Fernando Laposse
Fernando Laposse is a Mexican designer known for transforming overlooked natural materials into striking works of collectible design. His creations go beyond aesthetics, telling stories of biodiversity, sustainability, and the communities who cultivate these resources.
Type
Designer, activist, storyteller of nature
Synopsis
Born in Mexico and trained at Central Saint Martins in London, Laposse has exhibited internationally and collaborated with leading galleries. He works closely with local farming communities in Mexico, particularly in the cultivation of traditional crops, ensuring his projects generate both environmental and social impact.
For Laposse, design is inseparable from ecology and identity. Each piece is a narrative about material, place and people.
Sustainability at the core: promoting biodiversity through design.
Craft and community: empowering artisans and farmers.
Nature as narrative: materials are not just surfaces, but living histories.
His practice highlights materials such as totomoxtle (the colorful husks of heirloom Mexican corn), sisal, and other agricultural by-products, reimagined into furniture and objects of great beauty. By reconnecting design with agriculture, Laposse proposes a model of production rooted in responsibility.
The following pieces by Fernando Laposse are available exclusively through Soleille Gallery.