Design duo Estudio Persona has based this range of furniture on the aesthetic of their native Uruguay, which they describe as "far from the exuberantly colourful Latino cliché".

Estudio Persona was founded by industrial designer Emiliana Gonzalez and artist Jessie Young, who moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and set up their studio in the arts district.

"Their two separate visions of the object happily contend with each other on a daily basis," said a statement from the studio titled Hispanic Rock N Roll.
"A discussion flows between functionality and sculpture, product and narrative, in order to create furniture that speaks both to space and to the body."

The objects in their current collection intentionally deviate from the bright hues typically associated with design from Latin America.
"Montevideo is a grey and melancholic city, perfectly suited to writers and poets," they said. "Our culture is above all rural and European, inherited from our Scottish, Italian and Spanish forebears. With very British winters."

The duo therefore chose a palette of muted colours, natural materials and matte finishes for the designs.
These include the Una set, comprising a large wooden dining table with thick cylindrical legs and an accompanying chair, in either all-black or maple.

The chair's backrest matches the form of the table legs, but flipped 90 degrees and upholstered in leather. It is propped up on a wooden dowel, forming a T abov...