Synthesis Design + Build

ACMI | Game Worlds ~ Synthesis recently completed the production design and off-site fabrication of selected joinery for ACMI's new playable exhibition.

Game Worlds features more than 30 videogames from the 1970s to today, with 44 playable moments alongside original builds, rare design materials and hands-on prototypes you won’t find anywhere else!

Needless to say, the gamers on the Synthesis team were thrilled to be working on a variety of custom angular plinths, desks, counters and the Giant Xbox Controller pictured. The giant controller was fabricated as oversized, fully operational units with integrated functional parts, bringing the gaming experience to a new scale.

Thanks to the ACMI exhibition and technical teams for the opportunity to be part of the build and assist in bringing this incredible experience to life.

The exhibition runs until 29 March 2026.

Photography: Mark Ashkanasy

Australian Space Agency | Custom Plinth ~ Over the past 38 years, we have crafted thousands of plinths to display and support everything from priceless artifacts to a 67-million-year-old Triceratops skeleton. This month, we had the privilege of creating a custom circular plinth — sculpted to resemble a lunar landscape — for the 18th Australian Space Forum in Adelaide.

The plinth proudly showcased “Roo-ver,” Australia’s first lunar rover, developed in collaboration with NASA for a future Artemis mission. This semi-autonomous rover is designed to collect lunar soil (regolith) and potentially extract oxygen, an innovation that could play a vital role in supporting future human exploration of the moon and Mars.

The plinth was fabricated using a combination of precision CNC cutting and detailed hand sculpting, fitted to a custom circular joinery base. It was then hand-painted and finished to create the appearance of the moon’s landscape.

Thanks to the Australian Space Agency for allowing Synthesis to support Roo-ver and the Forum.

Photos:  Australian Space Agency and Synthesis

Temporary walls to provide introduction, a place to exhibit or reconfigure a space. The temporary wall system has been a service provided by Synthesis for more than three decades. Our temporary walls offer free standing, self-supporting, engineered solutions where permanent walls cannot be installed.  Temporary walls are also a sustainable alternative to the traditional stud and plaster walls that can not be deinstalled or repurposed at the end of a project.

A recent project featuring our custom designed and produced temporary walls is ‘Aftershocks: Nolan and the Holocaust’ at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.  The exhibition showcases a series of raw, emotive works by celebrated Australian artist Sidney Nolan.

The exhibition is showing until 2 August 2025.

Exhibition developed by the Sydney Jewish Museum.

Research and Curation: Katharine Cousins
Exhibition Producer: Dr Breann Fallon
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Yarra Ranges Regional Museum | A Toast to Melba ~ It has been wonderful to support Yarra Ranges Regional Museum once again with custom graphic elements and joinery. "A Toast to Melba" shares rarely seen objects, photographs and personal treasures from Coombe Yarra Valley, Arts Centre Melbourne and Yarra Ranges Regional Museum — brought together for the first time in this dynamic new exhibition.

Thanks again to the YRRM exhibition team for the opportunity to assist you on this project.

Photo - Sean Paris Photography








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