A walking tour of one of São Paulo's
coolest neighborhoods took place last weekend, between November 11th and 12th.
Design na Barra Funda visited ateliers, studios and antique shops in the neighborhood known for its industrial warehouses, where eclectic bars and clubs mix with contemporary art galleries to discover the best of São Paulo's creative scene.
Over
16 stops along the subway tracks, the circuit maps the common interests and goals of a community strengthened around design. In addition,
Design na Barra Funda gives visibility to the processes, research and products of creatives on a local and national scale. Below, we list 5 highlights from the 3rd edition of Design na Barra Funda!
Rain Studio Formed by product designer Mariana Ramos and architect Ricardo Innecco,
Estúdio Rain was founded in 2015 and, since then, has managed to establish its own language where formal simplicity and constructive rigor coexist. In Barra Funda, the studio's headquarters functions both as an office and an exhibition space.
Humberto da Mata Humberto da Mata is a designer from Brasilia who lives in São Paulo and is known for his playful, colorful and extravagant benches and chairs. With a focus on researching manual techniques, the studio also embraces other forms of design, such as handmade ceramics, which it develops in partnership with local artisans and small industries.
Varnish Run by
Fábio Matheiski ,
Paulo Bega and
Luciano Tartalia ,
Verniz is a store located in Barra Funda that combines classic Brazilian design with industrial pieces and unusual objects in its collections. During the circuit, the store opened the exhibition Tiago Tormin + Verniz; which celebrates the creative participation of Tormin, a visual artist whose works identify the innermost part of Brazil, in the creation of objects from recycled materials stored by Verniz.
Palm Founded in 2020,
Palma is an architecture and design studio based in São Paulo whose eclectic work revolves around projects of different scales and typologies – from architecture to scenography, including interiors, graphic design and furniture. At the helm of the office, visual artist Cleo Döbberthin and architect Lorenzo Lo Schiavo presented their second furniture collection during Design na Barra Funda: Bingo - Collection No. 2.
