Our design manifesto
We used to search for the shortest route possible — now we’re spending more and more time outdoors. 
Public spaces are fascinating places where people and history meet. 
We are proud to design for this unique setting, and we can influence everybody’s taste. No exclusivity, genuine accessibility. 
Street furniture is something which belongs to no one and serves everyone. Designing and manufacturing it is a cultural mission that we love. 
We treasure our cities, so we try to make them more beautiful, wherever they are.
mmcité design studio
„The city is a majestic living organism. We have inherited its custody from our ancestors, and one day we will pass it down to our descendants. We mustn’t neglect it, in any sense of the word. It is not true to say that public spaces don’t belong to anyone — in fact they belong to us all.” David Karásek
David Karásek
Czech designer David Karásek (b. 1969) is a graduate from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, majoring in product design. He is co-founder and creative director of mmcité, and the creator of a range of award-winning pieces of street furniture...
“For me, design is about searching for a compromise between form and function. In free art you express your thoughts as forms. Design as applied art wishes to express itself the same way, but it must be functional at the same time.
Public spaces in a city are fascinating places where people and history meet. I am proud that we focus mmcité design right here. We can influence everybody’s taste, and we love that. No exclusivity, genuine accessibility.
For mmcité this is nothing short of a cultural mission. We highly value our cities, so we are always pushing to make them more beautiful.”
Michael Tomalik
Ostrava-born Michael Tomalik (b. 1987) studied design in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Brno University of Technology, and at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague...
His diploma work, the Idol chair, was named one of the top 10 student pieces by Domus Magazine in 2014. During his time working in Germany he designed commercial as well as designer products, specializing in exhibition design and project management. He has worked on the Modell und Ruine exhibition in Dessau as part of Werkleitz festival 2019, and on Festival Bühne TOTAL, which marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of the legendary Bauhaus school. Michael's work at mmcité is summed up by the phase: "For me it's all about working together with great people."
Andrea Hrušková
Andrea Hrušková (b. 1982), a Master’s graduate from Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín in the subject of graphic design, is an integral part of the mmcité design studio...
While she may not have designed any benches (yet), her influence is expressed throughout all mmcité’s products, marketing and commercial activities. She has been in charge of the brand’s visual identity for over a decade. Besides graphic design, she also draws, so that, as she says, “her hands don’t grow idle." In recognition of her work she has won a number of awards, both in her native Czech Republic and abroad.
Viktor Šašinka
Viktor Šašinka (b. 1972) has been with mmcité since 2002, and has co-created a range of award-winning benches, such as the striking Landscape Compact...
His trademark style is minimalist and severe. He graduated in applied mechanics and industrial design in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Brno University of Technology.
Iveta Krmíčková
Iveta Krmíčková (b. 1995). She graduated from the Industrial Design Studio at Tomas Bata University in Zlín. Her favourite topic became the use of waste materials, which she also chose for her diploma thesis, a collection of interior hangers made from scraps from the well-known furniture company TON...
Another experimental project, the use of slate waste, took Iveta to an outdoor environment and predetermined her path to mmcité. In our company she is dedicated to atypical projects and visualizations. Even in her free time, she likes to be outdoors, in the mountains.
Lucia Lehrer
Lucia Lehrer (b. 1982) studied industrial design at the Bratislava Academy of Fine Arts and Design. Her diploma work — a collection of kites called Rotoair — won a Slovak National Design Award in 2011...
Although her first steps after completing her studies took her towards interior design, she found her calling in the field of product design, where she created an LED lighting collection while simultaneously dedicating herself to designing street furniture for mmcité.
Jitka Trčková
Jitka Trčková (b. 1988) studied industrial design at the Brno University of Technology’s Faculty of Fine Arts. Her diploma work on bicycle stands for public spaces meant the start of her association with the mmcité brand, with whom she is still working to this day as a permanent designer...
She is also dedicated to international projects, such as a partnership with Mexico City’s Mob Estudio. Alongside design, she has worked to organize events for the art symposium Slepý pes (The Blind Dog) for several years.
External designers
Lucie Koldová
Lucie Koldová (b. 1983) moved to France after graduating from Prague’s Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, and following an internship at Arik Levy’s famous studio she founded her own in Paris...
In 2010 she received international attention thanks to a lighting collection for Czech firm Brokis, where she eventually became creative director, a position she still holds to this day. She is most renowned for her work with glass and lighting, but her portfolio also includes furniture, consumer goods, gallery pieces limited runs, concept design and design for urban spaces. Lucie has a long list of international successes and awards to her name, including designing the prestigious “Das Haus” project for an international expo in Cologne, and winning awards from the Czech Academy of Design, including being named Designer of the Year by the Ministry of Culture in 2018.
Hermann&Coufal
Studio Herrmann & Coufal Co-founded by Eduard Herrmann (b. 1989) and Matěj Coufal (b. 1994). A young creative studio primarily known for bringing fresh ideas to the field of product development...
The studio’s designs have already received a number of accolades, including BigSEE, Red Dot, Czech Grand Design, Elle Decoration and Good Design awards. The duo are famous for their fascination with technology and precision, as well as their deep respect and admiration for ancient crafts and nature. They add: “We are searching, creating and learning with each new project. We wish everybody world peace and love.”
Vrtiška&Žák
Roman Vrtiška (b. 1982) and Vladimír Žák (b. 1980) The duo met while still studying at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, where they began working together, also completing an internship together and Alvar Aalto University in Helsinki, where their work received multiple awards...
They have been working together for ten years, and together with their team have dedicated themselves to projects in the fields of architecture, interior design and product design. Since 2016 they have led the Furniture and Interior Design studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. The signature of their work is a strong, rational perspective. As they themselves say, only once a project works well on a functional level can you then impart emotions into it.
Ateliér SAD
Jerry Koza (b. 1976) is a talented Czech architect and designer who studied architecture at the Czech Technical University in Prague, and later at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, also in Prague...
The Kotrmelec armchair he designed was nominated among the 100 iconic pieces of Czech design from the past 100 years. A winner of the Ladislav Sutnar Prize, presented to young artists under the age of 33, Koza is a figure whose ideological contribution has significantly enriched the Czech architecture and design scene. Together with his colleagues Adam Jirkal and Tomáš Kalhous he founded Ateliér SAD, the studio responsible for the hypermodern houseboat Port X, as well as designing the striking Pinecone gazebo for mmcité. A lover of rounded forms and a disciple of Jan Kaplický and the “Machinists”, Jerry regularly takes part in exhibitions in numerous major European cities.
Dan Yeffet
Dan Yeffet (b. 1971) studied industrial design at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, and product/industrial design in Amsterdam. His works can be found in prestigious exhibition centers in Europe and North America...
In Amsterdam in 2003, he founded his own design studio called JellyLab. Two years later, he moved his studio to Paris, where it remains to this day. It was there that he met designer Lucie Koldová, and together they created a range of iconic products, including lighting for the Brokis brand, as well as the Urban Islands seating collection for mmcité. His work has also made its way into galleries around the world, including in Chicago, Philadelphia, London and Paris.
Radek Hegmon
Czech designer Radek Hegmon (b. 1970) graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, with a major in product design. He is another co-founder of mmcité, and is behind a host of award-winning street furniture products...
“I am incapabale of charging straight ahead with my first solution. I want the assurance that I have exhausted all possible alternative ideas and methods. Not just in terms of forms, but colors and materials too. These give products their emotive qualities.” Today his design activity is connected with the Egoé brand, which produces outdoor furniture, and mmcité+, focused on steel structures in the field of transportation, particularly rail, bus and airport terminals and tramways. Since 2018, the mmcité brand has been solely led by David Karásek.
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