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Beatriz Bolibar
Beatriz Bolibar is a Barcelona-based interior designer and ceramic artist, and the founder of Cuit Studio. Trained in Interior Design at BAU and later completing a master’s degree in Hospitality Design at Elisava, she developed her early career working across high-end kitchens, as well as bars and restaurants in Amsterdam. While her professional path initially unfolded within hospitality, her focus gradually shifted toward the home — intimate, lived-in spaces shaped by light, material, and everyday rituals.
Working with ceramics since the beginning of her career, Bolibar developed a parallel practice that has become central to her work. What began as an intuitive and personal exploration evolved into a tactile extension of her spatial thinking, allowing her to move between scale, from architecture to object.
Through Cuit Studio, she brings together interior architecture and hand-built stoneware pieces — often conceived as lighting, vessels, or quiet sculptural forms that inhabit domestic environments. Her work is guided by a slow, material-driven process rooted in craftsmanship, where texture, weight, and imperfection are embraced as essential qualities.
Balancing structure with sensitivity, her practice reflects a contemporary approach to living — one that values restraint, atmosphere, and emotional resonance over spectacle. Each project and object is conceived as part of a broader narrative of the home, where design is not only seen, but lived with over time.
Tero Kuitunen
Tero Kuitunen is a Finnish designer and ceramic artist based in Helsinki, whose practice explores the dialogue between design, art, and material experimentation. Working across collectible furniture, ceramics, spatial design, and curation, he creates sculptural objects distinguished by playful forms, tactile surfaces, and unexpected material combinations that invite interaction and emotional connection.
Guided by an intuitive, material-led approach, Kuitunen often begins his creative process with colors, textures, and unconventional pairings, allowing each work to evolve through experimentation. Balancing functionality with artistic expression, his practice celebrates humor, craftsmanship, and the sensory experience of objects, resulting in timeless pieces that blur the boundaries between design and art.
Mademoiselle Jo Picks From Philia Collection
Mademoiselle Jo is a Belgian design studio founded by Joan Bebronne, whose practice explores the intersection of object design, craftsmanship, and architecture. After training as a fashion designer at La Cambre and spending over twenty-five years developing trends, colours, and textiles for the lingerie industry, Bebronne turned to furniture and collectible objects, bringing the same sensitivity to material, form, and detail. Guided by intuition and a commitment to local craftsmanship, Mademoiselle Jo creates timeless pieces that balance sculptural elegance with everyday function, celebrating thoughtful making, enduring quality, and designs made to be passed on.
Olga Treivas
Olga Treivas is a Moscow-born architect and designer based in São Paulo, Brazil, where she leads the multidisciplinary practice Treivas. Working across architecture, exhibition design, and collectible design, her practice explores the dialogue between cultural narratives, material experimentation, and contemporary craftsmanship. Alongside her architectural work, she investigates the expressive potential of crystal glass, reinterpreting traditional techniques through a contemporary lens while exploring the material’s rich history, plasticity, and inherent tension between strength and fragility.
Treivas has developed a distinguished portfolio of museum, exhibition, and cultural projects, including retrospectives for Marina Abramović and John Baldessari, as well as the design of public cultural spaces. Her experience also includes collaborating with OMA on the renovation of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, reflecting a practice that moves fluidly between architecture, scenography, and collectible design.
Julie Nelson 5 Picks From Philia Collection
Julie Nelson is a British ceramic artist whose practice explores the natural world through the expressive materiality of clay. Drawing inspiration from biology, botany, and landscape, she creates sculptural collections that investigate the patterns, rhythms, and subtle irregularities found in nature. Working in series, Nelson presents groups of objects that contrast and complement one another, revealing the interconnected relationships that exist within natural systems.
Rooted in an exploration of elemental forms, her work reflects themes of pattern, entropy, and transformation while celebrating the quiet complexity of the environment. Alongside her sculptural collections, projects such as Flock extend her practice into participatory installations, examining ideas of migration, identity, and collective experience through the gathering of individual forms.
Studio Indigene
Studio Indigene is an Indian design studio founded by architects Tanvi Deolekar and Shubham Mestry, whose practice explores the relationship between sculptural form, craftsmanship, and everyday function. Working across furniture and objects, the studio creates minimalist designs distinguished by clean lines, refined proportions, and a thoughtful exploration of volume.
Working closely with skilled woodworkers, Studio Indigene combines traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design, primarily using wood alongside a restrained palette of materials. Guided by a deep appreciation for material authenticity, the studio creates timeless pieces that celebrate tactile beauty, artisanal expertise, and the expressive character of handcrafted objects.
Atelier George Picks From Philia Collection
Atelier George is a design studio and glassmaking atelier founded by Eve and Laurent George. Working collaboratively from sketch to production, the duo creates unique hand-blown glass objects distinguished by their sculptural forms, refined balance, and artisanal character. Rooted in a continuous dialogue between design and craftsmanship, their work reflects a shared pursuit of harmony, material expression, and timeless form.
