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MATTHEW HILTON
Matthew Hilton is an esteemed British designer
whose eponymous product line expresses the tech-
nical knowledge and clarity of vision gained over
four decades in the industry.
Utilising robust materials that improve with the
mark of age, Matthew Hilton creates timelessly
beautiful, exceedingly functional products that
are rigorously engineered. Every view of a design
is valued equally, every aspect carefully consid-
ered, allowing for a sense of appreciation over
time as new details are discovered.
MANUEL AIRES MATEUS
Manuel Aires Mateus is an award-winning Lisbon-
based architect whose projects explore the roles
of memory and knowledge combined with the rela-
tionship between the physical and cultural worlds.
His work seeks to reflect every scale of our lives
and searches for the enduring state of shape and
materiality.
With an emphasis on function and the sensory
response, his collection for De La Espada reflects
a universal heritage that is fixed without time
or place. Utilising astonishingly proportioned
planks of Douglas Fir timber, the furniture is
designed to be passed from generation to gener-
ation, earning the value of time and marks of
memories past.
