Opposition is balance.
Who we are
"Tranquility is born out of a balance of restlessness."
- Domokos Szilágyi: Bartók in America
Line and Round is a two-person design studio founded by industrial designer Annabella Hevesi and interior designer and carpenter Gábor Bella. Annabella leads design, research and product development, while Gábor brings expertise in fabrication, interiors and production, creating a direct connection between concept and realisation.
The studio works internationally with manufacturers and brands, with current and recent projects across Italy, the United States, Austria and Australia.
We turn complex questions into distinctive, manufacturable and culturally relevant outcomes, combining strategic research, concept development and strong technical expertise across the full trajectory of a project - from early positioning to CAD, visualisation, prototyping and production.
Our projects have received the ADI Cersaie Design Award, the Grassimesse / smow Design Grand Prize, the Design Shanghai Talents Award, EDIDA Hungary and BIG SEE, and have been presented at Milan Design Week, Cersaie, EDIT Napoli, Design Shanghai, GRASSIMESSE and Stockholm Furniture Fair. Selected pieces are held in permanent museum collections.
Our APPROACH
A brief rarely concerns only the object it names. We look beyond the immediate task to the precedents, analogies, rituals, technologies, social attitudes and cultural associations that surround it. Design begins by understanding these relationships - and by recognising what is specific enough to the situation to matter.
Research is valuable to us when it changes the design. It may alter a structure, shift a proportion, reveal a material logic, question an established typology or suggest a different relationship with the body. The product is where these layers become physical.
We believe precision and sensuality belong together. A strong object can be analytical and emotional, technically exact and physically seductive. We work with care for the people who use and make it, and with responsibility for the resources, labour and consequences involved in bringing it into the world.
Berlin Design Week
Our team
Annabella hevesi
Annabella Hevesi is the designer behind Line and Round, working internationally with manufacturers and brands across furniture and industrial product design. Her practice spans commissioned product development, bespoke objects and longer-term design research, with projects developed from early concept and positioning through detailed design and production.
Alongside her commissioned work, she has developed two substantial self-initiated bodies of work - Burnt Geometry and Crosses -through multi-year research and scholarship programmes. These projects have allowed her to explore structural innovation, material processes and cultural references beyond the constraints of a commercial brief, feeding directly back into her professional practice.
Her work combines analytical and technical precision with a strong sensitivity to material, proportion, touch and the body. She holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Design from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME), where she now teaches as a Faculty Member, and she regularly contributes to design juries internationally.
Gábor Bella
Gábor’s path into the world of design developed gradually, beginning with a direct relationship to raw materials. Starting as a lumberjack, he learned the foundations of working with wood, advancing to carpentry, where he mastered the finer details of the craft. Over time, his understanding of materials, combined with his empathy, cultural sensitivity, human-centered approach, and curiosity, naturally led him toward design.
Gábor’s role at Line and Round embodies this dual expertise: he not only navigates the technical and logistical aspects of production but also understands the designer’s vision, enabling him to resolve complex structural challenges while respecting the aesthetic and functional integrity of each piece. His hands-on experience allows him to communicate seamlessly with both the designer and makers, ensuring that each project is realized with precision and clarity.