/hoshi

Sustainable Product Design for Home Interiors
Designed for MUJI.

In collaboration with Carla Rotenberg & Jose Ramón Vega









Hoshi (Japanese for star) is a modular noise cancelling system designed for the Japanese brand MUJI. It was inspired by the best toy in the world: a brick. A simple shape that could be transformed into anything the user’s imagination desired.

The user can integrate Hoshi as they wish: a toy, coat hanger, lamp shade, room divider… The possibilities are endless.

Hoshi was designed for small interiors, as people increasingly have to adapt to less space in densely populated, urban areas. Two issues were tackled: an over abundance of single purpose products and an increasing noise pollution.

Exploring Platonic solid structures led to a simple shape with which complex structures could be built. The materials are felt, thread and metal buttons, making it recyclable and zero waste: the excess felt is integrated as fillerfor additional noise cancelling.