Design studio Bravo! has exploited the textures and hues in rock from one of Chile's volcanos in this collection of 80 home accessories, featuring block colours, swirling patterns, mottled surfaces and thick veins.
Bravo! created the pieces from the semiprecious Combarbalita stone for the Monolith Series, and presented six of the designs at the Sight Unseen Offsite exhibition during the NYCxDesign festival last month.

The Chilean volcanic rock is made up of minerals including kaolinite, natroalunite, silica and hematite, as well as small amounts of clay, quartz, copper and silver. The quantities of these components often vary so much that the appearance of the rock changes, offering the Santiago-based design studio plenty of of possibility for its collection. "Given the versatility in the natural composition of the stone, each piece designed varies in its veins, textures and colours, therefore, is completely unique and unrepeatable," said Bravo! in a statement.

The studio ? which completed the Monolith Series in two parts over one year ? duplicated designs in the collection to further highlight the different finishes in the rock, from deep reds, greens and black, to paler tones in spiralling patterns, and mottled and veiny textures.
The shapes are hand-carved and suggest uses as vases and containers, although the studio intends this to be left open for interpretation.

"Each object present in the series is conceived from technical and formal experimentatio...