Colombian brand Fango has combined design with storytelling to produce the Ibuju furniture collection from yaré fibre that aims to address deforestation concerns in the Amazon.
Informed by the brand's creative director Francisco Jaramillo's home in Colombia, the collection was created to explore the relationship between local artisans and their environment.
The pieces are woven by local artisans near Medellín
The collection includes a table, bench and stool made from a natural fibre called yaré ? a root that grows around the trunks of trees in the Colombian Amazon, harvested by local communities.
These pieces draw on indigenous Amazonian aesthetics to celebrate the region's culture while aiming to emphasise the need to preserve its biodiversity. The designs resemble furniture that would be typically made from wood
The designs reimagine traditional wooden furniture in a natural material that doesn't require cutting down the tree on which it grows.
"This is where I try to reference a piece of furniture that could have been constructed from wood, but is now made from a regenerative fibre that solely depends on the tree that could have been felled," Jaramillo told Dezeen.
The collection showcases a neofolk aesthetic
Described as neofolk, the furniture also aims to draw attention to the social and economic implications of deforestation, with the loss of the jungle placing strain on local communities that are dependent on its resources.
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