Five Names to Know Now

Daniel Orozco Studio: Big Lamp

As part of Tulum-based designer Daniel Orozco’s dedication to sustainability and working with raw materials, his newest collection, Forms of Stone, utilizes rocks of all colors. One piece, the totemic

Big Lamp, combines marble and stone in the base, while a textured palm-fiber shade brings softness to the form.

Pedro Franco: Ícones Chairs

Despite its eye-catching shape (in fact, there are six versions), the Ícones chair was designed to “create a counterpoint to the ‘Instagrammable’ phenomenon,” according to its creator, Pedro Franco, who says he’s embodying an aesthetic where “design is communication.” Each of the chair’s multiple profiles, cut into black sheet metal, is a maximalist delight.

Ries Estudio: Pasto Chair

Pasto, the most recent collection from Buenos Aires–based Ries Estudio, is a conceptual and material research project the team has pursued since 2021. Working in Argentina’s Pampas region, the designers harvest and dry the native grasses, sort them by length, and then meticulously assemble the forms piece by piece to create a series of functional sculptures used as molds and cast in aluminum.

Giorgio Bonaguro: Sertão Table

Designed for furniture brand Morfosi by Giorgio Bonaguro, who splits his time between Brazil and Italy, the Sertão table is a tribute to northeastern Brazil and its heritage of leather craftsmanship.

The marble top sits on a conical wooden base covered with various cuts of hand-sewn leather that create uniquely irregular patterns.

Comité de Proyectos: Vilma Display Cabinet

Part of a furniture trio dubbed the Sentinels, the Vilma display cabinet by Mexico City design studio Comité de Proyectos is a limited-edition piece inspired by the ancient belief in a symbiotic relationship between humans and nature.

Carved by hand from solid huanacaxtle wood, the Vilma’s intricate, sawtoothedged cabinet sits on a rattan base woven at a family-owned workshop in Mexico City.