ABOUT

DONDO IS A DESIGN STUDIO CREATED BY JOÃO LINO AGUIAR. BORN IN PORTUGAL, HIS CREATIVE JOURNEY COMBINES ARCHITECTURE AND FURNITURE DESIGN, WITH A PROFOUND PASSION FOR ART, NATURE AND MOVEMENT. GUIDED BY A NATURAL CURIOSITY JOÃO SHAPES EACH UNIQUE DESIGN LIKE A SCULPTOR.

DONDO’S FOCUS IS TO CREATE OBJECTS THAT TRANSCEND BEYOND FUNCTIONALITY. WE ARE INTERESTED IN A PHILOSOPHY WHERE DESIGN IS A MEDIUM FOR POETIC EXPRESSION, A CELEBRATION OF PLEASURE, FREEDOM AND HUMOUR IN EVERY CURVE AND CONTOUR. SCULPTURAL PIECES THAT ARE MEANT TO BE USED AND MAYBE EVEN CONTEMPLATED, OBJECTS THAT CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION AND STIR THE SENSES.

OUR STUDIO IDENTITY IS A TESTAMENT TO THE SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OF TRADITION AND INNOVATION, WHERE RESPECT FOR ARTISANS AND CRAFTSMANSHIP COEXISTS WITH A DARING SPIRIT TO PIONEER NEW DESIGNS AND EMBRACE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES. EACH PIECE WE CREATE IS METICULOUSLY CRAFTED, ENSURING THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF QUALITY AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL.