Meet the new brands of Design Room Colombia’s second edition
Photography by Camilo Echeverri, styling by Claudia Correa and production by Amalia Restrepo.
Inspired by Colombia’s varying topography and geography, ‘Relieve Tropical’ is the latest edition of Design Room Colombia, a virtual platform and design showcase that highlights emerging design talents from Colombia. The newest collection references the warm hues of the Colombian Caribbean’s contrasting sunsets and the green tones of the country’s ‘páramo’, or moorlands, retelling the history of Colombian design from its roots. ‘Relieve Tropical’ features 10 local designers who recreated these varying microclimates through contemporary design pieces, resulting in a collection that reflects the country’s distinct tropicality.
Organized by Colombia’s tourism branch Procolombia, and curated by local design retail leader Claudia Correa of 902 Showroom, the platform allows the newer generations of designers and interior design companies a new space to showcase their products, highlighting the diversity of styles present in the Colombian artisan tradition and contemporary design scene.
According to curator Claudia Correa, "The best part these years working in design has been meeting and working with designers, artisanal brands, craftsmen and friends who love crafts, furniture and objects. I like to develop projects that combine many different perspectives, and Design Room Colombia has allowed me to carry out a collaborative project that articulates these different points of view. I don’t believe in uniformity— the distinct style of each brand stands out, harmonizing in spaces that tell a story.”
Participating brands include Sativa, Konkretus, Perceptual, Tu Taller Design, Diamantina y La Perla, Vida Util, Tybso, Tucurinca, 5AM, and MUS. Scroll down for a few of their standout products. design-room-colombia.colombiatrade.com.co
Tu Taller Design
Inspired by Colombia’s traditional coffee chairs, Esterilla is a metal chair for indoor and outdoor spaces. It’s resistant and stackable, and made for high traffic environments.
Tybso
The July 20 Dinnerware set was inspired by Colombia’s Independence Day, with decadent and romantic airs and notes of the modern world.
5 AM
The Berlin plant pot is made of clay, steel and oak, spreading the sensation of nature to the indoor space.
Tucurinca
The Bellavista table duo is a modular table set inspired by opposites.
Diamantina y la Perla
The Alhena woven chair combines an artisan-made iron structure with manually woven rattan fibers.
Konkretus
The Fold chair is made of concrete, and born from the concept of folding a bidimensional plane to create a tridimensional volume that serves as seating.
MUS
The Mitra chair has an innovative design and a visionary structure, it seeks to break with the traditional, becoming a product that can be used in any space.
Perceptual
Perceptual’s Emma bench consists of a plywood backrest that surrounds the structure and gives it body and arm support. With infinite possibilities, you can customize the metal color, wood, textile upholstery and backrest upholstery.
Sativa
Sativa’s Undulata planter is made of metal with waterproof coating inside, and electrostatic coating outside.
Vida Util
The IO 1 floor lamp allows you to rotate the lampshade.