Founded by Thomas Hick and Mo Vanderberghe, Belgium-based Studio Moto’s debut furniture collection aptly dubbed Stack is a modular system that lets you be the designer and create ever-evolving, bespoke interior pieces by using a virtual configurator.
What if we could take the lead in a perpetual, intuition-charged dance with the objects we’ve let enter our homes? We would never tire or lose interest because we get to witness how as these physical pieces shapeshift, they mirror all the nuances and vibrations that define the chapters of our lives. Rooted in playfulness, Belgium-based Studio Moto’s debut furniture collection entitled Stack would be more than an ideal dance partner to lose sense of time with.
Created by Thomas Hick and Mo Vanderberghe, the sustainable modular system of sculptural and stackable cabinets, shelves, totems, and tables allows you to continuously compose a piece of furniture that meets your specific needs and wishes.
Made up of 14 components, Stack is an extremely simple to use (and play with) modular furniture system. – © Studio Moto
The concept was born out of necessity. Studio Moto found themselves looking for a filing cabinet of a timeless design for their own office that could adapt to changing scenarios and grow alongside the space and its archive. It was in vain, so Hick and Vanderberghe began shaping the mood board for their own system in which they identified simplicity, effectiveness, stability, stackability, and expandability as keywords. The outcome is an outstandingly versatile, durable, and flexible furniture system that offers countless combinations and configurations.
Stack utilizes untreated aluminum. The material’s distinctive imperfections give each piece a unique visual identity and presence. As a recyclable, timeless, and practical industrial material, aluminum acquires a beautiful patina through use. – © Studio Moto
Stack is made up of 14 recyclable aluminum components: three vertical connectors, three circles, three squares, and five rectangular shelves. By using a virtual configurator, these parts enable you to construct everything from cabinets and multi-level shelves with dividers to totems and round coffee tables using the collection’s circular plates. All components are available in six shades–Raw Aluminum, Granite Grey, Patina Green, Zinc Yellow, Peach Pink, and Night Blue. Multiple colors can be combined to create an engaging custom palette or you can go monochromatic for a neutral space.
Everything clicks together: requiring no screws or other mechanical fastenings, the system allows for countless configurations and bespoke combinations. – © Studio Moto
Chosen for its recyclability, strength, lightness, and timelessness, all the pieces that make up the furniture collection are made out of aluminum. Apart from the captivating interplay between light and reflection as well as the natural patina aluminum acquires through use, the material is also superbly pliable.
The pieces come in Raw Aluminum, Granite Grey, Patina Green, Zinc Yellow, Peach Pink, and Night Blue, and can be mixed and matched to create custom palettes and color combinations. – © Studio Moto
Stack also doesn’t require screws, mechanical fixings, or tools of any kind and simply clicks together each time like a 3D puzzle. Two round aluminum plates can create a handy coffee table, but when you place six of them on top of each other, you suddenly get a sculptural totem that can be used as a pedestal or presentation furniture.
Founded by Thomas Hick and Mo Vanderberghe (pictured above), Studio Moto’s family of sculptural and stackable cabinets, shelves, totems, and tables is as liberating as it is innovative. – © Studio Moto
Studio Moto has spearheaded the design of The Wunderkammer Residence for the Dhondt Dhaenens Museum in Deurle, Belgium, and the mirrored chip shops in Brussels and has been part of the redevelopment of the botanical garden in Meise, Belgium, and the new Westerpunt observation tower in De Panne, Belgium. Among other projects, the team is currently working on the new master plan and scenography for the Middelheim Open-Air Museum in Antwerp.
Designing one’s personal Stack is all about freedom. Extremely minimalist yet multifaceted and adaptable, the modular system blends function and adventure in brand-new ways as it very much is crafted to reflect one’s ever-changing frame of mind.
