Founded in San Francisco CA, Estudio Material is a creative practice led by Mexico City-born artist and designer Damaso Mayer. His work is rooted in a diverse background spanning industrial design, architecture, and landscape architecture.

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Growing up in a world of contrasts, Damaso lived on a working organic farm run by his mother, where he developed a profound connection to nature's cycles and processes. At the same time, his father's metal gasket fabrication facility exposed him to the precision and ingenuity of industrial production.

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This unique upbringing shaped Damaso's creative ethos, fostering a deep appreciation for both the organic and the manufactured. His artistic practice is defined by an exploration of often overlooked materials, with a particular fascination for the raw, the found, and the industrial. 

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With a focus on sustainable practices and material exploration, Estudio Material reimagines conventional design by celebrating the beauty and potential of materials in their most authentic forms.