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A movement, not a launch

Furniture software
built by cabinet makers.

The modern furniture software our industry deserves. Built alongside cabinet makers, CNC operators, designers, and workshop owners — inside real workshops, not boardrooms.

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Built by makers
From a working cabinet shop in Amsterdam.
Built with makers
Prototypes shaped by real workshop feedback.
Built for makers
Enterprise power, workshop simplicity.
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BUILT IN THE SHOP
The workshop
One space. Multiple tools.
The software
One viewport. Multiple tools.
The industry problem

Furniture software lost its way.

Many furniture makers are visual thinkers. We design, build, test, create and solve problems with our hands. Yet most furniture software forces us into complex systems, endless settings, and steep learning curves. The industry deserves better.

How makers think
Visual thinking
Makers design with hands and eyes — not menus.
Iterative craft
Real projects evolve at the bench, not in a spec.
Plain language
Tools should speak the workshop's language.
How today's software thinks
Hundreds of settings
Layered dialogs nobody asked for.
Months of training
Software you fight before you use.
Rigid workflows
You adapt to the software, not the other way around.
Exhibit A · circa 2003

This is what cabinetry shops still use every day.

Toolbars stacked on toolbars. Modal dialogs hiding modal dialogs. The industry has accepted this for decades. We don't have to.

LegacyCAD.exe
Legacy cabinetry software
Why MC Studio exists

The story behind MC Studio.

I didn't start MC Studio as a software entrepreneur. I started as a cabinet maker trying to build better furniture.

After moving to Amsterdam, I immersed myself in the craft — learning through real projects, real mistakes, and real workshop experience. As my projects became more complex, I began searching for software that could support the way furniture makers actually think and work.

I used SketchUp, Shapr3D, TrunCAD, Polyboard, and Mozaik. Each offered valuable capabilities, but all came with steep learning curves and workflows that felt disconnected from the realities of the workshop.

After spending months implementing software in a small cabinet-making business, I realized the issue wasn't missing features. It was that the software had been designed around systems rather than craftsmen.

That realization became the foundation for MC Studio.

The journey

The path that led here.

Years of using and implementing the industry's tools. Every one taught us something we carried forward.

SketchUp

Stop 1
What worked
Fast 3D sketching, low barrier to entry.
What didn't
Not built for production. No real BOM, no CAM.
Lesson
Speed matters — but it has to reach the shop floor.

Shapr3D

Stop 2
What worked
Beautifully direct modeling on iPad.
What didn't
Stops at the design. Manufacturing lives elsewhere.
Lesson
Tactile design is possible. Don't lose that feel.

TrunCAD

Stop 3
What worked
Powerful parametric cabinetry.
What didn't
Steep, dated, German-engineering complexity.
Lesson
Power without usability is unfinished software.

Polyboard

Stop 4
What worked
Deep cabinet logic and machining output.
What didn't
Workflows feel locked to a single way of building.
Lesson
Real shops don't fit a single template.

Mozaik

Stop 5
What worked
Mature CAM and nesting capabilities.
What didn't
Interface from another era. Heavy onboarding.
Lesson
Manufacturing depth shouldn't require a manual.

MC Studio

Stop 6
What worked
Designed around how makers actually think.
What didn't
Still being built — and that's the point.
Lesson
Built with the community, in the open.
Our vision

Enterprise power. Workshop simplicity.

MC Studio is not trying to remove capabilities. It's removing unnecessary complexity. Furniture makers should have access to everything below — without months of training to become productive.

CAD

Modeling that follows your thinking.

CAM

Toolpaths without the dialog maze.

CNC workflows

From part to post — in one flow.

Manufacturing

Cut lists, nesting, BOM, on demand.

Project management

Jobs, revisions and tasks in one place.

Client communication

Quotes and approvals beside the model.

Built together

We are building MC Studio together.

Unlike traditional software companies, MC Studio is developed alongside furniture makers. We collect feedback, test prototypes, review workflows, and validate ideas with the community. The goal is not to build software for furniture makers. It's to build software with them.

Furniture makers
Real shops, real benches
STEP 1
Feedback
Prototypes & workflows
STEP 2
MC Studio
Built in response
STEP 3
Back to makers
Refined, shipped, repeated
STEP 4
Founding Member Program

Become a Founding Member.

Join the community helping shape the future of MC Studio. Founding Members get the deepest discount, the earliest access, and the loudest voice in what we build next.

  • Lifetime 70% discount
  • Early access to prototypes
  • Direct feedback opportunities
  • Influence future features
  • Private community access
  • Recognition as an early contributor
Limited cohort. Founding pricing locked in for life.

Once you sign up, we'll personally reach out to schedule a short intake call. We'd love to hear your story, understand how you work, and learn how MC Studio can best serve your shop. No pitch, no pressure — just a warm conversation between makers.

Meet the makers

Every workshop has a story.

Cabinet makers, joiners, CNC operators, workshop owners, furniture designers. Different benches, same frustrations — and the same hope for tools that finally respect the craft.

Your story here
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Your story here
Maker · Somewhere

We're opening the Meet the Makers wall to real submissions from the community. Be among the first.

Your story here
Maker · Somewhere

We're opening the Meet the Makers wall to real submissions from the community. Be among the first.

What we're building

A workspace that thinks like a workshop.

Practical, workshop-grounded tools — not a feature list. Here's what MC Studio is taking shape around.

One Viewport

Your model stays put. The interface adapts — design, CAM, pricing, all without losing context.

Adaptive tools

The right controls appear at the right moment. No buried menus, no hidden modes.

Intelligent workflows

From sketch to cut list, MC Studio understands the steps the way a maker does.

Manufacturing

Cut lists, nesting, BOM, labels — generated from the same model you designed in.

CAM integration

Toolpaths and post-processors that don't require a separate degree to operate.

Project intelligence

Revisions, jobs, client approvals — tracked alongside the work itself.

Join the movement

Help build the future
of furniture software.

MC Studio is more than a software project. It's an effort to rethink how furniture software should work.

Built by cabinet makers. Built with cabinet makers. Built for cabinet makers.

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