MADE 2022: discover the highlights of the fair at Pacaembu, in São Paulo

01/07 - The work "Caminho: meu, seu, nosso" (Path: mine, yours, ours) was born after Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros reflected on the steps she has taken so far and those she will still take. In the work, a mat woven by the designer - who learned from video classes taught by the artisans of the Mehinako people in 2020 - creates a drawing of an alligator walking, struggling on a practically vertical climb, leaving its footprints marked before moving on in a flight of freedom. (Divulgação)

02/07 - "Tradition and contemporaneity are present in this work. The tradition in the weaving of the mat and the wind wheel and in the design of the alligator, so present in the daily reality of the Mehinako people; the contemporaneity in the jequitibá cylinders that replace the buriti stalks and in the message which the alligator takes and spreads in the wind, trying to reach as far as possible", explains Maria Fernanda. (Divulgação)

03/07 - This paradox of tradition and contemporaneity is fused both in the techniques applied and in the materials employed in the work. The solid pink jequitibá wood, used in both the bases and the cylinders, was also used to weave the mat with the alligator and the windmill; bark and leaves of trees and palm trees used by the Mehinako people in the construction of their huts, in their rituals and in the production of their handicrafts, were collected by Kulikyrda Stive Mehinako in the forest surrounding the Kaupüna village, in the Xingu Indigenous Territory, in Mato Grosso. Cotton threads were dyed with the raw material collected by Kulikyrda, by Maibe Maroccolo, the creator of Mattricaria, in Brasília. All this synergy between ancestral and modern is expressed in every detail chosen by Maria Fernanda to seek the greater purpose of her art: to exalt and rescue what is most genuine in our roots. (Divulgação)

04/07 - The Lantern Lamp, Capsule Lamp and Costume Lamp are Cris Bertolucci's main launches for MADE 2022. The choice of pieces came from Cris's desire to express one of her main creative pillars, through pieces with simple and elegant shapes. “For me, the end result and beauty come first when I'm designing my lamps. As much as this may seem obvious, the idea of creating pieces that add elegance and romanticism to a space is the fundamental basis of my work”, comments the designer. (Divulgação)

05/07 - For Cris, the beauty of the pieces can be found both in their minimalist and elegant shapes and in the translation of playful concepts into lamps full of poetry. The three pieces represent Cris's ability to extract new shapes and solutions from processes considered traditional in the production of lighting pieces. This can be seen, for example, in the Lantern Lamp, which uses a common artisanal process for producing lampshades, but manages to convey a unique personality due to the use of the designer's innovative design combined with the intelligent application of materials such as cotton and brushed brass. (Divulgação)

06/07 - If, in the lines of Carlos Drummond de Andrade's most famous poem, the stone on the path changes the way of seeing life for those who encounter it, in the Rastro Collection, created by Marllon Morais and Rodrigo Queiroz of Estúdio Dentro, the stone leaves the lyrical field to express materiality. Marllon Morais and Rodrigo Queiroz rescue the raw Amazonite stone, a mineral found in abundance in Minas Gerais, whose preciousness occupies its symbolic place, drawing a parallel to Drummond's poem, where a stone considered ordinary transforms the life of the subject of the poem. Here, the designers elevate the Amazonite stone as the protagonist of the pieces: in irregular shapes, the stones are placed one on top of the other by means of a solid bar, which forms the feet. The colorless glass top has an organic shape, reinforcing the organic proposal. (Divulgação)

07/07 - Marllon and Rodrigo also present the Beira and Arco Collections: in the Beira Collection, marble appears in the centerpieces and brings with it geometric inspiration, moving between the lightness of the lines and the weight of the initial structure of the raw stone. Jequitibá wood enters poetically, dividing the marble into two parts, at the same time reconnecting them. The Arco Collection consists of pots and hangers, with the cast metal arches as the main element. The models of these pieces were made in wood and by hand, carving a texture across the entire body of the object, giving it an organic irregularity. Due to this irregularity, even though the pieces are made from the same mold, they arrive at the end of the process with subtle variations in their surfaces. (Divulgação)