About Mudo
Mudo is a collection of tools designed to support creative practice, built with care, intention, and a deep understanding of how real studios actually work.
It’s not about optimising every minute or forcing creativity into rigid systems.
It’s about helping you stay organised, present, and focused, without getting in the way of the work itself.
Mudo exists to quietly support the rhythm of making.
Why Mudo Exists
Creative work is complex.
It moves between planning and making, reflection and revision.
It spans multiple projects, overlapping timelines, and different kinds of thinking, often all at once.
Most software is built for speed, scale, and efficiency.
Creative practice isn’t.
Mudo exists to bring structure without friction, to help studios stay organised while leaving room for intuition, experimentation, and flow.
Mudo is built slowly and thoughtfully, with an emphasis on longevity and usefulness.
It’s a tool designed to support the work, not compete with it.
Mudo was created by Kobus Smit, founder of Bark Line Studio, a multidisciplinary practice working across ceramics, architecture, and design.
The ideas behind Mudo grew directly out of lived studio experience:
balancing creative work with administration, managing materials and timelines,
and refining processes over time without losing the joy of making.
“Mudo is the tool I wanted to use — so I built it.”
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About Bark Line Studio
Bark Line Studio is a multidisciplinary practice working across ceramics, architecture, and design.
The studio’s work spans physical making and spatial thinking, grounding Mudo in both creative and technical realities.
It’s this overlap between hands-on craft and structured design that shapes how Mudo is built.
Mudo isn’t theoretical.
It comes from real work, in real studios.
Built slowly. Designed to last.
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We’d love to hear from you.
Whether you’re a ceramic artist, designer, architect, or studio owner,
if you’re curious about Mudo, interested in collaborating, or just want to say hello, reach out.
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