Alexander Mueller is a furniture design studio that helps manufacturers, brands, and retailers turn their creative vision into commercially successful products.
We are led by a professional who is both an award-winning furniture designer and a trained furniture maker, giving us a unique edge in the industry.
Our approach is a powerful fusion of design strategy and hands-on expertise. We bring a deep, tactile understanding of materials and craft processes to every project, ensuring that our designs are not just concepts but meticulously crafted pieces with genuine integrity.
Our dual perspective allows us to create designs that are not only creatively inspiring but also strategically engineered for commercial success, reducing your risk and ensuring a higher-quality outcome.
OUR SERVICES
We partner with manufacturers, brands, and retailers to deliver strategically-designed furniture, while also taking on select bespoke commissions.
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Bespoke Furniture Design & Product Development: Our designs are informed by a maker's perspective, ensuring every project is not just a concept but a meticulously crafted piece. We apply our extensive technical experience and knowledge of manufacturing processes to create a large product range with genuine integrity and commercial viability.
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Strategic Design & Creative Direction: With a keen eye for market trends and competitor analysis, our team develops design strategies that identify new product opportunities. We provide creative direction that transforms a vision into a competitive product line perfectly tailored to a client's target customer and budget.
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End-to-End Supply Chain Management: We manage the entire supply chain, from the initial idea to sampling, production, and quality control (QC). With extensive experience working directly with factories worldwide—particularly in India, Vietnam, and Europe—we streamline the process and ensure high-quality results.
We're passionate about solving design challenges and delivering furniture with a story and soul.
Ready to start your next furniture project? Contact us to discuss how we can bring your ideas to life.
About Alexander
Alexander Mueller is an award-winning Austrian-born furniture designer and maker, based in London and Úbeda, Jaen.
He is a precise, efficient, creative and experienced furniture designer and maker. With a commercially-minded approach, he solves design challenges through a hands-on methodology and his perseverance helps him reach targets well within deadlines.
Confident in constructing design strategies and in delivering commercial, and competitive, product ranges, he is trend- and competitor-aware and identifies new product opportunities and innovation with quality and cost in mind. His design work covers technical experience for a large product range, as well as extensive knowledge of manufacturing processes and working with suppliers and their design teams.
Previously, Alexander worked as Design Manager for Banta, a Kuwait-based furniture retailer, in charge of new product development across all areas of the retail business, identifying areas of growth and new product and material additions.
He was responsible for the full product design-cycle, from initial ideas through to sampling and finalised product, in line with company structures and requirements from different departments.
Alexander also served as Head of Design for Vênoor Living, a sustainable online lifestyle brand. In this role, he was responsible for the overall design direction, overseeing product development from conception through sampling, production, and quality control. His work involved extensive travel to factories worldwide, particularly in Vietnam and India, where he implemented sustainable and ethical practices throughout the supply and production chain.
Alexander's design philosophy focuses on re-examining traditional craftsmanship to highlight the natural beauty of materials and emphasise the intricate details of the making process.
He holds a Foundation Degree in Furniture Making and a BA in Furniture and Product Design from the CASS School of Design.
During his studies, he gained valuable experience through a placement with the Scenic Carpentry Department at The Royal Opera House and an internship at Philip Michael Wolfson Design Studio, where he honed his understanding of materials, colours, and structures.
In 2013, Alexander received the Frederick Parker Award for best contemporary chair design from The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers and won the Heal’s Discovers Design Competition.
He was also a Designer in Residence at the CASS School of Design and established his own studio that same year. Since then, he has launched products under his own name and engaged in various freelance projects. In 2022, he was selected as a finalist for the Arte Laguna Prize in the Art Design category.