2012 future primitives

future primitives
future primitives
future primitives
future primitives
future primitives

2012 marks the year of the big breakthrough of Muller Van Severen. Curator Louis Vermeersch offers different internationally renowned designers a stage at the Biennale in Kortrijk and sneaks the young Muller Van Severen in. All of a sudden they’re exhibiting next to famous designers such as the Japanese Nendo. The exhibition is called Future Primitives, a title that inspired Muller Van Severen to think of how people would live in the years to come — probably in smaller spaces. Thus they design furniture that combine several basic functions into one object. But it doesn’t stop there. What makes their series so intriguing is the juxtaposition of these functions. For instance, rack + seat forces the home owner to sit really close to his book shelf. Writing desk puts the writer right into the rack. Duoseat + lamp urges people to sit really close without actually seeing each other.

All the objects are made with round steel bars instead of square-shaped or L-shaped profiles like the series before. The reason behind that is the focus on seating. Muller Van Severen wants to put forth the simplest way of designing a seat: by hanging a piece of cloth between two bars. In order to do that, the bars have to be round. Most of the objects of this series contain a natural leather seat. The steel frame is often unlacquered, showing the marks were the welding seams have been sanded. The shelves are made of polyethylene, an understated material that Muller Van Severen embraced since the beginning.

future primitives
future primitives
future primitives