Interviews with Diogo Pinelli

The stalk of plants

Watching the plants I learned how the pieces can expand in a stable way.

Develop my work as a designer and create beautiful and functional pieces

From the first inspiration until reaching the desired stability it took 3 months.

Pursuit an inspiration.

I am responsible for the development, production and distribution of the pieces.

I love producing furniture and seeing the interaction with people

People who value a simple design without being simple.

The way the pieces interact with each other

The first inspiration came from observing the stalk of a plant.

The way the pieces interact with each other

Laser-cut and powder coating.

We tested some prototypes until we found the best angle to generate the desired stability.

As a startup, I would like to have my project evaluated by experienced designers

I learned more about the materials, the interaction between them.

We’re inspired by nature, animals, architecture and cultures from all over the world – but our development process begins on the smallest scale. We experiment with our hands, playing with forms, angles and perspectives until we reach the ideal shape.

As a child I was always very curious about how things were done and how they worked. As a child my joy was to dismanteling home devices and appreciate the shapes that the parts were designed to stay on the inside and only had one way to perform a certain function.

Makuko is a small furniture design studio. The name Makuko comes from the native people of Brazil. The way they express themselves through painting and transform nature into a functional living environment forms the basis of our design inspiration.

Design is all existing form.

Design is the relationship between light and object, the perception of light.

I like to design products that complement each other in the interaction of person /object. Let its use not be so obvious let people interact with the play.

The leaves of the trees are fascinating. Not only the variety of shapes and textures, but also the function they perform perfectly throughout their cycle and how important they are for human life to exist.

Paper and pencils, old technologies that will take a long time to overcome.

When life is in harmony with nature.

The interaction between the materials, the alloy is fundamental to success.

When working on projects I am delighted to see something that is in mind turn into an object.

When he can awaken people's emotions.

The ability to awaken emotions in people.

Designers must work to bring their products together socially and the environment, so we can create a conscientiousness and respect each other and the environment in a more dignified way.

We’re inspired by nature, animals, architecture and cultures from all over the world – but our development process begins on the smallest scale. We experiment with our hands, playing with forms, angles and perspectives until we reach the ideal shape.

I am Brazilian but today I live in Berlin, a very cosmopolitan city very intense that is surrounded by a lot of nature, we have the best of both worlds.

My routine is very flexible, I like to alternate the fundamental activities with moments of pleasure or just contemplation, I do not like to establish time for each activity, the freer the better.

Believe in your dream and work hard to achieve, but without losing pleasure in the process.

Designers are always questioning the way things are done, finds it very positive to try to find a new look on things.

I believe a keen look to be able to read the forms and their interaction with people.

Since the beginning of my career, I try to develop a system to make the right decisions based on pros and contras.

It depends, some are easier and take a day and some are elaborate and take weeks.

Is that possible to build something like this?

Furniture is fascinating and we need than for our daily routine.

Today I am planning to open a showroom and establish partnerships with larger producers for our creations to reach other markets.

Just email me at Contact@studiomakuko.com