For 20 years, Muuto has carried Scandinavian design forward through a contemporary perspective, balancing functional thinking with emotional experience. To mark the milestone, the Danish design brand introduces two limited-edition designs and a new publication exploring the next chapters of Scandinavian design.
Next Chapters in Scandinavian Design
For more than a century, Scandinavian design has evolved beyond a singular aesthetic, shaped by honesty of form, everyday functionality and a deep respect for materials and craft.
Founded 20 years ago, Muuto builds on this foundation with an ambition to shape what comes next. Its approach balances rational thinking with emotional experience, bringing together the considered and the intuitive, the measurable and the felt.
As the brand celebrates its anniversary, this philosophy informs a continued exploration of intentional design: pieces and spaces that invite presence, reflection and human connection.
To mark the milestone, Muuto introduces two limited-edition designs, each released in a series of 150 numbered pieces.
Close to Heart by Spacon
Built from a precise system of aluminum profiles, the Close to Heart Chair reveals small heart-shaped connectors within its structure. The design balances architectural logic with emotional expression, turning a rational construction into a moment of warmth. Crafted in Denmark from extruded aluminum by Hydro, a leading aluminum company.
Shop Close to HeartClose to Heart Chair is conceived with love. Translating something deeply intuitive into a precise design language. The heart is universally recognizable - playful and a bit naive. The brain reads the form as care and safety, creating openness before analysis begins. Embedding that symbol within a precise aluminium system creates a tension between instinct and intelligence, play and precision.
- Spacon
Inner View Object
Designed as an invitation to pause, Inner View Object sits somewhere between an object and a mirror where shifting light moves across its surface in layered reflections—subtly reshaping how the surrounding space, and your place within it, comes into view, while inviting a slower kind of attention. Mouth-blown in Murano and finished by hand, each piece carries subtle variations in tone and brightness, honoring the region’s glassmaking heritage.
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I’ve always been interested in how objects can shift our perspective - how they can make us see a space, and ourselves within it, differently. With this piece, I wanted to take something familiar, like a mirror, and push it slightly out of context. By curving and refining it, it be- comes less about reflection as a function and more about perception, something that quietly expands your view and invites a moment of pause.
- Lise Vester
Next Chapters in Scandinavian Design
A book on Muuto’s perspective
Published by Gestalten in collaboration with Muuto, Next Chapters in Scandinavian Design: Muuto on Creating Intentional Spaces brings together essays, photography and conversations with designers, exploring how colour, form, tactility, nature and light shape our experience of the spaces we inhabit.
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Available at Muuto x Living Edge Woollahra
From 12 November to 3 December, Muuto x Living Edge Woollahra will host a special exhibition celebrating Muuto’s 20th anniversary, with an exclusive allocation of eight Close to Heart Chairs and eight Inner View Objects available for purchase. The exhibition forms part of a series of limited-edition releases at selected retailers worldwide.
The release offers a rare opportunity to experience the anniversary designs in person, marking two decades of Scandinavian design while looking towards the ideas and perspectives that will shape its future.
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