile waste can become a foundation for a more creative, conscious future.

Explore how design and ecology intersect to reimagine urban waterways at Novel Natures, the opening event of the Novel Futures exhibition. Join a thought-provoking panel and enjoy exhibition viewing with refreshments before and after. This is a Melbourne Design Week 2025 event.

Featuring as part of Melbourne Design Week, this in-situ prototype—robotically fabricated from tree cut-offs—explores more-than-human habitats for native bees and insects. The project reimagines urban design at Fishermans Bend through biodiversity networks and regenerative, non-human-centred approaches.

FB IDEAs and Heliotope invite you to Grow Community—a conversation with architect Jane Caught on building a regenerative practice within the current construction system. Hear how Heliotope is trialling circular materials and place-based strategies in Fishermans Bend.

Join The Gladstone’s Artist in Residence Angelina Mirabito and filmmaker Sam Galloway for an intimate discussion on the power of light in art and storytelling—how it shapes perception, evokes emotion, and reveals deeper narratives.