Mexican industrial design studio Jorge Diego Etienne has created a collection of "unpretentious" furniture for Techo ? a non-profit that builds prefabricated housing for people living in slums across Latin America.
Comprising three chairs, a stool, bench, coffee and side table, the Tempo range is entirely made from wood offcuts that were created in the process of constructing these homes.
And ultimately, the pieces will be used to furnish the houses themselves as well as sold for profit, with proceeds going back into funding future Techo housing projects.
A low, round side table accompanies a version of the dining chair without armrests
"Techo's workshop works primarily with pine, which has been commonly used for furniture in Mexico throughout history ? from vernacular chairs to projects in rural workshops by [architect and designer] Oscar Hagerman and, of course, the great Luis Barragán," the studio's founder and namesake Jorge Diego Etienne told Dezeen. "Pine is part of Mexican design history but it's overlooked in contemporary design," he added. "We took this as a challenge to explore how can we make pine contemporary through a simple and clear design."

The final pieces are created by Techo's own craftsmen, who have honed their carpentry skills over several decades of manufacturing prefab timber houses.
This expertise is allowed to take centre stage through the deliberately pared-back, "unpretentious aesthetic" of the f...