“Florada” Stool in Wool and Wood by Inês Schertel, Brazil, 2021

“Gaudério” Little Chair in Wool and Wood by Inês Schertel, Brazil, 2020 Ines Schertel's primary material is sheep's wool. As a practitioner of Slow Design, the artist takes a holist...

This lounge chair is an unique piece in pequi wood made in Brazil in 2017, by contemporary designer Hugo França, famous for his sculptural furniture using reclaimed wood and preserving the organic forms of the tree. This piece was originally a canoe manufactured by the Pataxó indigenous people, in south of Bahia, Brazil. In the early 80s, Hugo França abandoned his previous career as an industrial engineer in São Paulo to be closer to nature, moving to Trancoso, Bahia. Witnessing from up-close the rampant destruction of the local Atlantic Forest greatly impacted him, motivating his current work as a designer. França reverences the very trees salvaged by him as his main inspiration; he works intuitively, allowing his creative process to be guided by each tree’s organic...

Full of personality, in order to create unique pieces, mixing ancient techniques for treating sheep wool with contemporary design and innovation, Inês Schertel...

Inês Schertel's stool, in this Brazilian contemporary design, mixes ancient techniques for treating sheep wool with contemporary design and innovation, i...