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David Elia
Founder of Design da Gema
An artist designer, David has Lebanese and Uruguaian origins and grew up between France, the United States and Brasil, making him not only a true Brazilian but also a citizen of the world. David graduated with a masters in Interior Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design in the United States and Product Design from Domus Academy in Milan. He is the recipient of an IF Materials Design Award, an A'Design Award, the Esther Pine Prize and the Leonard Bernstein Grant in Fine Arts. Some of David's work is part of important private collections and art fairs around the world. David founded Design da Gema after working with the Campana Brothers in 2010 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Pacification
''All is serious, nothing is serious'' could summarize the collection ''Pacification'', inspired by the raids of the army, police and special police (BOPE) in the favelas, which causes as many deaths as they save lives in the perpetual fight against gangs which "hold" neighborhoods.
Triptych shelves representing an assault in 3 dimensions, the choice of the famous gambling pieces and toy soldiers painted in gold symbolises both the plague of Rio?s various illegal traffics and the playful aspect, dear to the heart of the Brazilian, who always manage to ''turn mud into gold''.
Triptych shelves representing an assault in 3 dimensions, the choice of the famous gambling pieces and toy soldiers painted in gold symbolises both the plague of Rio?s various illegal traffics and the playful aspect, dear to the heart of the Brazilian, who always manage to ''turn mud into gold''.
2011
Functional Fate,
May, 2011
Design Milk,
August, 2011
Visual Therapy,
August, 2011
Joia Magazine,
September, 2011
ICON Magazine,
November, 2011
