Designing and Prototyping Your First Chair
Presentation
A course by Muka Design Lab , Industrial design studio
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“We begin by telling you when our passion for furniture and design arose, how we met and how we founded our own studio; Muka Design Lab. In the studio we design for furniture manufacturers. In addition, we recently set up our own furniture publisher, Abana Bilbao, where we design and manufacture with local artisans, and we sell our own furniture and accessories online.”
In this video lesson Muka Design Lab addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing and Prototyping Your First Chair . Learn slow design techniques to build a wooden chair for artisanal production.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hello, welcome to this Domestika course. We are Luca and Laxmi from Muka Design Lab, an award-winning design studio and we tackle projects from furniture to small appliances. Our study received several awards internationally, as a RedDot Design Award in 2015 or a German Design Award in 2020, creating spaces with identity and character centered on the user. We believe in "slow design" and we work with great artisans that give identity and character to the products. Both the furniture and the objects we create They start with a story that brings each object to life. Our goal is t...”
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Course summary for: Designing and Prototyping Your First Chair
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Furniture Design & Making, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Product Design

Muka Design Lab
A course by Muka Design Lab
Founded by Lucas and Laxmi, Muka Design Lab is an award-winning industrial design studio specializing in furniture and consumer product design. Under the premise of slow design, the studio creates furniture and spaces with unique identity and character, working with local workshops and artisans to design everyday objects that reach people.
Their work has been featured in AD Architectural Design, Fast Company, Archi Expo, Dezeen, and El País. The studio’s projects have won international awards at exhibitions in Milan and Los Angeles, as well as a German Design Award and a RedDot Award for Design Concept.
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