Learning to see through architecture.

Educated at Bauhaus University Weimar, Martins approaches objects through proportion, construction and their relationship to the space around them.

A basket or a wine rack begins with the same questions: what needs to be supported, how should it work, and what form does that require?

Knowing wine through everyday use.

Alongside architecture, Martins built a life in wine, from grower Champagne to running a wine bar and studying for his WSET qualification.

Carrying bottles, preparing tastings and serving guests brought the practical details into focus. These experiences became the starting points for design.

While studying wine, Martins needed a practical way to carry bottles to and from tastings.

The first wine basket answered that need. Its open steel structure drew on the geometry of the Bauhaus building in Dessau, translating an architectural reference into an object for daily use.

Designing the space around wine.

The basket led to a broader question: how could the same thinking shape the places where wine is kept and served?

In the rack system, each bottle has its own space. The open structure gives the collection order while allowing it to change as bottles are opened and replaced.

A growing body of work.

Today, MYWINEDESIGN brings together objects for carrying, storing, presenting and tasting wine.

Across the collection, Martins continues to work from the same starting point: observing a practical need and developing a clear structure around it.