The origins of Heaps & Woods lie in an encounter with Indonesian culture in Bali. Louis, an entrepreneur, and Marta, an interior designer, discovered a passion for handicrafts and for working with natural materials. natural materials. A world of wild creativity opened up to them. The couple settled on the island and developed their project. Heaps & Woods is the desire to create pieces born of a synergy between artisan talent and responsible materials. Each creation imagined for a particular collection or project is the fruit of an encounter with a craftsman, a human endeavor.
Now based in Barcelona, Marta and Louis continue their European approach, working with Spanish and Portuguese craftsmen to create their furniture. At every stage of creation, the duo pushes their research into the use of sustainable materials. While solid wood was omnipresent in their production in Bali, it is now accompanied by rattan, marble, organic textiles and, above all, recycled wood. Using salvaged parts, the studio challenges itself and imagines designs to give a second life to these already-built objects. A wooden door or window is transformed into coffee tables, stools and other architectural forms.
With their first collection , Heirloom, unveiled in November, Heaps & Woods signs a manifesto. In collaboration with its craftsmen and their ancestral techniques, the studio imagines each piece as a unique and lasting object, to be handed down from generation to generation.
By Louise Conesa
