Esrawe Studio is launching a collection of simple, stained black furniture at its showroom during this year's Design Week Mexico in the country's capital.
Esrawe Studio's Intervalo exhibition features four new pieces ? including a bookshelf, two chairs and a dining table ? all of which are assembled from solid red oak wood, stained black.

To achieve this look, the Mexico City-based studio sanded the material and then applied a black pigment to tint it. Lastly, black oil was added to seal in the colouring.
Thick slices of wood form the shelves of the Cartela bookshelf in the series, with shorter sections placed to form the vertical separators. Steel bars thread through the supports to both secure them and allow them to rotate in different directions.
"The location of the vertical axes of the piece, as well as the position of its palettes, dictates the possible configurations of the set, and allows great versatility in terms of language and expression of the design," said Esrawe Studio in a project description.
"The shapes and the finishes used reinforce a proposal free of ornaments, to emphasise the absence of visual noise and sculptural character of the piece."

Because of its modular design, Cartela can be built in two heights: a 177-centimetre bookshelf and an 88-centimetre credenza.

The Kanji dining table is similarly designed to be arranged in two different layouts. The first sees a wooden bar placed underneath the long table top, with three legs...