Héctor Esrawe
Héctor Esrawe was born in 1968 in Mexico City. He graduated from the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) in 1992 as an Industrial Designer. From 1997 to 2001 he was a Design Professor at UIA, after that he became Design Director at CENTRO Study House, where he created the Industrial Design Degree. In 2003, he launched his multidisciplinary design practice, Esrawe Studio, which he directs until today.
Hector Esrawe
Solsticio revisits the interest in light’s journey through different surfaces, continuing the explorations in pieces like ‘Parabola’ and ‘Shifting Parabola’, it analyzes the passing of light on metallic surfaces to understand refraction, paths and fragmentation in different planes that gradually highlight its many faces. Solsticio displays a series of luminous metal pieces, radially articulated and assembled, where the light fragments and bounces its spectrum in several directions. The absence of light becomes as relevant as its presence. The resulting objects present as industrial quality machines, as if in laboratory or a research facility — manifesting a dystopian vision of the future as imagined by our ancestors; specially alluding to time machines and space travels of the 40’s and 50’s, and even analogies found in dystopias like ‘Metropolis’ (1927) by Fritz Lang.
Hector Esrawe
Trama II Shelve is a part of the Trama Collection, limited edition made from wood and brass, consists of three formats, two vertical and one horizontal made from both natural and stained holm oak wood and aged or natural brass.Trama Collection was presented in Mexico City at the International Zona Maco Exhibition in 2019. Limited Edition of 20 pieces per size.
Hector Esrawe
Trama Collection is a limited edition made from wood and brass, consists of three formats, two vertical and one horizontal made from both natural and stained holm oak wood and aged or natural brass. Trama Collection was presented in Mexico City at the International Zona Maco Exhibition in 2019. Limited Edition of 20 pieces per size.
Hector Esrawe
The EWE Studio Copal side tables are composed by four identical pieces linked together with hidden locks, making the observer feel like three out of the four parts of the table are just touching and hovering in the air. Our stonemason and wood carvers used obsidiana, Tikal green marble, volcanic stone and wood, while creating the pieces. The artisans understand the nature of the materials, working to bring out their unique characteristics and particular properties.
Hector Esrawe
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
Hector Esrawe
EWE is pleased to present Aura, our new lightning fixture that continues the exploration around religious elements, objects, and places of worship in our culture. Aura is built out of four crescent geometric shapes, which resemble the arc of both altars and churches from the colonial times
Hector Esrawe
Pitao Armchair got its inspiration from the Zapotec God of Rain figure “Pitao Cocijo” and the glyph C, which was used in the representation of the god, as figures in their headdresses or as vases in their hands. Glyph C symbolic shape was the direct inspiration behind the armchair’s backrest form.
Hector Esrawe
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.
Hector Esrawe
The Sincretismo collection Estela Lighting Fixtures are monolithic expressive figures, that are an abstraction of the Mayan wood and stone slab structures. The fixtures are hand-carved out of Monterrey marble, leaving its exterior pristine so the details of the natural material would be visible for the observer and an exposed roughness of the carved interior that is enhanced with the light to create an altar-like experience.
Hector Esrawe
EWE Studio stools are made of oak wood, Jalapa travertine and Monterrey marble. The stool form becomes an expression of the hand-carved techniques and its materials. It combines a circular pristine base with inner surface being rough and a wide curved tribal top. The works are carved out from one single piece of either wood or stone, leaving no joints.
Hector Esrawe
For the creation of Sincretismo’s Partera chair, EWE Studio looked deep into the past and found its inspiration from the shape of a birthing chair commonly used in Mexico, while making their own abstraction. The chair sits low with integrity on top of its two base legs, the dramatic character and expression is the result of a radical volume that holds a wide horizontal extended seat intersected by a long perpendicular backrest.
Hector Esrawe
Characterized by visual balance, the 2.6 meter long dining table achieves its shape from the counterweight formed of a large piece of black Orizaba marble stone. The marble creates the necessary weight to support the steel structure, which is then attached to the burnt countertop. The marble stone is obtained directly from the quarry in one piece, specifically chosen by the studio according to its weight, size and character. The natural shape of the marble is the result of the environmental conditions of the mountain, giving a unique personality to each table. The burning of the two inch thick wooden countertop is done through a Japanese technique known as Yakisugi. The process is carried out with the objective to seal the wood and protect it, giving it a distinctive color and texture.
Hector Esrawe
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’.
Hector Esrawe
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.
Hector Esrawe
The EWE Studio Copal side tables are composed by four identical pieces linked together with hidden locks, making the observer feel like three out of the four parts of the table are just touching and hovering in the air. Our stonemason and wood carvers used obsidiana, Tikal green marble, volcanic stone and wood, while creating the pieces. The artisans understand the nature of the materials, working to bring out their unique characteristics and particular properties.
Hector Esrawe
The coffee table of EWE Studio is made out six half spheres, three smaller half and three large half spheres, that are assembled together. The table is carved out of Tikal green marble by our stonemasons. The technical complexity of the work is related to its stability, as the upper big spheres are seemingly hovering in the air, resulting in a magnificent visual tension that defies gravity on its cantilever.
