Contemporary Utopia Sideboard, Walnut and Silver Handmade for October Gallery

Guided by the mantra “Design is significance. Form is the result,” furniture studio DRAMA pushes beyond the conventional limits of contemporary design, producing highly original, visually expressive pieces. 

DRAMA was founded by designer Adérito Soares, who left his native Venezuela to seek refuge from the country’s economic and political strife. Now living and working in Porto, Portugal, as DRAMA’s creative director, Soares says he “seeks to create a utopia of significant pieces, which can give rise to distinct and not immediate interpretations.” 

In recent years, DRAMA has collaborated with Portuguese furniture manufacturer October Gallery to create a collection of conceptual, furniture-as-art pieces. These include their brutalist EGO sideboard, made from white alderwood and consisting of a front panel mesh denoting an “unfinished sculpture.” Other notable pieces include the hedonistic Utopia armchair upholstered in black velvet with silver leaf; the bronze and copper leaf Utopia console table; and the Utopia coffee table, a “sun-like” form with asymmetrical wood and gold leaf panels and a marble top. 

DRAMA’s pieces have been exhibited at major shows around the world, garnering acclaim from critics and collectors alike. In 2018, the studio presented their Portal Triptych floor mirror at Design Shanghai. 

On 1stDibs, discover a range of DRAMA case pieces and storage cabinets, tables and mirrors.

October Gallery is an online gallery focused on highlighting new contemporary, limited edition and collectible design from emerging talented multidisciplinary artists and studios. The portfolio comprises a curated selection of unique pieces, limited editions and small series, as well numbered and signed by their authors, with a certificate of authenticity included. Our language expresses a set of emotions, such as uniqueness and exclusivity, mutability and unpredictability, material transformation and organicity. An uncensored aesthetic in which each piece holds its power and character, offering a new vocabulary for an audience that seeks protagonism and differentiation. It represents a change in the interpretation of design, based on the memories of portuguese craft production, creating bridges with innovation and new technologies. October Gallery crosses the traditional boundaries of design emerging in a new dimension.