Studio davidpompa is a project founded in 2013, dedicated to creating contemporary objects with a strong commitment to Mexican identity and craftsmanship, using specific materials transformed into innovative shapes to create simple, elegant objects.
Based in the heart of Mexico City with a showroom in Roma Norte—a neighborhood built primarily in the early 20th century featuring French-style buildings—they have reinvented themselves to create a new space.
We have created a series of compositions, juxtaposing raw materials with finished products, opening up a space for conversation and highlighting the relationship between them. A closer look at the process, offering a visual context and a deeper understanding of Mexican heritage and identity.
The result is a vivid journey through the history and context of the products, an experience through Mexican craftsmanship and tradition. The objects represent an enthusiasm for modern, minimalist forms. Rather than presenting the light fixtures in a traditional way, metal bars, rough multicolored copper, raw brass, and large rocks fill the showroom. The raw metal surfaces and stones reflect the brand's affinity for honest materials, creating a space with an abstract design, overlapping colored walls, and raw metals—a framework that supports the lamps.
White and gray tones cover the reception area, welcoming visitors with Barro Negro compositions. The Caleta wall lamps enhance the space with their play of shadows projected onto the surface, followed by a path of Caleta pendant lights, inviting visitors into the adjacent room. Passing through the doorway, the next room offers an even more theatrical experience. A large space is revealed, with several corners dedicated to different materials and finishes, showcasing an impressive onyx rock, a raw brass plate, a bright and festive pink composition, wood blocks exposing their texture, glass reflections, and lamps framed with Talavera tiles.
The final room of this lighting exhibition is dedicated to bronze and copper. Discs of these materials, stacked on top of each other, reach the ceiling, creating a textured pattern and framing the Cupallo lamps. This final stop offers visitors a space to reflect on and discuss the collection—an extraordinary vision that sums up the purpose of The material space: to open up a conversation about our materials and showcase the starting point of our creative process.
This article was written by Mónica Arellano. The translation is powered by AI.
