Luciana Duque

Luciana was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Besides her passion for art, she is a swimmer fan and a cyclist lover. Her design path went through many directions. From the Fine Arts, when she began her artistic career. During six years she studied art, photography and painting history, among others, at the EAV - Parque Laje, Rio de Janeiro, and specialized in furniture design at the Instituto Europeo di Design in Rio de Janeiro (IED-Rio). After more than eight years as art director of a traditional carioca furniture brand, she founded her own studio, Studio OBJ, in 2016. OBJ is now where she dedicates her time to develop and manufacture products. Luciana's trajectory and experience gave her repertoire to launch a furniture collection with a consistent purpose, based on the idea of upcycling - a term used to describe the reuse of objects and materials in the creation of new products, thus promoting the improvement of its utility and quality. "An item that passes through the upcycle gets a touch of design that gives value to the piece. The most interesting is the consequence of this, because it reduces the amount of waste produced and reduces the need to exploit new raw materials," she points out.

Submitted by Emporium B Gallery