Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
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 Desks and Writing Tables
Jade, Marble, Steel
2010s Chinese Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
20th Century Italian Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Cherry
20th Century English Regency Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Walnut
1970s American Vintage Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
Birdseye Maple, Maple
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
Travertine
2010s Italian Modern Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Maple
1940s French Vintage Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
Marble, Iron
20th Century English Modern Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Hardwood
2010s American Modern Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
Maple, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
Marble
2010s Indian Modern Studio MVW Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
