Muller Van Severen

Together with his life and creative partner, photographer Fien Muller, Hannes Van Severen has piqued international interest with his furniture designs. A look into their studio space reveals a collection of various pieces and works in progress, each of them constructed out of thin wire frames in gestures that suggest a spark of creative humour, ‘a quest for intersections,’ as they explain.

The two met over their shared passion for sculpture. Hannes tells: ‘Fien studied photography for four years at the Academy of Ghent. I started sculpture at Sint-Lucas in Ghent. After her studies in photography, Fien also started sculpture and there we met.’ Thoush it took them quite a few years to work together as a couple, Fien states that ‘there was an ambition to work together, we just never found a medium.’ Hannes adds: ‘Three years ago, a design and art gallery in Antwerp asked Fien to do an exhibition, together with an invited artist and Fien asked me!’ At the same time, they were renovating what was to become the home that they now live in with their two daughters. Of course Murphy’s Law interjected and refused allowance of electricity above the dining area. ‘So we thought of a table with a lamp. That was the first thing we made, and immediately we felt it was something right. The other furniture pieces came spontaneously, and we decided to have the exhibition with furniture only. Muller Van Severen was born.’

Find an exclusive interview as well as more pictures of the couple and their home here over at mb! by Mercedes-Benz.

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