Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
French architect Virginie Moriette and Chinese designer Xu Ming of Studio MVW draw on their distinct backgrounds and cultures for collaborative pieces that elegantly reimagine expected forms of furniture. The duo uses eclectic materials and sculptural forms for creative pieces as well as in their designs for interiors and architecture.
Moriette and Ming are especially inspired by nature as something that links both Western and Chinese design. Ming studied at Penninghen Graphic Arts and Interior Architecture High School in Paris as well as with designers including Didier Gomez, Eric Raffy and Paul Andreu before returning to China in 2004. Moriette studied at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-La Villette and likewise worked with Andreu, meeting Ming while working on a project in Shanghai. Their first furniture designs came out of the pieces they were creating for their own home, such as wooden bookshelves that evoked the shapes of tree trunks. Together they cofounded Studio MVW in Shanghai in 2006.
Moriette and Ming now work on smaller scale projects like limited-edition objects and individual furniture pieces as well as entire interiors, regularly harmonizing disparate materials such as bronze, jade, marble and lacquer. Their Jinye series, for instance, features tables made from Patagonian quartzite while their JinShi console involves discs made of pink jade that are illuminated from within. Their architecture and interior designs include the Aoyama Lab Dessert Bar in Beijing, which juxtaposes glass and mesh with wood and stone, and the Shanghai showroom for Pierre Cardin where circular portals frame the housewares.
As they told Design Anthology: “Whatever the object or project, we draw inspiration from its context, the client’s needs and personality and always from nature, with the objective of giving all projects a special identity with a hint of poetry.” Studio MVW’s work has included designs for Giorgetti, Roche Bobois and Richemont Group.
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2010s Asian Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Stone, Bronze
2010s Chinese Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Laminate, Plywood
1970s European Post-Modern Vintage Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
Late 19th Century English Regency Antique Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
2010s American American Craftsman Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1920s French Vintage Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Dutch Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Studio MVW Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Laminate
