Over the past months we worked with artist Marijó of ofpuga on a series of illustrations of the Auríe Collection. What began as a conversation about artistry grew into a shared body of work, made slowly and by hand.
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Nothing about this was rushed. Marijó sat with the Auríe for a long time before she drew anything, watching how the light moved across the shade and how the stone caught it at different hours of the day. She wanted to understand the object before she interpreted it, so the illustrations came from observation rather than from a brief. What began as a handful of sketches became a series built slowly over the months, drawn entirely by hand. You can follow the thinking across the pages, the way an idea shifts as it gets looked at more closely.
first sketches
"The first sketches always feel the most honest"
The base of the Auríe is natural stone, and it was the stone that stayed with Marijó as she drew. Each lamp is cut from natural marble, so no two are the same, every base carries its own veining and pattern. Drawing those lines, following how they run through the stone, she kept thinking about how long it took to form each piece. Millions of years, pressed slowly into something you can now hold in your hands. That idea shaped the illustrations, and the choice to leave some of them unfinished, still in the works. A marble pattern is never really finished either. It is simply where the stone happened to settle.
the final illustration
"The beautiful thing about interiors is how personal they are"
Over the months the work grew from a few loose sketches into a full body of illustrations, and somewhere in that process the lamp stopped being only a lamp. It became a subject, something worth sitting with, worth turning over and seeing again. This is the Auríe, seen through another set of eyes. We wanted to share it the way she made it, slowly and with care.
The Full Collection
That is really what the Auríe Collection is about. Each lamp is made to be lived with rather than just looked at. Choose the one that feels like yours: A natural stone base in travertine or marble, or one of the metal finishes, each one with the same soft linen shade that warms the light it holds. Small decisions, made carefully. The kind you keep noticing long after the first look. We are glad to finally share this with you. Take your time with it, the same way she did.
