Chair designed by Victor Monserrate
Victor Monserrate is an industrial designer, native to the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. Post graduating from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn,NY, he moved to Brazil and interned with design superstars, the Campana Brothers. Upon his return to Puerto Rico, Victor established the VM design studio where he designs and fabricates the vast majority of his pieces. His Kanutos chairs have been featured on many websites including NotCot and Kanye West .
His work has also been exhibited at the Pratt Show in NYC, BBC News, The L.A. Times,The Circa Art Fair in San Juan, and the Shanghai Contemporary Art Expo, WANTED/ ICFF in New York, and 100% Design London. His work usually arises from the desire to tame a process or material. The result is a functional and modern cleanliness that refuses to forget it's tropical roots , even from foggy London where Victor has recently finished a double master's of Innovation Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College.
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