Wood art that feels like a gallery.

The starting point

Monteval is a new brand with no existing presence. Erik Pirker creates design furniture in limited series, art objects from burl wood and one-of-a-kind sculptures in which the wood joinery stays visible.

The site could look neither like a furniture store nor like a carpentry workshop, but like a gallery. Prices are deliberately left off the site. Inquiries are made for a specific piece.

What we built

We developed a calm, gallery-like design, rewrote all the copy and retouched the furniture photographer's images into a consistent gallery setting. Every piece has its own page, and the gallery can be filtered by design furniture, art objects and sculptures.

Technically, the site runs on Astro with Sanity as the CMS and Vercel for hosting. We also delivered the logo, favicon, a plaque with the edition number and a package of brand materials such as business cards and an email signature.

The result

monteval.de has been live since September 11, 2026. Erik maintains works, images and copy himself in Sanity. One click on Publish rebuilds the site in about two minutes, and a new piece automatically appears in the gallery and sitemap.

Project details

Client

Monteval

Industry

Brands & creative

Year

2026

Services

Brand direction, UI/UX design, copywriting, image retouching, development, CMS

Technology

Astro, Sanity, Vercel