Ana Relvão and Gerhardt Kellermann constitute a power couple with no obvious limits. They design office furniture and entire kitchens, espresso machines and glasses, everything meticulously detailed, pared back, and user-centered. They don’t want to be celebrated auteur designers; they see themselves as service providers. Instead of drawing ingenious napkin sketches, they go into depth. When it comes to a coffee machine, for example, they become baristas; when it comes to a stove, they familiarize themselves with cooking points. Now would be the occasion to celebrate their office’s tenth anniversary. At first, they thought of a commemorative book, then they considered launching a series of products. But there is always so much to do. Now they barely have time to organize a party.

for NOMAD Magazin