The LAD Awards strive to be a symbol of the highest creative achievement and a hallmark of distinction, so being a winner at LAD Awards is a great platform for Latin American designers to get the word out to brands, agencies and studios around the world, that there is indeed talent in the region. Keep reading for 12 of the most beautiful and creative ideas that caught our eye at the 2019 edition in Lima, Peru.
Read MoreConcept stores, disruptive formats, retail experiences: with the world growing evermore digital, brick and mortar stores have been forced to create experiences with a bit of added value. Luckily, Medellin concept store owner Claudia Correa has always been a bit averse to the traditional. Her design store, 902 Showroom, was founded ten years ago on the idea that people appreciate a little extra, and an alternative to the same old malls shop goes a long way.
Read MoreBogota’s newest and slickest bakery setting is courtesy of soup-and-sandwich emporium Masa, with its brand new spot in the city’s traditionally residential neighborhood of Usaquén. The new Masa, a Bogotá establishment aptly named after the Spanish word meaning dough, opened its doors in September with an airy, 7500-square-foot open-plan restaurant featuring a café, a bakery, a dining room, a retail space, and a patio.
Read MoreMexico City-based MASA gallery walks the blurry line between art and design. Launched in February by Hector Esrawe, curator Agé Salajõe, OMR gallery co-founder Cristobal Riestra, and designer Brian Thoreen, the nomadic design, art and architecture gallery features 15 of the city’s top artists and designers, and aims to challenge convention to present Mexico’s contemporary design scene on a global platform, and in unexpected, evolving settings throughout the capital.
Read MoreHere is our list of the must-see design and fashion events for the rest of 2019—located around the world and with a special focus on Latin America, as always.
Read MoreOur series on concept stores selling Latin American goods continues today in Cartagena, Colombia, the vacation capital and coastal gem of the country. While they say the best time to visit is usually Christmas or New Year’s, Cartagena enjoys relatively cooler weather until about April, which means there’s still time to make it your next travel destination. And if you’re wondering what the shopping scene for local goods is like, here are our top three spots for discovering Colombian design in all its diversity.
Read MoreColombian designer David del Valle is a visionary within the world of Latin American design. With his international and simultaneously Colombian perspective, del Valle has managed to represent the country in the most important design fairs in the world, returning to his home country with lessons he manages to inject into a variety of initiatives and projects. We sat down with the creator of Tu Taller Design studio and the Medellin Design Week fair, to talk about what 2018 taught him and what he’s looking forward to in 2019.
Read MoreAt kriteria we are dedicated to covering what’s happening in Latin America… but when our favorite New York-based design blog, Sight Unseen, announced their trunk show with major e-commerce platform Moda Operandi, featuring past and current winners of their American Design Hot List (Sight Unseen’s annual editorial award for the 20 names to know in American design), we knew we had to cover it.
Read MoreThe slick new concept behind Barcelona studio Six N. Five’s latest collection combines mid-century Scandinavian design with the futuristic feel of holographic furniture. Repurposing the clean lines, organic curves and minimalism of the celebrated Scandinavian style, the collection dubbed ‘Holo-Scandinavian’ takes this design aesthetic into a surreal universe of the far future or distant past— we can’t be quite sure.
Read MoreJust this month, Net-A-Porter launched The Colombian Collective, a curation of brands and exclusive capsule collections from designers tied to this South American country’s flourishing design scene. Participating labels include Johanna Ortiz, Silvia Tcherassi, Esteban Cortazar, Carolina Santo Domingo, Castaner x Mercedes Salazar, Mallarino, Bibi Marini, Verdelimón, Verdi, Muzungu Sisters, Hunting Season, Magnetic Midnight and Lazy Poet.
Read MoreChloé Valette is the founder of Huskdesignblog, one of our favorite interior design, furniture and trends blogs. Maybe you’ve seen it? Her minimalist style and flawless aesthetic puts the spotlight firmly on the world’s most up-and-coming contemporary and avant-garde designers and her keen eye allows her to spot the most under the radar international trends.
Read MoreMiami Art Week is known for bringing together the art community’s biggest buyers, gallerists, and some of the world’s heftiest price tags. But just a few steps from the 1.4 million-square-foot Art Basel Miami Beach, art enthusiasts can wander over to Design Miami, a smaller gathering of design connoisseurs featuring collectible design galleries and meticulously crafted exhibitions.
Read MoreMexico City-based design studio David Pompa is known for creating unique designs using honest materials that celebrate the essence and craftsmanship of Mexico. The studio’s latest lighting design, Meta, launched during this year’s Design Week Mexico, comprises a volcanic rock normally used for molcajetes, the Mexican version of the mortar and pestle which is used to make foods such as guacamole.
Read MoreSculpted in the traditional method developed by Mexican stone artisans, the stark black color and teardrop-shaped base of the Mura table by Bandido Studio make it a strong visual element in any room. Designers Alejandro Campos and Joel Rojas were inspired by visits to Tecali de Herrera, a municipality nearby the studio’s base in Puebla that is known for its marble artisanship. According to the studio, Tecali comes from the Náhuatl word tecalli, meaning stone house.
Read MoreIn a nod to Europe’s ever-growing gourmet market trend, Boho Food Market was recently inaugurated in Bogota’s foodie neighborhood of Usaquen.
Read MoreFor the architecture world, Mexico’s Luis Barragán is known as one of the first recipients of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, an honor bestowed annually to the most remarkable architects in the world. For Mexico, Barragán is the creator of a purely local art form that incorporates traditionally popular materials into modern design, untainted by pre-Hispanic or colonial influence. And for the rest of us aesthetes, the architect’s color blocking and playful modernism is reason enough to make Mexico City our latest “it” destination.
Read MoreThe World's 50 Best named restaurant Pujol the third best in the region after Maido and Central in Lima, Peru, and the best in Mexico. Located in Mexico City’s Polanco neighborhood, Pujol is known for combining rustic Mexican flavors that pay tribute to the rich culinary history of Mexico.
Read MoreThe duo behind Mexico City-based Vidivixi, Mark Grattan and Adam Caplowe, launched their latest furniture collection in a 19th century mansion in the city’s Roma Norte neighborhood. The centerpiece of the AW18 Collection, which marks the studio’s phoenix in Mexico City, is the Docked en Río bed, featuring a tufted cotton frame wrapped around an elegantly folded base inspired by traditional Japanese furniture, tropical Modernism and art deco.
Read MoreThis year, designers at Inedito combined new and traditional materials, reinvented sculptural forms, and diversified the functionality of common objects, establishing trends for what is to come in Mexican furniture design. To follow are some standouts from 2018’s Inédito. designweekmexico.com
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