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5 Things We Learned from MUT Design

prominently displayed within MUT Design’s al fresco iteration of the annual Das Haus installation at IMM Cologne this January, the influence of the Spanish vernacular resounded. Since establishing their Valencia-based practice in 2010, co-founders Alberto Sanchez and Eduardo Villalon have garnered widespread admiration for graphically reimagining quotidian objects, acquiring a growing during the fair, this success has been informed as much by their Mediterranean roots and proximity to local manufacturers as by their uncompromising commitment to an unhurried, confidently open-ended approach. “It’s never done!” Sanchez says of the firm’s latest product for German manufacturer Pulpo. “I’m already thinking about changing the dimensions.”

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