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Scribble coat rack by @_blobb . Made in CDMX from recycled, flexible plastic. Now available in red and olive green.

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Últimamente 💭

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Sofía makes objects that refuse to behave.

A chair should support you.
A ring should decorate you.
Architecture should organize space.

Sofía looks at those rules and asks:

Why?

Born in Guadalajara and working from Mexico City, she moves between art, architecture, furniture and jewelry as if those categories were never supposed to exist in the first place.

Her chairs wobble, bend and challenge the body.
Her jewelry becomes sculpture at miniature scale.
Her installations turn space into something to navigate rather than simply look at.

And everything feels slightly unruly.

That’s what makes the work so good.

There is humor in it. Seduction. Color. Imperfection. But underneath all that play is a serious proposition:

What if design didn’t tell us how to behave?

What if a chair didn’t dictate how to sit?

What if an object wasn’t finished until somebody touched it, wore it, sat on it, moved through it or negotiated with it?

Sofía isn’t really designing objects.

She’s designing encounters.

And perhaps that is why the work feels so alive: it doesn’t ask us to stand back and admire it.

It asks us to participate.

Meet Sofía Elías.

Now we want to know:

Would you sit in the chair or would you be afraid to?

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🟡Now available at The Shop #atTheBass! Sofía Elias (@sofiahhellyes) is a Mexican multidisciplinary artist, designer and architect whose practice explores a playful universe informed by art, architecture and children’s playscapes.

🟠In 2019, she founded Blobb (@_blobb), which she describes as “miniature sculpture for the body,” translating her exploration of form, material, color and scale into playful wearable objects. A selection of Sofía Elias’s Blobb designs is now available at The Shop at The Bass.

✨Presented by STUDIO AF Miami (@studio_af_miami) and Offsite Culture (@offsite.culture).

Photo courtesy of the artist and The Bass, Miami Beach.

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What are you not sure about anymore?

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¿Para ti qué? Murmur, 2024.

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Playing to Play by Sofia Elias. Marfa, Texas.

Fluffy clouds and summer sunsets - interview of @sofiahellyes for @dna_magazine 💕

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It’s a teal summer 🍧

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Jugando a Jugar 2019

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i don’t have much to say for the caption, but yea, this is how life looks like (kind of!)

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« In my dreams all the furniture is dancing » is extended until next week, Wednesday the 27th of May. By appointment only, DM for info.

Curated by @crina_architecture and @aurorevullierme the exhibition presents an art and design selection of French and international artists’ works at the intersection of oneirism, surrealism and functionality. Link in bio for exhibition details.

With the works of @crina_architecture
@loubeauchard @blumen_paris @lizzycollins7 @its_jddany @camilledegalbert @claudiabaezart @giuliandumitriu.lovableart @sofiahellyes @mr.lizhopkins @adrian_madlener @maisoncharlesparis @roxane_revon @celine__salomon @nathaliesannregnault @cvoagen @alexanderyulish

Set within the home of Claudia Doring Baez in the American Thread Building, as part of the Oui Design festival organized by @villa.albertine and in partnership with @nycxdesign

With the unconditional support of @jamesblackagency @adewitt @jaslabeau

And the unwavering team @phranrousseas @selinndemirbas & Otilia Cassiani

Photographs by @sheena_on_film

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