About Us
METAL STORAGE FURNITURE, MADE IN PORTUGAL.
UTIL develops furniture for storing, organising, and displaying belongings. The collection grows slowly — each design has to solve a modern problem and last a lifetime.
UTIL develops furniture for storing, organising, and displaying belongings. The collection grows slowly — each design has to solve a modern problem and last a lifetime.
Everything begins with curiosity about how people live, what they keep, and what needs sorting out. A dead corner, recurring clutter, a frequently lost object. Small things. Worth fixing.
Every product uses the minimum amount of metal. Not as a constraint, as a principle. The group of designers stays small, each fluent in clarity and material economy. The furniture is light, straightforward, and made to be used.
Everything is produced in Portugal, close enough to visit. We work directly with the manufacturers — the people who know the machines, the materials, and the process. Most pieces are made to order. No excess, no waste.
DESIGNERS
CPRV
CPRV industrial design practice is a collaborative project run by Camille Paillard and Romain Voulet, working between London and Marseille. Formed by designers gathered together from different backgrounds, the creative office designs product, lighting, furniture, interior spaces and all things to live with. The studio’s body of work is informed by an intuitive understanding of contemporary life, sensitive to context of use and always looking for a balance between materiality, simplicity and usefulness in its designs.
FROM INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
FROM INDUSTRIAL DESIGN is a collaboration between Cesare Bizzotto and Tobias Nitsche founded after having obtained their Master together in Product design from ECAL (CH). As a team, they take advantage of their cultural diversity, at the same time sharing a common vision on design. Their thorough approach to the project has allowed the two young designers to immediately collaborate with some of the most prestigious companies in the sector.
Jeanne Mercier
Jeanne Mercier is a product designer based in Paris, born in 1998. She graduated from ECAL/University of Art and Design in Switzerland in 2019 with a degree in Product Design, where she developed a keen eye for detail and an interest in shaping materials. After graduation, Jeanne began working as a project assistant for Julie Richoz and Rodolphe Parente. In addition to her work in industrial design, Jeanne has also established herself as an independent designer. Her creative projects span a variety of disciplines, including furniture, textiles and set design, and are characterised by their practicality and versatility. Jeanne’s designs focus on meeting the needs of the user, while reflecting her sensitivity and curiosity about craft.
Manuel Amaral Netto
MANUEL AMARAL NETTO graduated from ESAD-Cr in 2006 acquired a Master in Design Products at ECAL (CH) in 2013. Co-founds FROM INDUSTRIAL DESIGN in 2014 He has since then worked for a variety of different brands and institutions such as Cassina (IT), USM (CH), Leucos (IT), Baccarat (FR), AICEP (PT) or Vista Alegre (PT). He is the cp-founder and Head of Design of UTIL.
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