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Bio

Founder, CEO & Design Director of MATERIA MADURA
www.materiamadura.com

Designing everyday products with local waste-based materials.


ABOUT MATERIA MADURA:

Materia Madura is a woman-led sustainable materials and design company. Durable, non-toxic, and locally sourced, our waste-based material can be applied to multiple design applications resulting in sustainable and sophisticated products. While individual consumers can obtain Materia Madura products through our online store, we also provide wholesale and custom designs for businesses. Offering an alternative to agricultural waste, food waste, and recycling, by buying Materia Madura products, businesses and individuals can obtain everyday products that are sustainable while contributing to the reduction of local food waste and Puerto Rico's economy.

ABOUT ME:

I am a Material, Product, and Furniture Designer from Puerto Rico who focuses on sustainability and material innovation. With a background in Architecture courses, a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Design, and a Masters Degree in Furniture Design from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London, I focus on using design and material research as a means of bringing sustainable issues to light. Creating effective and meaningful solutions to those problems by designing sophisticated objects that have a story to tell through their materiality.