Studio Michael Hilgers | Studio Michael Hilgers | Pragmatic Design®

Beside the development of new furniture concepts for the office-, outdoor- and kitchen industry, the Berlin based design studio michael hilgers has been developing space-saving solutions for the compact living for a decade now; the multi-award-winning flatmate desk is a pioneering classic for living (and working) in a limited space. The design methodology of 'pragmatic design' developed by Hilgers focuses on the (space)problem to be solved: With this design principle, the trained carpenter deliberately ignores conventional comparative products that are already available and thus quasi develops a new, individually fitting and above all practical solution on a white sheet of paper. Michael Hilgers is never interested in inventing a spectacular shape; he is much more inspired by discovering the 'special in the everyday'.