Seven designers and studios from Uruguay have created a series of furniture that draws on the legacy of one of the country's best-known architects.
The designers were all asked to respond to the work of modernist architect Julio Vilamajó. The results are on show at the Aram Gallery for London Design Festival, in an exhibition titled Hilos Invisibles, meaning invisible threads.
The nine pieces of furniture, which include a leather-covered banquette and a mirror-drinks cabinet hybrid, are displayed alongside commissioned photography of each item taken in front of a brutalist building by Vilamajó.
Furniture by Uruguayan design studios are on display at the Aram Gallery as part of London Design Festival
Exhibition curator Matteo Fogale hopes the project will shed light on both the upcoming Uruguayan design scene and an often-overlooked South American architect. The seven studios that he approached to work on the project are Menini-Nicola, Rafael Antía, Claudio Sibille, Estudio Diario, Carolina Palombo Piríz, Muar and Estudio Claro.
El Secreto mirror and bar was designed by Menini-Nicola with Matteo Fogale
Fogale met them all last year at designjunction, a London Design Festival venue, where they were showing together. "That's what I liked about it, there are just a few of them, so they do everything together as a group and collaborate a lot already," Fogale told Dezeen.
Initially the group conducted a series of workshops at Vilamajó's former home in Mon...