Perceptual





Photo / Carlos Tobon



In 2008,  I founded Perceptual (www.perceptual.co) a furniture brand and design studio in Medellin Colombia, where I worked as its creative director and furniture designer for 10 years. These are some of the pieces developped during those years (2008 - 2018).





Platina




Photo / Carlos Tobon


Mixing wood and metal seeking to enhance the aesthetic and structural properties of both materials. The Legs of the chair and shelf are made from Oak wood with an inner layer of powder coated sheet metal that enhances it’s structure and supports the assembly system. The Platina family is made up of a chair and a shelf.





Client / Perceptual
Year / 2016
Photos / Carlos Tobon






Irene







Basic solution to everyday life situations at home, work or commercial spaces. Simple and timeless form language combining metal, wood and textiles.
My daughter Irene was born in 2014 and these pieces where dedicated to her !


 



Client / Perceptual
Year / 2014
Photos / Carlos Tobon








PEG







PEG is a modular system designed to adapt to different spaces and uses through tables, screens, puffs and accessories that enable the user to play with different configurations. Its different accessories afford individual or team work, mobility, privacy, collaboration, rest, waiting and connectivity depending on the required use. The design concept was to to transform the office space into a giant PEG BOARD where you can move everything around on a modular system.





Client / Perceptual
Year / 2017
Photos / Carlos Tobon







Emma







Exploration with plywood to obtain 3D surfaces from a 2D mold . This surfaces are supported on metal stuctures with different sizes that enable to create a chair and a bench.






Client / Perceptual
Year / 2014
Photos / Carlos Tobon





Magneto







Stackable shelving system with a sliding door supported by magnets. The magnets are inserted within the wooden frame, that support a metal plate embedded between two felt layers that work as sliding doors. The doors can be taken off and magneto looks clean with no trace of rails . The corners are made out of a metalic piece that enables magneto to stack modules together.





Client / Perceptual
Year / 2013
Photos / Carlos Tobon







Teje








A chair with a timeless form language, comfortable, light weight and that can be disassembled and flat packed into 4 square frames.





Client / Perceptual
Year / 2011
Photos / Carlos Tobon