BNOdesign is a stunning collection of products created by Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz. The furniture and accessories are an honest reflection of Benjamin's interior design philosophy. He believes that interiors should be elevated into living works of art. He integrates period styles, plays with materials, and uses simple and clean lines.
Says his website that there is over two decades of design experience behind each piece. [wowza! that's my age! ... ok not quite.]
He has had some seriously prominent partnerships, for example take: Tapestria's Elements Collection, a division of Hunter Douglas , Kohler {my lover} Company, a collection for Nessen Lighting, the Chroma Rug Collection in conjunction with Furnished Quarters, and the Metropolitan Home Collection.
Needless to say, he has accumulated a set of fantastic pieces. Currently, only a selected few are actually manufactured for retail and are exclusively available at NiBa Home in Miami.
"It's so simple and natural. You touch a woodblock to wet clay and then to the fabric. After the clay dries, you dip the cloth into the indigo vat and the clay stays on. One dip gives the fabric a sky-blue color, two dips and it deepens to cobalt, three dips and its a saturated midnight blue. Then the fabric is laid out to dry in the sun and later the clay is washed off. The dyer says the indigo vats are like a mistress because they need constant attention. I was completely fascinated by the dyeing and printing processes, as well as how the finished product is used. Textiles become intimate companions in daily life, whether as a pillow, bedcover or sarong."
