Ana Tron
Ana Cecilia Tron Rubio is a Mexican designer and the founder of Abitante, a Mexico City–based studio dedicated to furniture, objects, and collectible design. Through a practice rooted in craftsmanship and material exploration, she develops pieces that balance sculptural presence with everyday functionality.
Drawing inspiration from Mexican artisanal traditions, natural forms, and contemporary living, Tron Rubio works closely with local craftspeople to create objects distinguished by organic silhouettes, tactile materiality, and a quiet sense of refinement. Through Abitante, she explores the relationship between heritage and contemporary design, creating works that evoke intimacy, atmosphere, and human connection.
Interview
I was born and raised in Mexico City, and I currently live here.
I was always drawn to art, and I loved to do things with my hands since I was little. My mother is an interior designer, and it has always been in my family.
No, even though I’ve always loved the design and art world, I initially studied law and actually worked as a lawyer until I was 28 years old. Later, I realized I wanted to change careers because I was very tired and bored, and I decided to study a master’s in interior design at CENTRO in Mexico City.
During the pandemic, I was working as an interior designer, but I didn’t have a lot of work, and I had a lot of free time with my kids. We did a lot of arts and crafts, and I had thousands of paper sheets and cardboard, and I couldn’t keep them all. I don’t like to throw anything away; I always reuse and recycle my waste, so I decided to do something with that paper and started making jars and bases in my basement.
I’m inspired by organic forms and everything that is in nature that is so imperfectly perfect, and I mix them with geometric forms to obtain something organic but aesthetic at the same time.
I get up at 5:00 in the morning to exercise and do all my morning rituals before my kids are up. After my kids go to school, I go to the workshop and work with the artisan all morning, sometimes perfecting a new design or working on the pending order.
In the afternoon, I’m with my kids, and once they are asleep, I work on my computer for designing, marketing, and all the computer stuff.
Because we have a lot of materials that are already there without making more waste and damaging the planet even more, we have to learn to live with fewer and better things and reuse what we already have.
I believe that the world is at a point where we can’t afford to keep living like we always have.
Well, the basis is the paper mache technique; however, we have been working on perfecting the technique in order to be waterproof and resistant to the exterior.
Don’t be afraid to try new things and techniques; if you don’t try, you won’t know, and you may surprise yourself. No idea is crazy in art.
I would go with modern nature, but I wouldn’t like to choose just one because, as an artist, we are always evolving and changing.
I think I’ve been influenced by a lot of different artists and designers and movements. I’m obsessed with Bauhaus artists, from architects to furniture designers. I admire the progressive mindset they all had, and it’s very inspiring to me.
I love what Kelly Wrestler does, because she really appreciates emerging art and is always looking for different things that speak to her. Every space she designs speaks to you in so many ways.
There are too many artists who inspire me. The first that comes to my mind are Bosco Sodi, José Dávila, Bram Bogart, and George Rousse. Lately, Jessie French’s work has caught my attention.
MAXIMUM SENSORY IMPACT AND MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
“No idea is crazy in art.”
The Questions
(The Proust Questionnaire is a set of questions answered by the French writer Marcel Proust.
Other historical figures who have answered confession albums are Oscar Wilde,
Karl Marx, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Cézanne…)
Peace of mind.
To loose connection to the present.
I don’t follow my instincts, I doubt too much.
I hate fake people, that is always trying to be what they are not.
My son, I don’t know anyone so authentic like him.
I don’t know, I feel very ordinary.
I’m currently in a very creative process.
I don’t know the exact word in English but I believe it is Prudence, life is too short to be prudent and cautious.
Congruence.
Courage.
“No seas mamon”. It’s difficult to explain the context in English hahaha.
To sing.
I would love to be less perfectionist and hard with myself.
To be a good mother (or try to be).
I would be a surfer living on a beach with no shoes.
At the beach.
A necklace my husband gave me when my daughter was born.
Living without being yourself entirely.
Running in nature.
My ability to solve problems.
Honesty.
Ashamed to admit I don’t read that much.
Katniss Everdeen.
Don’t know that one.
I have too many people I admire that I couldn’t choose, but every person that lives according to what they believe in and that fight for it deserves to be considered a hero.
María, Joaquina, Julieta.
To sleep with socks on.
I don’t have any, I’ve taken bad decisions and done bad things but I wouldn’t be who I am today without those.
Peacefully in my bed.
Don’t take it personally ever.
“We have to learn to live with less and better things and reuse what we already have.”
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