CATALOGO 2017
IF YOU ARE GOING
TO BE REBE L, DO IT WITH THE CAUSE
SUSANA HERRERA
Para mí, cada pieza única de la madera es un potencial de arte. Me encanta entrelazar arquitectura, diseño, arte y manualidades. Con vivo en un entorno de colaboración que crea y hace cosas conectando a los demás, en un laboratorio comunitario de procesos de intercambio, experimentación y diseño. Es mi deseo, estar involucrada en la creación de la cultura y el desarrollo de una apreciación de la belleza y la artesanía fina, no sólo para nosotros, además y especialmente para nuestra comunidad. For me, every unique piece of wood is an art potencial. I love combining architecture, design and arts & crafts. I believe in a collaborative way of creating and making things, connecting others, into a large community lab for experimentation and design process exchange. I want to be involved in creating culture and developing an apprec iation for beauty and fine craftsmanship not just for us, but specially for our community.
SUSANA HERRERA
DISCOVER OUR COLLECTION OF ARTISAN CRAFTED DESIGN FEATURING ENDEMIC SPECIES FROM NORTHERN & SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
Inspired by endemic Southern and Northern species, these endearing little beasts remind us of everything wild and beautiful. Their name also conveys a playful fairylike spirit, often mischievous and loving of all things fun.
CONNECTING
HEMISPHERES
If you want to be a rebel do it with a cause!
STAY WILD
KNOWING THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF OUR PRODUCTS
THE COLLECTION OF OUR FAMILY
REDEFINIENDO EL HANDMADE
We need a new environmental consciousness on global basis.
To do this, we need to re-educate ourselves.
Designing is an opportunity to get acquainted with our species Our work with wood, allows us to expand the understanding of
object and design as a conceptual work of arts and help to create aconscioness for a more sustainable life, for us a more sustainable
life, for us and all the beautiful creatures that inhabit.These are objects for giving joy to your soul, for people that love in a more a sustainable way.
DESIGN WITH A STORY
We believe that the beauty of the natural word is in danger and the only way to preserve it is through carefully watching our actions and how they affect the environment. We believe that no harm should come to any way living creature. And because we believe all these so strongly, we want to create products with sustainability and responsibility in mind.
LECHUZA Familia de los Tytonida
Endemic herbivore rodent, with long and thick yellowish fur, long tail, hairy and big ears. Dwells on steep slopes where it does sunbathing on the rocks. The vizcacha has been able to survive in the highlands under extreme conditions, which demonstrates its adaptability. It is characterized by its rich and smooth fur, as well as its large tail.
Dimensiones : 10 x 10 x 16. 50
CHINGUE
Conepatus chinga
There are 4 subspecies in Chile, One from the highland and the other 3 are located from Center to South. The chinge has a size of about 70 cm. Its body is robust and more refined in its tail, and has elongated prominent ears, short legs and strong claws snout. Their solitary habits make him a nocturnal omnivore. It is able to create its own cave, although generally takes others. The essential feature of this animal is undoubtedly the terrible smell that expels for protection.
Dimensiones : 11 x 27 x 10
COIPO
Coipo, Luu, Coypu. Myocastor coypus
It is the largest rodent in Chile and can reach 7 kg. Nocturnal and crepuscular herbivorous. Its feeds on grasses, guatona grass, rushes and cattails. It inhabits ponds, lakes, rivers, estuaries and wetlands with cattails, albatros or similar vegetables. It has arched body and short legs, very thick and silky fur, as well as a stiff brown fur, ranging from pale to very dark brown with blackish yellow overtones.
Dimensiones : 10 x 21. x 10
PUDÚ Pudu
Endemic Cervidae. It is a ruminant herbivore that lives in the woods, hiding in the bushes and bamboo plants over the mountains of Chile. It’s lonely, unique, soft, timid and fearful. Usually, stays all day hidden in the bushes, and only comes out at night in search of food. It has a unique mate.It feeds on wild herbs, ferns, hazelnuts, chestnuts, acorns, chilco, myrtle, nalcas,maqui, coligüe. It is endangered because of its habitat transformation and the manhunt.
Dimensiones : 12 x 22. 50 x 16
ZORZAL
Lycalopex fulvipes
It is the smallest of the three species of foxes in Chile. His body is dark gray and black with red spots near the ears and on his paws. It is very enigmatic and mysterious, It prefers dense vegetated areas over open and exposed areas. It is critically endangered.
Dimensiones : 10 x 25 x 12. 50
VIZCACHA Lagidium viscacia
Endemic herbivore rodent, with long and thick yellowish fur, long tail, hairy and big ears. Dwells on steep slopes where it d oes sunbathing on the rocks. The vizcacha has been able to survive in the highlands under extreme conditions, which demonstrates its adaptability. It is characterized by its rich and smooth fur, as well as its large tail.
Dimensiones : 9. 50 x 17 x 17
ZORRO DE DARWIN Oligoryzomys longicaudatus
It is the smallest of the three species of foxes in Chile. His body is dark gray and black with red spots near the ears and on his paws. It is very enigmatic and mysterious, It prefers dense vegetated areas over open and exposed areas. It is critically endangered.
Dimensiones : 9. 50 x 11 x 17
PINGĂœINO
Aptenodytes forsteri
A primitive bird that lost the ability to fly millions of years ago, developing instead a superlative ability to propel themselves into the icy Antarctic waters.More than any other bird in the world its breeds further south on the ice floes of Antarctic. It places its single egg on both legs, keeping an upright position for incubation with the help of his abdominal fold. It has a single mate.
dimensiones : 12 x 10 x 15
LOBO MARINO Otaria flavescens
Mammal weighing about 300 kg, double that of females. It has a layer of auburn hair on the neck. He lives in colonies formed by the male, his harem, and a few young. During the breeding season, males engage in combat for control of its territory and females. They don´t feed during this period. They live between 25 and 50 years.
Dimensiones : 12 x 18 x 16
MONITO DEL MONTE Dromiciops gliroides
Small marsupial, endemic from warm forests of southern Chile and southwestern Argentina . It is considered a living fossil. It sticks out for being the only living representative of the Microbiotheria, an order related to marsupials from Australia. It has an ecological role because it is a seed disperser some of which only he dispersed. It is able to eat seeds then expels it without causing any harm to it. It is nocturnal, and makes its nests with quila branches. It is threatened to extinction.
Dimensiones : 12 x 12. 50 x 17
GATO HUIĂ‘A Leopardus guigna
It is the smallest wild feline of America. It has a Brown and black mimetic coat with round spots. It is a nocturnal hunter of arboreal habits, eats rodents, small marsupials, partridges, doves, insects, and even pudĂşes. It is a vulnerable specie.
Dimensiones : 9 x 10 x 1 6. 50
CHINGUE GRANDE Conepatus chinga
There are 4 subspecies in Chile, One from the highland and the other 3 are located from Center to South. The chinge has a size of about 70 cm. Its body is robust and more refined in its tail, and has elongated prominent ears, short legs and strong claws snout. Their solitary habits make him a nocturnal omnivore. It is able to create its own cave, although generally takes others. The essential feature of this animal is undoubtedly the terrible smell that expels for protection.
Dimensiones : 12 x 25 x 13
RANA DE DARWIN Rhinodermatidae
Darwinii is an endemic amphibian of warm forests from Chile and Argentina. It is of teeny size and was discovered by the biologist Charles Darwin. It is one of the most unique and enigmatic species in the world.Uses its black and white belly, to confuse its predators, as when it feels threatened, it jump back and fall backward , revealing the strange coloration , leaving its predators perplex.The specie is threatened primarily because of the destruction and modification of its habitat by forestry plantations and agricultural development.
Dimensiones : 16 x 20 x 16
POLAR BEAR Ursus maritimus
This spectacular carnivore, inhabits the polar and icy areas of the Northern Hemisphere considered the only super predator of the Arctic. It is distinguished by its very small ears and tail, and by its legs that allowed to walk and swim long distances. The coat of the polar bear isn’t white, rather it presents an absence of coloration and by reflection of the sun we see it of white tonality. In the last 45 years its population has been reduced enormously by climatic conditions and by the indiscriminate hunting..
Dimensiones : 11 x 20 x 13
NORDIC OWL Strigiformes A common non-migratory bird common in the forests of northern and central Europe and east Asia. Its plumage is of a pale tone with dark stripes, whereas its dorsal part is brown or gray. It is characterized by its chubby appearance and great surveillance. His great visual and auditory skills, as well as its impersible flight makes it a great night hunter. Its particular call with the tone of ocarina resounds in the nocturnal silence of the forests of Eurasia.
Dimensiones : 10 x 10 x 15
DEER
Rangifer tarandus It is a herbivorous cervix, known for its great and imposing antlers. It lives in the areas of tundra and taiga. In Sweden, Finland and Norway is a domesticated animal. By contrast, in North America, Greenland and Iceland are mainly in the wild.Reindeer is known to have an ultraviolet vision that extends beyond the visible spectrum, allowing them to distinguish food and predators in the white immensity of the Arctic winter.
Dimensiones : 10 x 17 x 17. 50
NORDIC WOLF Canis lupus lupus The Eurasian wolf, also known as the common wolf. He lives in forests, mountains, tundra and prairies. It was once widespread throughout Eurasia prior to the Middle Ages. Then, In Central Europe, wolves were dramatically reduced. This extraordinary and mystical animal is part of the traditions of many ancient cultures
Dimensiones : 11 x 10 x 16
MOOSE Alces alces
It is a herbivorous cervix, known for its great and imposing antlers. It lives in the areas of tundra and taiga. In Sweden, Finland and Norway is a domesticated animal. By contrast, in North America, Greenland and Iceland are mainly in the wild.Reindeer is known to have an ultraviolet vision that extends beyond the visible spectrum, allowing them to distinguish food and predators in the white immensity of the Arctic winter.
Dimensiones : 15 x 16 x 10
GRIZZLY BEAR Ursus arctos horribilis This overwhelming animal of the Ursidae family lives in the forests of Eurasia and North America. Its color fur varies from dark brown to light gold. Its most developed is the smell sense, which allows it to detect its prey at long distances. Its jaw is adapted to an omnivorous feeding since it has incisors and molars to grind foods of vegetables. Surprisingly, despite their enormous size, the brown bears are very fast, they being able to reach the 50 km per hour.
Dimensiones : 12 x 11 x 17
LINX Lynx Rufus The boreal lynx is a beautiful carnivorous mammal, predator of the European and Siberian forests. This species of lynx is the largest of the family Felidae, reaching between 80 and 130 cm in length. Known for its very short tail and for its black hairs at the end of its ears, those that amplify its capacity of hearing. This feline species is an excellent climber and jumper, which makes him an adventurer by nature.
Dimensiones : 12 x 9 x 19
Ardent lover of the authentic and restless explorer, closely akin to the local culture and traditions, this passionate Chilean architect will engage us in sunny conversation with nature and indigenous expressions through all elements across her creations. Susana Herrera
Susana Herrera celebrates nature not only in her designs, but also in her choice of materials. Her signature products involve natural woods, whicker, dyes and textiles combined and fashioned by local craftsmen and women to mimic leaves, twigs, reed, birds and furry creatures that appeal to our wildest fantasies and make the joy of the young.
GATO HUIÑA
PINGÜINO
Leopardus guigna
Aptenodytes forsteri
LECHUZA
VIZCACHA
Familia de los Tytonida
Lagidium viscacia
ZORZAL
MONITO DEL MONTE
Lycalopex fulvipes
Dromiciops gliroides
COIPO
RANA DE DARWIN
Coipo, Luu, Coypu. Myocastor coypus
Rhinodermatidae
PUDÚ
ZORRO DE DARWIN
Pudu puda
Oligoryzomys longicaudatus
CHINGUE GRANDE Conepatus chinga
LOBO MARINO Otaria flavescens
NORDIC WOLF Canis lupus lupus
POLAR BEAR Ursus maritimus
MOOSE
Alces alces
NORDIC OWL Strigiformes
GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
LINX
Lynx Rufus
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Conepatus chinga
DEER
Rangifer tarandus
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CHINGUE
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