VERDI is a Colombian textile studio celebrating tradition to create unique homeware, fashion, and art pieces by intertwining natural fibers with contemporary materials. Our story began in the Colombian mountains in 1995 with Carlos Vera Dieppa, a pioneer in Latin American textile design who, after meeting up with a skilled but somewhat skeptical coffee-sack weaver, developed a unique technique of intertwining local, natural threads and broadened a pair of looms to weave unusual fiber-rugs. He would later have the idea of adding metal to these rugs.

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VERDI carries fique and metal rugs, organic-silk cushions, plantain-fiber and copper-thread curtains, textiles, tableware, and silver-plated handbags, among other handwoven items. Having been included twice in Surface Magazine’s “THE LIST” as “one of the brands that are shaping the design world,” has collaborated with designers like Johanna Ortiz and has sold at retailers like Bergdorf Goodman, Moda Operandi, and Net-A-Porter, VERDI is now a multidimensional design studio that combines craftsmanship with luxury to create homeware, fashion and art pieces for the aesthetically and socially inclined.

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The brand’s characteristically vibrant tints are inspired by Colombia’s Caribbean coast and birthplace to late Verdi founder and namesake Carlos Vera Dieppa (hence the name VerDi). In their words, their Mochila Verdi “represents the connection between man’s spirit and Mother Nature. It’s what distinguishes us as Colombians: our magic and authenticity that shine through our smiles and love of life.”