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Issue 64 - The 'Future' Issue

Issue 64

The 'Future' Issue

Habitus #64 Welcome to the HABITUS ‘Future’ and ‘Habitus House of the Year’ Issue. We are thrilled to have interior designer of excellence, Brahman Perera, as Guest Editor and to celebrate his Sri Lankan heritage through an interview with Palinda Kannangara and his extraordinary Ek Onkar project – divine! Thinking about the future, we look at the technology shaping our approach to sustainability and the ways traditional materials are enjoying a new-found place in the spotlight. Profiles on Yvonne Todd, Amy Lawrance, and Kallie Blauhorn are rounded out with projects from Studio ZAWA, SJB, Spirit Level, STUDIOLIVE, Park + Associates and a Lake House made in just 40 days by the wonderful Wutopia Lab, plus the short list for the Habitus House of the Year!

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New perspectives from Muuto

Muuto’s newest pieces rethink furniture logic with human-centric form, material responsiveness and lived experience.


Muuto’s latest releases reflect a continued shift away from strict formalism towards objects shaped by use and lived experience. Across dining, mirrors and outdoor furniture, each piece draws on a clear design logic while leaving room for softness, movement and interpretation.

Re-norm Table by Maria Bruun
For Maria Bruun, the dining table remains “the heart of the domestic sphere”, a place defined less by geometry than by ritual and presence. With Re-norm, she deliberately loosened the rigid systems that often underpin furniture design, allowing the form to emerge from how people actually gather. Constructed from form-pressed birch plywood, the tabletop rests on three convex arches that create both structure and visual rhythm, offering a quieter, more human reading of the dining table.

Pleat Mirror by Gustav Winsth
Working with mirror-steel allowed Gustav Winsth to think of reflection as something spatial rather than flat. By folding the material, the mirror interacts with light instead of simply returning it. “It’s a simple gesture,” he notes, “but it transforms the mirror into a sculptural statement,” one that shifts throughout the day and sits confidently between object and surface.

Assemble Series by Anderssen & Vol
Designed with climate and material movement in mind, Assemble responds to wood’s need to expand and contract over time. Rather than unifying planks into a seamless whole, Anderssen & Vol approached the pieces as compositions of individual elements, each sculpted and expressed in its own right. The result is outdoor furniture that feels sensuous and grounded, shaped as much by process as by form.

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Halves Coffee Table by MSDS Studio
Halves began as an exploration of slab materials and how rarely their inherent qualities are honoured in furniture. MSDS Studio sought to avoid the familiar trope of the slab as a luxury signifier, instead creating a primitive form entirely from the material itself. Durable yet warm, the table foregrounds pattern, weight and precision without unnecessary embellishment.

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Issue 64 - The 'Future' Issue

Issue 64

The 'Future' Issue

Habitus #64 Welcome to the HABITUS ‘Future’ and ‘Habitus House of the Year’ Issue. We are thrilled to have interior designer of excellence, Brahman Perera, as Guest Editor and to celebrate his Sri Lankan heritage through an interview with Palinda Kannangara and his extraordinary Ek Onkar project – divine! Thinking about the future, we look at the technology shaping our approach to sustainability and the ways traditional materials are enjoying a new-found place in the spotlight. Profiles on Yvonne Todd, Amy Lawrance, and Kallie Blauhorn are rounded out with projects from Studio ZAWA, SJB, Spirit Level, STUDIOLIVE, Park + Associates and a Lake House made in just 40 days by the wonderful Wutopia Lab, plus the short list for the Habitus House of the Year!

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