A Lot of Work is a new monograph dedicated to the work of the restlessly inventive Belgian design studio Muller Van Severen. Shaped by 15 years of seminal practice, it is the first to present Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen both together and as individual artists, charting the energies of their solo trajectories alongside their shared design language. Approaching the monograph as a collage, the book traces what has unfolded over the past decade and a half, what preceded it, and what may yet come—shaped, as the title suggests, by a lot of work. Raw and ruminative in structure, it draws from their private and public archives to allow ‘images to speak through adjacency rather than explanation’, as Hannes explains in his opening text. The result ‘feels less like a retrospective and more like a pause’, he writes—‘A breath’. Edited by Nicolás Barreto and Nacho Alegre, co-founder of Apartamento, the book sits somewhere between an art book and something else entirely—an elusive object poised between visual storytelling and asynchronous narrative. A 224-page invitation to witness an oeuvre of design sensibility and all the work behind it, A Lot of Work allows meaning to arise through proximity and contrast, offering a glimpse into how the pair find permission to cut, question, rearrange, and gently unsettle the objects that surround them.
About Muller Van Severen Founded in 2011 by Belgian artists Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen, Muller Van Severen grew from years of individual artistic practice and a shared desire to rethink the everyday. Their collaboration began with functional objects and evolved into a distinctive language shaped by sculpture, architecture, and use, independent of trends. Their furniture exists as drawings in space: fine lines, transparency, and openness allow both the environment and objects within to remain visible. Solid, timeless materials are used in their purest form, combined in unexpected ways, while colour becomes a structural element, shaping rhythm and perception. Through this approach, Muller Van Severen has forged a singular, internationally recognised voice in contemporary design.
Published by Apartamento Publishing S.L.
Release date: April 15, 2026
Dimensions: 297 x 210 mm
Pages: 224
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 978-84-09-83344-3
Shipping method: DHL/UPS courier service with tracking. Delivery time: 2–4 days from the shipping confirmation.
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