Balarinji was engaged by Frasers Property Australia to design public art installations for Burwood Brickworks in Victoria, Australia, the world’s most sustainable shopping centre. Balarinji worked with local Wurundjeri, Dja Dja wurrung and Njuari illum wurrung artist, Mandy Nicholson to develop the artwork concept that was deeply embedded to Place and reflected the Wurundjeri culture. The installations included a ceiling mural and outer facade murals.

Balarinji is Australia’s foremost Indigenous design and strategy studio. As an Aboriginal Australian-owned studio, Balarinji is founded on authentic engagement with Aboriginal people, culture, art, stories and identity. Our ethos is design excellence and deepening the understanding of Aboriginal Australia for major art and design projects nationally and internationally. Our work spans urban regeneration, infrastructure, precinct planning, branding campaigns, public art and curatorial, workplace interiors and digital.

Since 1983, Australia’s foremost Indigenous design and strategy studio, Balarinji has worked to deepen the understanding of Aboriginal Australia for major projects nationally. Founded by our current Chair, Yanyuwa man John Moriarty AM, and current Managing Director, Ros Moriarty, the studio delivers design excellence and authentic engagement with Aboriginal people, culture, art, stories and identity. Balarinji is known for our many iconic and nation-building design projects, including the Balarinji-Qantas Flying Art Series, featuring five aircraft with Aboriginal artwork livery between 1984 and 2018, as well as the Rio 2016 Paralympics Australian uniforms, the 2000 Walk for Reconciliation official poster, and many more. The studio has worked across a wide range of installation media and on many different interior and exterior sites, including large-scale public infrastructure, interpretive precincts, parklands, national and international institutions, corporate offices, retail outlets, public spaces and also uniforms. Over almost four decades Balarinji has developed an innovative co-design methodology that brings local Aboriginal creative practitioners and communities to the table for authentic storytelling, interpretation and a legacy of place within some of Australia’s largest public projects.