In April 2020, furniture designer Etel Carmona visited a forested hillside in the Serra da Mantiqueira mountains, inspired by her son’s discovery of the land. After years away, she connected deeply with the landscape of her childhood and decided to create a home there, envisioning it as a refuge for her family. Relocating to Sao Paulo in her teens, Carmona had established a woodworking atelier in 1985 after unsatisfactorily searching for furniture for her home. This project signifies a personal and familial homecoming.
\"Waking the next morning in the clouds, I decided I needed to have a home there, she says. Because I have a close relationship with this landscape.\"
\"Decades had passed since Carmona had spent any real time near her birthplace. She had relocated to Sao Paulo in her teens to complete her studies and had remained in the city until the early 1980s...\"
\"Frustrated by her attempts to find furniture for the house, Carmona set up a woodworking atelier on the property in 1985 where she and local carpenters manufactured credenzas, bed frames and dining tables...\"
\"This project would be a homecoming... a country refuge for herself, her three children and their families.\"
Collection
[
|
...
]