SP-Arte may be best known as Brazil's leading art fair, but it also provides a platform for young designers. Contributor Benoit Loiseau selects his highlights of the ones to watch at this year's event.
Every April, the international art world flocks to São Paulo for SP-Arte.
But at this year's festival, which takes place from 11 to 15 April at the city's the Bienal Pavilion, a number of emerging Brazilian designers and studios presented new collections.
From the range of different furniture and product designs on show, we've rounded up five studios to keep an eye on:

Bianca Barbato
When she created the Lixo series, which translates to "garbage" in Portuguese, São Paulo-based designer Bianca Barbato considered the lack of recycling policies in the Brazilian capital. Her response is a set of five, limited-edition playful table lamps, cast in brass from moulds made using discarded plastic bottles and cartons. Photographs by Edouard Fraipont

RAIN
Founded in 2014, RAIN is a São Paulo-based design duo comprising architect Ricardo Innecco and product designer Mariana Ramos. At SP-Arte, they presented a number of recent design objects and sculptures, but the highlight was their Swimming Pool tables.
As the name suggests, the curved coffee tables are shaped like a swimming pool, designed to evoke a sense of nostalgia and leisure. They are made in powder coated-steel with a painted glass top, and the miniature ladder can be placed in different positions.

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