ABOUT.
RUN BY SEBASTIÁN ALARCÓN (B.2000), ASET CRAFTS CONTEMPORARY, UTILITARIAN FURNITURE AND OBJECTS IN SMALL AND LIMITED BATCHES, COMBINING A HANDS-ON APPROACH WITH INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING. ASET EXPLORES MATERIAL POTENTIAL THROUGH CURIOSITY AND ITERATION, IN SEARCH FOR EXPRESSIVE PIECES THAT BALANCE CLARITY, FUNCTION, AND FORM.
DESIGNED AND CRAFTED IN QUITO, ECUADOR.
MODULARITY AND MATERIALS.
SOME PIECES ARE MADE OF ONE MATERIAL, OTHERS USE SEVERAL.
WHEN THERE IS MORE THAN ONE, THE PARTS ARE JOINED SO THEY COME APART AGAIN. THE JOINTS ARE KEPT HIDDEN, SO THE PIECE READS AS ONE THING.
THE WORK IS BUILT IN MODULES. A PIECE CAN BE TAKEN DOWN, MOVED, REPAIRED, EXTENDED.
REPAIRABILITY AND LIFE CYCLE.
PIECES ARE MADE TO BE REPAIRED. WHAT BREAKS CAN BE MENDED. PARTS CAN BE REPLACED.
A PIECE IS MEANT TO BE KEPT. IT GATHERS TRACES OF USE AND AGES THROUGH WEAR AND PATINA.
A PIECE CAN BE READAPTED MOVED, CHANGED, GIVEN A NEW PLACE IN THE SPACE.
OFFCUTS FROM ONE PROJECT BECOME THE MATERIAL FOR ANOTHER.
EXHIBITIONS:
ICFF - 2026
SOLIDIFIED - MILAN DESIGN WEEK - 2026
IL.LACIONS GALLERY (CAPSULES) - 2026
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK - 2025
VIENNA DESIGN WEEK - 2025
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL - 2025
