Santiago Rubio Design

Biography:

Santiago Rubio (1993) is a mexican product designer based in northern Germany. He graduated from the University of Arts Braunschweig with a bachelor of arts mayor in industrial design and transportation design. He has worked in the research and development team of Volkswagen in Wolfsburg and also as an intern for Alessandro Isola in London. His style is heavily influenced by his multicultural background and his designs tend to have a sculptural and organic playfulness.

Product:

Xaman Ek'

Handmade hanging ash wood chandelier. The three-dimensional bends made on the wood are unique for every individual piece, which makes every chandelier one of a kind.

Ardid y Vino

The mini wine cabinet can hold up to 8 bottles and 6 glasses. The door consists of a wooden frame with an elastic cloth stretched across. When the door is closed the frame pushes the cloth against the bottles, which warps the surface and communicates to the user how many bottles are inside without even opening the door. The top of the cabinet has a place-holder for a bottle implied with a texture imitating wrinkled cloth milled into the hard material.