Contemporary Sofa, Sustainable Natural Yaré Fiber, by Fango 'F. Jaramillo'
By Fango
Located in Barcelona, ES
Manufactured by Fango.
Colombia, 2023
Yaré fiber and metal structure.
Measurements
210 x 85 x 95h cm
82,7 x 33,5 x 37,4h in
Provenance
Fango Studio, Medellín, Colombia.
Exhibitions
Casavells 2023.
Concept
The Ibuju collection projects the synergy of designing and storytelling, an essential intention of Fango’s creative director, Francisco Jaramillo. The series stems from concern over the indiscriminate logging and overuse of the native woods from the endangered green lung of planet earth, the Amazon, a jungle increasingly fading from the world. Looking for alternatives to build functional furniture in native materials, Jaramillo and the weavers of Fango discovered the renewable Yaré fiber. Yaré is a fiber commonly called “vine", a root that grows around the trunks of trees in the Colombian Amazon. These fibers are used by local indigenous communities in southern Colombia for handcrafted weaving, which inspired Jaramillo to translate the native aesthetics and geometries of primitive wooden...
Category
2010s Colombian Fango Furniture