Founded and led by Portuguese designer Manuel Amaral Netto and business strategist Tomás Carvalhas, UTIL is a young Lisbon based design brand with a clear focus on enduring and functional storage furniture made from high quality materials. Transcending product design, UTIL’s philosophy of simplifying and focusing on the essentials is inspired by people and everyday life, every piece of the formally simple and architectural collection is made to last a lifetime. Brand. Kiosk is responsible for UTIL’s international press relations.

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01.02.2024
UTIL presents floating cabinet solution in new showroom

The Portuguese design brand UTIL presents KGT WALL UNIT, an innovation for the popular KGT storage system, at its new showroom in Lisbon. In collaboration with Studio CP-RV, UTIL has realized an extended design that transforms the KGT storage box into a striking and functional piece of furniture. The KGT WALL UNIT is available in various versions and colours in its own online shop, with free shipping within the EU.

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01.01.2022
STUDIO VISIT AND CONVERSATION WITH THE MARSEILLE- BASED DESIGN STUDIO CP — RV

The highly versatile storage system KGT by Studio CP — RV offers a time-less solution for an ever-changing world, where the spaces we inhabit become more and more impermanent and smaller, making it elemental to organize cleverly.

Opening their doors to their home and workplace at the modernist Unité d‘Habitation by Le Corbusier in Marseille, Camille and Romain from Studio CP — RV talk about the process of developing the KGT storage system for UTIL and give insights into how they work.

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23.08.2021
UTIL DEBUTS NOVELTIES AT SUPERSALONE 2021

Young Portuguese design brand UTIL showcases at „The Makers Show” at supersalone, debuting three compelling novelties. Designed with the practicalities of everyday life in mind, the new modular and versatile pieces expand UTIL’s collection of minimalist and functional storage furniture and will have their premier in Milan.

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01.06.2021
UTIL PRESENTS A COLLECTION OF STORAGE FURNITURE FOR EVERYDAY USE

Portuguese design brand UTIL presents a collection of minimalist and functional storage furniture that includes the versatile and modular Plié shelving system, the Basso bar trolley and the Hal coat rack. In keeping with the current urban zeitgeist, the collection has been designed with the practicalities of everyday life in mind. With precision and attention to detail, the contemporary and pragmatic pieces are carefully thought through from concept to completion, focussing on their core function.

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