MONICS+VIEIRA

MONICS+VIEIRA is a female-founded design studio split between Milan and Dubai, set up by Tania Monics and Rafaela Vieira to work as object designers and creative directors. The two describe the practice as sitting between function and sculpture, material and narrative, and approach each piece through making: the behaviour of a material decides the form before the drawing does.

Alongside collaborations with international brands, the studio keeps developing collectible collections of its own, among them Melts Like Butter, a tactile series that plays on the softness of the surface. The commissioned side includes rugs and carpets for Moooi Carpets, among them Earth and Crispform, and the Fila, Onda and Dueto families for Grupo Galrão, with the Pietra Mestre Artesao series extending the material research.