Melts Like Butter

"Melts Like Butter" draws a parallel between traditional butter making and contemporary design, where both transform raw materials into something greater through time, care, and refinement. Just as churning butter depends on rhythm, patience, and intuition, design relies on process and sensitivity, shaping ideas and materials into forms that enrich daily life and human connection. This project celebrates the meeting point between tradition and innovation, where craft and technology merge to create meaningful design for today and tomorrow. It highlights the tactile, sensory, and emotional essence of making, the moment when effort and material melt together, becoming more than the sum of their parts. The Butter Collection embodies this philosophy. Entirely dismountable, requiring minimal screws and no heavy machinery. Its assembly is intuitive, almost like solving a puzzle, inviting direct interaction between maker and object. A study in modern craftsmanship, merges minimal architectural lines with precise, refined construction. Through this process, Melts Like Butter becomes a meditation on transformation, patience, and the quiet beauty of making.

MONICS+VIEIRA is a Milan-based design studio founded by Tania Monics and Rafaela Vieira. The duo collaborates with global brands and creates bespoke collections that merge conceptual design, craftsmanship, and storytelling. Their work draws inspiration from nature, translating organic forms and rhythms into functional, emotionally resonant pieces. Viewing design as a dialogue between past and present, they unite the rituals of craft with contemporary tools. Through research, imagination, and care, they blend heritage and innovation into meaningful design that connects people, materials, and stories, creating pieces that speak to both emotion and purpose.