With these pepper and salt
mills Muller Van Severen
once again shows that everyday
tools don’t have to be purely
functional nor seemingly invisible.
The design duo reinterpreted
the classic mill by reshaping the
two basic parts of it — the head
and the cylinder — into two
perfectly geometrical forms: a
sphere and a cube.

Although most design lovers know
Muller Van Severen for their
furniture, the design couple’s
story actually kicked off with the
conception of these hanging lamps.
The first prototypes were shown
at their first solo exhibition in 2011.
During that exhibition, they filled
the gallery space Valerie Traan of
Veerle Wenes with designs that
looked as if somebody took a set of
crayons and started drawing in the
air. This is in fact exactly how these
lamps should be interpreted, as
seemingly naive drawings materialized
into real life. The hanging lamps add
a sober but colorful line to the interior.