Research & Experimentation: LANDDD Showroom in Portland by Javier Reyes & Lilian Hardy.

Two creatives in their own right, Javier Reyes and Lillian Hardy have combined forces to form Landdd, a design and creative production studio in Portland. With a new showroom in tow, the duo take a hands-on and research approach to design, shaped by their own connection to practice and from their work with artists in Oaxaca de Juárez and the Pacific Northwest.

Landdd offers private commissions for commercial clients and residential interiors alongside seasonal collections of objects, textiles and campaigns centred around narratives derived from their respective cultures.

“Our work is entirely research-based—from the streets of Javier’s homeland in the Dominican Republic to the textile work we discover in the backwoods of Alabama or rich dynamism of Oaxaca: sound, colour, culture, history and natures of these regions we are connected to are truly at play here. We try to collect information in photos or objects from each place, which informs the work we make for this project,” Lillian elaborates.

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In downtown Portland, right by old Chinatown you’ll find the fruits of the designer’s labour, with a seasonal collection of small batch rugs, wall hangings, throws and runners shown on a slow rotation in a bright and airy warehouse space.

It’s a process that opens a dialogue between the artists “Our most treasured parts are in the ways that we get to work together,” Lillian continues, “We both show up with different powers and often meet in the middle in an open and playful way. At its core that’s what this project is about—to take risks, experiment and stay curious.”

And of Javier and Lillians’s favourite aspect of the space? “That we made it ourselves,” she concludes.

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[Images courtesy of Landdd. Photography by Pablo Enriquez.]