CONCEPT
The golden thread that runs through MŪVEK’s first collection is that the pieces, through their detailing, tell the story of their “method of assembly” as Chris puts it. The highly refined and ingeniously designed joints and intersections – the elements where parts come together – are expressed rather than hidden, their construction becoming the aesthetic.
While the “Stiletto Table”, now known as the MŪ811, was executed in brass and steel, the rest of the range explores similar approaches and principles in a variety of natural materials, extending the palette to include aluminium, stone, timber and leather.
“There is beauty in expressing the way things come together and how different materials interact on certain pieces,” says Chris. A playful dimension is introduced when the logic of assembly is deliberately made to look structurally “tenuous”, as Chris explains. Often, through a trick of the eye, there is an apparent fragility or precariousness in certain joints or intersections, where weight and lightness are juxtaposed.
There is a subtle contrast between the boldness of the expression of the natural characteristics of raw materials – often reinforced by their weight and bulk of certain elements – in dialogue with the refinement and delicacy of other parts.
Apart from the comfort and tactile richness of MŪVEK’s designs, they prompt an awareness not only of the everyday use of a furniture item but also of the design and manufacture process. In articulating their assembly, these pieces express the modernist principle of honest construction and truth to materials. The designs consciously explore the relationship between industry and art, uniqueness and mass production. Their beauty embodies a certain tension and contradictory spirit that gives them an artistic dimension.
MŪVEK has developed each item in the range working closely with a select group of skilled craftsmen and manufacturers. While each item is signed and numbered, and issued with a certificate of authenticity, the items in the range are made to order and constitute an open edition.
