Architecture firm studio MOTO launches modular furniture system STACK
The architectural firm studio MOTO launches STACK: a modular system with which aluminium cabinets, shelves, totems, side and coffee tables can be assembled.
STACK, the first furniture collection by Ghent-based architecture firm studio MOTO, can be seen as a playful family of stackable furniture, constructed from a limited number of aluminium components.
The system allows everyone to compose and 'build' a piece of furniture that meets their specific needs and wishes. Simple, effective, stable, stackable and expandable. Two round aluminium plates make a handy coffee table, but when you place six of them on top of each other, you suddenly get a sculptural totem that can be used as a pedestal or presentation furniture.
As in their architectural practice, studio MOTO's design for STACK seeks the tension between the functional and the adventurous. The collection starts from an everyday reality, but at the same time shows great design pleasure.
For both aesthetic and practical reasons, studio MOTO chose the neutral and timeless aluminium as its material. Apart from the interesting play of light and reflection and the natural patina the material acquires through use, aluminium is also light, strong and pliable. Specific to the collection is the duality between playful and austere, between elegant and robust, between everyday and adventurous and between timeless and contemporary.
The system arose from a practical necessity rather than from the desire to make a grand design statement. When studio MOTO searched in vain for a filing cabinet with a timeless design for their own office that could adapt to changing situations and grow with the office and its archive, they designed a system themselves.
STACK is a system that is clicked together and requires no screws or other mechanical fixings. The result is an extremely simple but versatile, durable and flexible furniture system that offers countless combinations and possibilities.
STACK launch
2 - 5 March 2023
Valerie Traan Gallery
Reyndersstraat 12
2000 Antwerp
- Thursday 2 March: 2pm-9pm (drinks)
- Friday 3 March: 2pm-7pm (drinks)
- Saturday 4 March: 2pm-6pm
- Sunday 5 March: 2pm-6pm
studio MOTO
studio MOTO was founded by Thomas Hick and Mo Vandenberghe. They designed, among other things, The Wunderkammer Residence for Museum Dhondt Dhaenens in Deurle, the mirrored chip shops in Brussels, the redevelopment of the botanical garden in Meise and the new Westerpunt observation tower in De Panne. They are currently working, among other things, on the new master plan and scenography for the Middelheim open-air museum in Antwerp.
