Creating Different.
Always.
Profile
Digital craftsperson, Marcus Piper, is based on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia – where he creates complex 3-dimensional art pieces and installations.
A trained industrial designer with over two-decades of Global experience in graphic design and publishing – his art practice brings these elements together using geometry, colour and innovations in manufacture.
Recognition
Across print, object and artworks Piper’s work has been awarded and published for over twenty years through:
Society of Publication Designers (NY)
Mercedes Benz Design Prize
AGDA
DENFAIR
The Financial Review
Australian Creative
Creative Review
Belle
Dezeen
+ Numerous books on design
COLLECTIONS
Piper’s works can be found as Editions or Commissions in many private homes and hospitality venues.
His work has been exhibited at:
Otomys Gallery Melbourne
Australian Design Centre
Tasmanian Design Centre
And has been acquired by:
OPTIC 01
An exhibit in black and white – exploring process, materiality and drawing.
Commissioned USEFUL OBJECTS
Photography SHANNON MCGRATH
POL OXYGEN
28 issues of a magazine of Global and personal significance :: 2001–2008.
FIELD
An annual look into the field of architecture, regionally.
Commissioned Regional Architecture Association
IDENTITIES
Selected identities crafted for a range of local and international clientelle.
TERROIR EDITIONS
A series of books exploring the facets of an architectural practice.
Commissioned URO PUBLISHING + TERROIR
SUN AND SHADOW
Part contemporary Australian history lesson and part Indigenous art publication on the Spinifex Arts Project. Edited by John Carty and Luke Scholes.
Commissioned UPSWELL PUBLISHING
HABITUS
Design, art direction and 3 consecutive re-designs over a decade for this journal of architecture and design.
Rockpool Bar and Grill
An iconic book for Neil Perry's iconic restaurant.
Commissioned MURDOCH BOOKS
Photography EARL CARTER
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART MAGAZINE
Art direction and design for the first magazine dedicated entirely to Australian aboriginal art.
AES
A private commission for an entire wall through a stairwell void. Produced in numerous carved panels, coated in bronze and 3D printed.
Commissioned Bijl Architecture
Photography Tim Robinson
DIFFERENCE 03 DOOR
Custom door and handles for a private home in embossed nickel and stainless steel.
GAMUT EXHIBITION
An exhibition with Alexandra Blac, curated by Atelier Jade Niklai exploring the GAMUT of possibilities in mirror with a collaborative chandelier sans light.
Commissioned USEFUL OBJECTS
Perspicere
Part of the EASEL Collection – a coffee table and artwork in printed, embossed, sand-blasted and mirrored glass. Now permanently held by the National Gallery of Victoria.
Photography Tim Robinson
SPECTRUM 2.0
A second-coming of the apparition in a colour-way inspired by guitars.
Photography Tim Robinson
SPECTRUM
An apparition of three dimensions. Glass, mirror and colour.
Commissioned NINA MAYA INTERIORS
SPECULO
Windows of colour and form resonating on a theme across multiple sites.
Commissioned NINA MAYA INTERIORS
Photography PRUE RUSCOE AND FELIX FOREST
FRACTURE :: DIFFERENCE
A collaborative show of works on aluminium with Shannon McGrath at the Australian Design Centre.
Photography Shannon McGrath
CADERE
A coffee table to fall into.
Commissioned Sydney Design Week 2022
Photography Tim Robinson
ITER
Editioned outdoor artwork with a brutalist concrete vibe.
Photography Tim Robinson
OROGRAPH
A visual weather system generated purely with vectors – printed and embossed on aluminium.
HALITO
A private commission that breathes life into a plane.
Commissioned NINA MAYA INTERIORS
Photography FELIX FOREST
UNDA
Reflecting the journey between floors UNDA captures the rear wall of this private elevator.
Commissioned NINA MAYA INTERIORS
Photography Felix Forest
OAK REDEFINED
Lenticular typography 5-axis CNC'd into the thermally modified American Red Oak fins for an exhibition space by Adam Markowitz.
Commissioned AMERICAN HARDWOOD EXPORT COUNCIL
Photography TIM ROBINSON
WORKS IN-SITU
From houses to hospo across various formats this is where things land.
