{"id":494789,"date":"2026-02-28T02:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/494789\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T02:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:31:14","slug":"dezeen-selects-11-mexico-design-studios-you-should-know-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/494789\/","title":{"rendered":"Dezeen selects 11 Mexico design studios you should know in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a busy Mexico City art week<\/a>, Dezeen’s US editor Ben Dreith<\/a> selects 11 studios whose recent work stands out, from decorative pieces that incorporate steel and candles to a bench with pneumatic-tube cushions.<\/p>\n

The following list represents a swathe of designers at various points in their careers, working at different scales and in different categories, from furniture and lighting to full-fledged interiors and architecture. Most, but not all, practice in Mexico City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Contrary to many contemporary highlights in Mexican design, which often feature monolithic or raw forms, many of the studios on this list focus on clean lines and constructions.<\/p>\n

Read on for 11 stand-out studios:<\/p>\n

\"LanzaPhoto by Santiago Ruise\u00f1or<\/p>\n

Lanza Atelier<\/p>\n

Known as the architecture studio selected to design this year’s Serpentine Pavilion<\/a>, Lanza Atelier<\/a> also dabbles in industrial design and interiors, creating some of the most stylish restaurants in Mexico City, such as Ciena in Colonia Condesa.<\/p>\n

Recently, they showcased a variety of conceptual furniture at Ago Projects<\/a>, including a metal bench with cushions made out of recycled sails and a black-metal table with chairs that slot in to create a circle.<\/p>\n

\"FormantPhoto by Fabi\u00e1n Mart\u00ednez<\/p>\n

Formant Studio<\/p>\n

The interior designers behind listening room Modular<\/a>, created in the offices of photographer Fabi\u00e1n Mart\u00ednez, Formant Studio<\/a> custom-designs much of the furniture used in its interior projects.<\/p>\n

Like many of its interior design schemes, this furniture features simple materials and forms and leans on the contrast between dark woods and aluminium, leather and chrome.<\/p>\n

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Panorammma<\/p>\n

Panorammma<\/a> is well-known for its stylish use of gothic elements, such as chainmail, with a breakout appearance during nomadic gallery Masa’s takeover of a Rockefeller Center underground post office in 2022.<\/a><\/p>\n

Recently, Panorammma’s founder Maika Palazuelos opened a small vitrine gallery, Ovni<\/a>, where she showed a collaboration with musician Sites featuring a chandelier made out of reused research equipment such as speciality centrifuge tubes.<\/p>\n

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Kenya Rodr\u00edguez Studio<\/p>\n

Guadalajara-based Kenya Rodr\u00edguez Studio<\/a> showcased work during the art week at an exhibition celebrating the scenographic design photography of Alejandro Ram\u00edrez Orozco<\/a> at Difane.<\/p>\n

The designer’s lighting, in floor, pendant and table versions, features elements of mid-century modernism and art deco design, with natural wood colours and fibre. Elegant hinges give the pieces a sense of movement, while its large proportions add a contemporary feel.<\/p>\n

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Lucas Cant\u00fa<\/p>\n

One part of iconic architecture duo Tezontle, Cant\u00fa<\/a>, represented by local art gallery Peana<\/a>, has spent the last few years working on a series of increasingly complex works.<\/p>\n

Though he still works with large-scale objects that evoke Mesoamerican forms, this recent work functions at minuscule levels, integrating early mechanical technology such as clocks and simple lights for an unusual decorative effect.<\/p>\n

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Esteban Tamayo Ramos\u00a0<\/p>\n

Known primarily as a fashion and brand designer, Ramos<\/a> has quickly become one of the most exciting young designers working in Mexico, with a tripartite showing at the nomadic fair Unique X Design’s showcase in the city this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Complemented by blue plinths, the pieces included a bench with cushions made from pneumatic tubes, natural-fibre sconces and a chair combining metal and woven elements.<\/p>\n

\"Euclid\"Photo by Mariana Achach<\/p>\n

Euclid<\/p>\n

For Zona Maco’s design section this year, contract furniture company Euclid<\/a> created a series of aluminium furniture with blue accents, accompanied by technical drawings meant to make the furniture open source.<\/p>\n

According to the studio, the pieces were meant to show the importance of aluminium in a time of trade tensions between the US and Mexico. The open-source design is meant to contrast with protectionist US policies, making the collection a “political object as much as an aesthetic one”.<\/p>\n

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Regina Moreno<\/p>\n

Director and co-founder of gallery Toro Manifesto<\/a> and former employee at Mexican design studio Breuer, Moreno mixes symbolism with fascinating combinations of materials and forms.<\/p>\n

For Toro Manifesto’s showing at Unique X Design, Moreno created a table that incorporates “austere” lines at first glance. Upon closer inspection, there are multiple homages to stereotypical symbols of the Old West, from leather patterns to gun barrels.<\/p>\n

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A-G Estudio<\/p>\n

Led by designer Andr\u00e9s Guti\u00e9rrez, A-G Estudio<\/a> is known for decking out its Roma Norte home base with rotating colourful installations and for its blocky furniture that features sleek monumental Mesoamerican forms.<\/p>\n

Guti\u00e9rrez’ most recent collection features black woods and polished black lacquer, while he also released a whole collection of outdoor furniture at the Zona Maco design section.<\/p>\n

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Sukre Studio<\/p>\n

Part of this year’s emerging section at Zona Maco’s design section, Sukre creates highly functional designs from simple materials at small scales that encourage a “more present and attentive relationship with the ordinary”.<\/p>\n

Its Enso stool comes in two different colourways and features a retracting shelving system that allows it to function as a shelf, stool or step.<\/p>\n

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Xpan<\/p>\n

Led by multidisciplinary designer Mois\u00e9s Sacal Hadid, Xpan<\/a> works in media and installation design.<\/p>\n

Its installation design, as seen in a void-like space it created in Mexico City<\/a> and a strikingly monochrome Guadalajara store<\/a>, features multi-media elements such as sound, light and video that are meant to “function as active structures” engaging participants in networks.<\/p>\n

Main photo is by Achach Fotografia<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n