Miami, Florida,USA
“I’m very inspired by natural materials, especially when you start combining them. I like to play with a fine line of juxtaposition that makes things work,” explains Bea Pernia.
Adding nature to everyday life and crossing the lines between functionality and design, Bea Pernia’s Atus Collection is a series of furniture pieces that combine heterogeneous natural materials such as stone, marble, porcelain, metal, fabrics, and wood in a unique way.
Atus Collection has been awarded a Prize Design for Modern Furniture + Lighting 2023 by Global Design News and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design.
Pernia’s collection utilizes the best of the natural materials available and is designed to fulfill both the utilitarian role ascribed to furniture items as well as an ornamental function.
Each piece is a combination of ruggedly sculpted stone monoliths and cleanly cut wooden planks, thus offering a balance.
Since the stone and wood used in each object are also different, all the individual pieces stand out against each other.
Each carries a unique design and uses unique materials. At the same time, the process of sculpting them out is the same.
This grants the pieces a subtle uniformity and binds them together into a collection.
The chairs and tables from the Atus collection can fit into the spaces of a design or art gallery just as easily as they can fit into an indoor space.
It is this sculptural identity that draws attention and serves as the most distinct aspect of the collection.
The usage of natural materials in these designs serves to bring the users a little closer to nature.
This recent collection is a nod to Pernia’s constant attempt at pushing the limits of materials in order to create objects that are unique and provoke thought, introspection, and conversations.
Her experimental mode of work can be witnessed in the organic designs that she has created.
The placement of marbles obtained from Portugal quarries against natural white oak wood, black walnut wood, and weathered teak wood helps in manufacturing experiences that can be witnessed from afar or indulged in from close proximity.
Some of the pieces that especially stand out in the collection include the Bemons Chair, the Beloco Round Table, and the Atus Desk.
The Bemons Chair is made out of a unique combination of marble and sustainable Siberian faux fur, thus serving as a perfect combination of rough and soft materials.
Project: Atus Collection
Designer: Bea Interiors Design
Lead Designer: Bea Pernia
Manufacturer: Bea Interiors Design
