Portrait of Mitchell Zurek and Andrew Kelly, Magma Galleries, 2024
Brud Studia is a furniture and object design studio based in Melbourne. Established in 2020 by design duo Mitchell Zurek and Andrew Kelly, it combines brutalist, often primitive design methods with contemporary and absurdist ideologies.
The works of Brud Studia are made with simple and direct intentions: sanding, slotting and hammering. Combined with technology, these rudimentary methods become the language of the finished object. Expressed joints, jagged profiles and intersecting planes in laser-cut aluminium imbue Brud Studia’s work with a sculpted and experimental sensibility, toeing the line between art and function.
Brud Studia’s expressive forms are largely sculpted from the conflict between Mitchell’s minimalist ideals and Andrew’s absurdist concepts. As partners in practice and life, Mitchell and Andrew’s creative process is one of both harmony and hostility. This sense of tension has become an integral part of the design process, translated in form, scale and dimension as an abstract expression of their state of being.
Brud Studia will present works at the upcoming MAGMA Annual Group exhibition launching February 2nd with a follow-up presentation of new works in the second half of 2024.
The works of Brud Studia are made with simple and direct intentions: sanding, slotting and hammering. Combined with technology, these rudimentary methods become the language of the finished object. Expressed joints, jagged profiles and intersecting planes in laser-cut aluminium imbue Brud Studia’s work with a sculpted and experimental sensibility, toeing the line between art and function.
Brud Studia’s expressive forms are largely sculpted from the conflict between Mitchell’s minimalist ideals and Andrew’s absurdist concepts. As partners in practice and life, Mitchell and Andrew’s creative process is one of both harmony and hostility. This sense of tension has become an integral part of the design process, translated in form, scale and dimension as an abstract expression of their state of being.
Brud Studia will present works at the upcoming MAGMA Annual Group exhibition launching February 2nd with a follow-up presentation of new works in the second half of 2024.
January 22, 2024
