Ibuju Collection by Fango Tackles Deforestation.

Photo by Juan Bernardo Silva.

Photo by Juan Bernardo Silva.

Photo by Juan Bernardo Silva.

Colombian designer Francisco Jaramillo of Fango Studio has designed Ibuji, a furniture collection made from Yaré, a natural fibre vine found in the Amazon jungle. With 60% of the total deforestation affecting Colombia, concentrated in the Amazon region since 2020, the project seeks to address this problem and create an alternative to the use of native woods.

Rather than cutting down more trees and endangering the native forest, the proposal is to take advantage of a renewable material such as “Yaré” and rethink the design and manufacturing of timber pieces through sustainable materials. The collection features a bench, stool and table. The Fango team worked with a group of weavers, to translate these familiar furniture styles and geometries into new “yaré” creations.

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Francisco’s work is focused on collaboration and making refined collectable pieces with a clear narrative. His furniture and objects are formulated around his home in Colombia, and the relationship that exists with the artisans.

“Designing is a synonym of telling stories through objects,” Francisco explains. The Columbian designer is inspired by people and products with meaning—he interprets them in the present preserving a soul that evocates past times. “Fango represents origin and culture,” he continues. “A Colombian studio that arises from traditional cultures and human behaviour to create pieces that interact between the artisanal and technological aspect; and surely the relationship between man, context [and] object.”

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[Images courtesy of Fango. Photography by Juliana Gómez Quijano, Juan Bernardo Silva & Yohan López.]