Lamington Drive is pleased to present 'Blue Sky Days', an exhibition by Clemens Habicht – part of the Melbourne Design Week 2024 satellite program. The show features a sea of colourful Sail Kites, each a unique piece of art, craft and design, and a new video artwork, Uttarayan, from Habicht’s years of research at the kite festivals of Gujarat and Rajasthan, India. The kites demonstrate sustainable design in action and promote a culture of sustainability both in the manufacturing process and in the global end user market. The project is committed to using no new plastics in the production – all components are sourced from either organic or recycled materials, reusing spinnaker sails that are no longer fit for sailing to create a valuable resource out of a something otherwise destined for landfill. Visitors are invited to fly kites with Clemens in a public program on Sat 25 May, including workshops that share in the art of flying these traditional single line fighters. The exhibition also coincides with the product launch to the public of the Sail Kites and the first edition kites will be available to purchase. Clemens Habicht is an illustrator, graphic designer and film maker based in Paris, France and Sydney, Australia. He has directed music videos for Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Tame Impala and Flume as well as the Sydney Dance Company and has been featured at the Edinburgh Film Festival, the BFI London and CamerImage Festival Poland. He has been invited to speak on design at Semi Permanent festival and to guest lecture at the Bauhaus Universitat in Weimar. He is the creative director of The Play Group, makers of the 1000 Colours puzzle, and is a director of Galerie Allen in Paris