EWE Studio
EWE is a design studio based in Mexico City, devoted to the preservation and advancement of Mexico’s rich artisan heritage, while embracing new mediums and languages for the execution of limited-edition sculptural and functional objects.
With a desire to reflect tradition as part of the natural flow of design, EWE praises diverse techniques, blends primitive roughness with pristine surfaces, and uses natural empathic materials that appeal to the senses. Mexican history is EWE’s inspiration for forging new ideas that have substance and meaning.
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The Táas cabinet draws inspiration from traditional metalwork in Mesoamerica. The piece is made up of openings and stepped geometries which reveal and conceal both form and content, offering a balance between the pristine and raw. Comprised of sculptural forms, the cabinet is shaped with curves of patinated brass. The piece embodies the transition between the solid and void, open and closed, light and shadow, concrete and imaginary.
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The Táas desk is constructed out of patinated brass, with its curvatures offering a blend of the enigmatic and functional. Inspired by architectural steppes and collumns from Mesoamerican constructions, the piece’s geometry is made up of folded metal surfaces. In a direct allusion to the act of piercing or cutting, the metal sheets have been transformed into a sculptural entity that links traditional metallurgy practices to a contemporary design expression.
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The meticulous craftsmanship of the Altar collection, in its desire to honor the process and raw materials, is inspired by the flat-surfaced pieces used in pre-Hispanic rituals and ceremonies, especially in sacrifices or offerings to the gods.
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ALTAR is a project that showcases a unique approach to design and celebrates the beauty of the tools and techniques used in stone craftsmanship. Just like an ALTAR, the collection offers a range of tables that act as places for awe, praise, and treasuring daily objects in the home. It is part of SRO (Sacred Ritual Objects), a collection that departs from sacred rituals and traditions in Mexico. The idea for the ALTAR came from a curiosity for shrines, ALTARs, and pedestals, which are the sacred spaces where rituals are performed and the place where ceremonial objects are placed. We wanted to create our own version of an ALTAR, but we wanted it to be more than just a functional object. We wanted it to be a sculptural piece that celebrates the process of creation.
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Inspired by flat-topped blocks used for religious rituals and ceremonies, especially for sacrifices or offerings to the deities. Our tables have been hand carved and are related to objects that, through their expression, have become symbolic pieces in the spaces which they are placed, called Altares.
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Inspired by flat-topped blocks used for religious rituals and ceremonies, especially for sacrifices or offerings to the deities. Altar hand-carved tables are the synthesis of this expression. The high detailed artisanal work makes them an eye-catching piece in any environment they are placed in.
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Inspired by flat-topped blocks used for religious rituals and ceremonies, especially for sacrifices or offerings to the deities. Our tables have been hand carved and are related to objects that, through their expression, have become symbolic pieces in the spaces which they are placed, called Altares.
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ALTAR is a project that showcases a unique approach to design and celebrates the beauty of the tools and techniques used in stone craftsmanship. Just like an ALTAR, the collection offers a range of tables that act as places for awe, praise, and treasuring daily objects in the home. It is part of SRO (Sacred Ritual Objects), a collection that departs from sacred rituals and traditions in Mexico. The idea for the ALTAR came from a curiosity for shrines, ALTARs, and pedestals, which are the sacred spaces where rituals are performed and the place where ceremonial objects are placed. We wanted to create our own version of an ALTAR, but we wanted it to be more than just a functional object. We wanted it to be a sculptural piece that celebrates the process of creation.
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ALTAR is a project that showcases a unique approach to design and celebrates the beauty of the tools and techniques used in stone craftsmanship. Just like an ALTAR, the collection offers a range of tables that act as places for awe, praise, and treasuring daily objects in the home. It is part of SRO (Sacred Ritual Objects), a collection that departs from sacred rituals and traditions in Mexico. The idea for the ALTAR came from a curiosity for shrines, ALTARs, and pedestals, which are the sacred spaces where rituals are performed and the place where ceremonial objects are placed. We wanted to create our own version of an ALTAR, but we wanted it to be more than just a functional object. We wanted it to be a sculptural piece that celebrates the process of creation.
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Estela is a lighting sculpture inspired by Mexican stelae, large single-stone monoliths used for the recording of history. Standing solemnly, the lamp emits a soft light that reveals the raw surfaces of its metallic interior. This elegant standing lamp, with simple forms, is crafted using the lost-wax technique and then cast in bronze by expert hands in Mexico City.
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The COPAL table is part of the Syncretism Collection, which explores the convergence of contrasting ideas within the same space and time. Syncretism is the amalgamation of different religions, cultures, and thoughts. This collection celebrates traditional hand-carved techniques and embodies the rich heritage of skilled stonemasons, metalworkers, and woodworkers collaborating with EWE. Just like the idea of syncretism, the objects within this collection are simultaneously functional and sculptural. The inspiration behind the COPAL table comes from the ritual elements found in Mexico, which have facilitated syncretic ideas across different cultures. Specifically, the table draws upon the concept of “COPALeras,” which are objects resembling censers or open cauldrons used to burn COPAL.
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EWE Studio in collaboration with Nouvel Limited produced a special golden edition of Magma lighting fixtures for Design. The process began with creating molds varying in size and scale, hand carved in volcanic stone by local stonemasons. The volcanic stone was chosen for the molds as it is not affected by the heat of the blown glass, due to its origin. Being an artisanal process, the shape, thickness and tonality differs, as a result giving unique characteristics to each one of the Magma ‘bubbles’. The ethereal golden light is generated through acid finish that was applied on the amber glass surface, together with the hand hammered brass surface contained within the bubbles. Amber blown glass with acid finish, steel, hammered brass, LED lights
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The PARTERA chair and stool are part of the Syncretism Collection. They were born out of a process of research and observation into vernacular objects in Mexico, particularly its main inspiration departs from the shape of the birthing chairs. The PARTERA chair represents EWE’s unique interpretation and abstraction of this ancient furniture piece. A birthing chair, also referred to as a birth chair, is a device designed to assist women in maintaining an upright posture during childbirth. Its purpose is to provide balance and support. Birthing chairs have been utilized worldwide for thousands of years and are not limited to any specific region. A version of these chairs arrived in Mexico during the colonial period, likely brought from Spain and France. These specific objects were subsequently introduced and adopted in traditional birthing and midwife practices in Mesoamerica.
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The PARTERA chair and stool are part of the Syncretism Collection. They were born out of a process of research and observation into vernacular objects in Mexico, particularly its main inspiration departs from the shape of the birthing chairs. The PARTERA chair represents EWE’s unique interpretation and abstraction of this ancient furniture piece. A birthing chair, also referred to as a birth chair, is a device designed to assist women in maintaining an upright posture during childbirth. Its purpose is to provide balance and support. Birthing chairs have been utilized worldwide for thousands of years and are not limited to any specific region. A version of these chairs arrived in Mexico during the colonial period, likely brought from Spain and France. These specific objects were subsequently introduced and adopted in traditional birthing and midwife practices in Mesoamerica.
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EWE Studio collaborated with Nouvel Studio to produce the Magma light series. The process began with designing molds varying in size and scale, hand-carved in volcanic stone by local stonemasons. The volcanic stone was chosen for the molds as it is not affected by the heat of the blown glass, due to its origin. Being an artisanal process, the shape, thickness and totality differs, as a result giving unique characteristics to each one of the Magma ‘bubbles’.
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EWE Studio in collaboration with Nouvel Limited produced a special golden edition of Magma lighting fixtures for Design. The process began with creating molds varying in size and scale, hand carved in volcanic stone by local stonemasons. The volcanic stone was chosen for the molds as it is not affected by the heat of the blown glass, due to its origin. Being an artisanal process, the shape, thickness and tonality differs, as a result giving unique characteristics to each one of the Magma ‘bubbles’. The ethereal golden light is generated through acid finish that was applied on the amber glass surface, together with the hand hammered brass surface contained within the bubbles.
