Estudio Persona is the design studio of Emiliana Gonzalez and Jessie Young. The Uruguayan designers have been working collaboratively together in Los Angeles since 2015. The studio’s work regularly features bold silhouettes, neutral tones, and raw materials free of embellishment. The work of Estudio Persona celebrates the skilled community of manufacturers around Los Angeles as material or production “constraints” become opportunities and inform the design process.

"For the Cima Collection, we knew from the beginning that we wanted to work with solid wood, particularly walnut. We started looking at Mexican art and picture frames and became really interested in their shapes and detailing. There’s such an interesting mix of influences, Indigenous craft, Spanish Colonial and Baroque ornament, and more local, vernacular traditions. We liked the idea of taking some of that richness and translating it into something much simpler and more contemporary." the designers explain. "We wanted the collection to feel substantial and sculptural, while still being functional and easy to live with. A lot of the process was about finding that balance keeping the richness and character of our references, but simplifying them enough that the pieces felt contemporary and not overly decorative. We also wanted to let the solid wood really drive the design, allowing the material, proportions, and construction to become part of the language of the collection."