Award of Merit:

JamFactory for Heli Pendant Light

JamFactory is a unique not-for-profit organisation that champions the social, cultural and economic value of craft and design in daily life. Through our programs we inspire audiences, build careers, and extend contemporary craft and design into new markets. 

For almost 50 years, JamFactory has been supporting and promoting innovative and outstanding craft and design through our studios, galleries and shops. Located in Adelaide’s West End Creative Precinct, with a secondary site at Seppeltsfield in the Barossa, JamFactory is a unique not-for-profit organisation supported by the South Australian Government and recognised globally as a centre for excellence. 

JamFactory’s four studios in Ceramics, Glass, Furniture, and Jewellery and Metal provide a two year skills and business Associate Program for artists and designers, as well as independent studio spaces for some of Australia’s best emerging creative talent. Our exhibition and retail spaces showcase contemporary Australian craft practice and offer a wide range of high quality and collectable craft and design. We also work with like minded organisations, architects and designers to design and manufacture bespoke elements for specialty commissions and projects. Our furniture, lighting and homewares collection - jam - collaborates with a diverse array of local designers, makers and fabricators, combining traditional skills with modern manufacturing. 

JamFactory’s shops, exhibitions, public programs and touring exhibitions promote the best Australian craft and design talent. All purchases made from JamFactory directly support our training and exhibition program.

About the Project

Drawing on over 45 years experience; jam by JamFactory presents a uniquely Australian designed and made collection of furniture, lighting and objects. jam collaborates with a diverse array of local designers, makers and fabricators, combining traditional skills with modern manufacturing. This mix of individual creativity and skill combined with an emphasis on materials and processes shapes a distinctive voice in Australian design. 

Combining silversmithing, blacksmithing and jewellery techniques, Rowsaan create beautifully crafted objects made with integrity. Strong lines and sleek powder coated aluminium come together in the Heli Pendant, which offers a modern statement light suitable for both commercial and residential spaces.

Category: Use

Designers and Project Team:
Rowan McLachlan
Saan Davidson