The Dreamscape of Daniel Orozco
Daniel Orozco Studio makes functional art from certified Mexican wood, stone, and marble — 250 pieces spanning from Tulum to Louis Vuitton stores worldwide and a Miami high-rise. Daniel Orozco's practice resists the conventional categories of design. He believes that an object is both functional and artistic and not a compromise between two things but something more valuable than either alone. Orozco, who founded his studio in Tulum in 2021 and has since expanded to a showroom in Mexico City, began in interior design before arriving at this position — not through theory but through the felt insufficiency of working purely with space. He needed something more tangible. He began sketching. The first collection, The Original, was made of solid turned wood: pendant lamps, coffee tables, side tables. It was shot at a hacienda in Mérida, Yucatán, and received significant international coverage. From there came invitations to Milan and Paris, and then the second collection, Forms of Ston...
