«Knowing tradition can inspire new ways of creating 2monos x dHUB

The exhibition Matter Matters. Designing with the World at the Museu del Disseny – DHUB presents design as a tool to reconnect with materials that are part of our history.

The Shibui stool by the Mallorca-based studio @2monos_studio is one such example: made with plant fibres using traditional rope-making techniques, it highlights pre-industrial knowledge and brings it into the present with a contemporary perspective.» _

Ariadna Palmer. Educadora del Museo del Diseño Barcelona.

🗓️ Every Saturday at 11:30 am, the Tastet guided visit offers a tour of the Museu del Disseny’s permanent exhibitions.

Matter Matters is a project that uses the material nature of the pieces in the collection and innovative modern pieces to reflect on the major challenges facing current and future design at a time when a shortage of raw materials and the urgent need to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 have brought about a critical situation. This era forces us to undergo a major transition in terms of our relationship with material things, moving from a fundamentally extractivist model to one that is more regenerative in nature.

The exhibition examines the collection and juxtaposes it with the systems that organise the world through its material aspects, exploring the overlapping boundaries between design, ecology and geopolitics. Matter Matters is both a reflection on the current state of the world and a journey through the history of design in all its disciplines.

In early 2025, the Design Museum in Barcelona will also acquire one piece from 2 Monos, to be part of the permanent exhibition.

CURATOR Olga Subirós