Designer Spotlight: Alvaro Uribe

Using his early education in metalwork, Alvaro Uribe has combined industrial design with the modern demands of furniture production. He has been featured in permanent collections in New York, and has collaborated with companies and designers worldwide to produce bold, innovative furniture for their commercial and private needs. Using mostly solid colors, accented or highlighted by stainless steel, the fluid yet strong form of his furniture makes a statement. The industrial element in all of his work means that the focus is on functionality first, but the form has clearly been influential as well, and they work together in a forceful harmony.