Tribo stool – Objekto

Ilse Lang

Trained as an architect, Ilse Lang created her first piece of furniture in 1988 and took part in the Movesp prize, winning first place. Since then, she has devoted herself exclusively to the creation of furniture, putting her career as an architect on hold. A difficult choice, but one that has paid off, as Ilse Lang is now recognized as one of the great revelations of contemporary Brazilian design.

Ilse Lang hails from Caçapava, a small town in the far south of Brazil, just a stone's throw from Uruguay and Argentina. Gaucho" country is the antithesis of the tropical Brazil so often promoted. It is from this region of harsh climate and vast, monochromatic landscapes that she draws her inspiration.

For her, innovation is about making things even simpler than they already are. She sees simplification as an evolution: focusing on what's essential. For Ilse Lang, successful design is a balance between form and function. It's the coexistence of these two concepts that's important. For her, being true to the concept that form is a consequence of function doesn't mean that it has to be disconnected from our feelings, and there are an infinite number of solutions to achieve this. It's in the subtlety of the choices we make at the moment of creation that our cultural and emotional heritage shines through.

The furniture she creates always combines aesthetics with functionality. Her designs are simple and uncluttered, and her creations are always surprisingly ingenious and innovative.