Making a living from what you love doing

We see work as an integral part of life and happiness. It is not a separate thing; it is part of a lifestyle. How we live today shapes our future and that of the entire planet in a small but meaningful way.

To create objects that have beauty throughout their being is what we consider sustainable. In today's world, the regeneration of the planet and human existence is going to have to happen in simple, small acts of ordinary people.

When the materials come directly from nature with minimal processing, the shaping of those is through the human touch and skill, and the exchange chain from maker to art lover is kept as short as possible, the outcome is one of beauty and well-being.

Pia and Leonardo in Italy, 2022

“If something deserves to be made, it deserves to be made well”

Elsa Sahlsten, grandmother of Utopia designer Pia Wüstenberg

Pia in the studio in North Germany, spring 2024

Making a living, from what you love doing. This is what we hear from the people we work with. It is in many ways, the luxury of our time.

Self-determined and fulfilling, craft is an action which connects the human hand to the heart.

Since 2012 Pia Wüstenberg has sought to bring together her craft love rooted in her own Finnish heritage with a passion for contemporary aesthetics. Utopia & utility aspires to be exactly what it is: two feet on the ground (the utility) and the head in the clouds (the utopia) . Let’s walk and dream together!

Radek & Pia in the Glass Hotshop, 6am in Czechia ca 2020