Designer Sandra Arruda presents her new textile collection, “Art Déco and the Landscapes of the Sertão,” with a signature piece: a folding screen that merges furniture design, sculpture, and visual storytelling. Inspired by the façades captured in Anna Mariani’s book “Pinturas e Platibandas”, Sandra translated the popular architecture of Brazil’s sertão into graphic weaves and vibrant colors, creating a dialogue between Art Déco and the visual language of the Northeast. A self-taught designer, Sandra considers Art Déco her first theoretical foundation. Its lyrical and rational geometry guided the creation of the screen — a piece that not only divides space, but connects narratives: between Brazil and France, between ancestry and contemporaneity. This project is part of the official Brazil–France Year 2025 celebrations, marking 110 years of cultural exchange and the centenary of Art Déco’s debut in Paris. At this symbolic intersection, the screen becomes a poetic expression of an intimate, emotional, and universal sertão.
Designer Sandra Arruda presents her new textile collection, “Art Déco and the Landscapes of the Sertão,” with a signature piece: a folding screen that merges furniture design, sculpture, and visual storytelling. Inspired by the façades captured in Anna Mariani’s book “Pinturas e Platibandas”, Sandra translated the popular architecture of Brazil’s sertão into graphic weaves and vibrant colors, creating a dialogue between Art Déco and the visual language of the Northeast. A self-taught designer, Sandra considers Art Déco her first theoretical foundation. Its lyrical and rational geometry guided the creation of the screen — a piece that not only divides space, but connects narratives: between Brazil and France, between ancestry and contemporaneity. This project is part of the official Brazil–France Year 2025 celebrations, marking 110 years of cultural exchange and the centenary of Art Déco’s debut in Paris. At this symbolic intersection, the screen becomes a poetic expression of an intimate, emotional, and universal sertão.
