DSIGNIO unlocks the secrets of Platero

Founded in 2002 in Madrid, DSIGNIO is the union of designers Patxi Cotarelo and Alberto Bejarano. This interior design and product studio is the creator of our latest launch: Platero.

With a trajectory of more than twenty years, the designers have been present at the best European design fairs and position themselves as an important studio in the concept of ‘Integral Design’, achieving this type of design in five Spanish hotels.

In this exclusive interview, Patxi Cotarelo and Alberto Bejarano unravel the secrets, inspiration and concernswith Platero, their first design for the soft seating brand.

Do you want to know what they told us? Join us in this short reading!

DSIGNIO: “Platero is movement, freedom and play”

For DSIGNIO, Platero is “a different seat, a different concept of furniture that offers many possibilities”. They highlight above all the symbiosis between a “curved base that allows us to swing and change position easily” with its side table where “we can write, use the laptop, the tablet, use it as a lectern…”.

Despite its multiple functionalities, for DSIGNIO, the important thing about Platero “is not what it allows us to do but how we feel when we use it. Platero emanates positive sensations. Platero is movement, it is play, it is freedom, it reminds us of moments of leisure… and these sensations open our minds and make us creative when we work”.

DSIGNIO: “Platero goes beyond”

The inspiration behind Platero “comes from childhood, from moments of fun. Sometimes, as adults, it helps to look back and remember when we were children because those moments can bring us a lot in the present”.

According to DSIGNIO, they hope the Platero design will “open up a little-explored avenue” and will be “a piece that contributes to creating vibrant spaces for ideas to flow in a relaxed atmosphere“. The idea behind Platero is that if a person sees it for the first time, they will have “a pleasant surprise” and “they will sit down, try it out and discover the sensation of swinging”.

The innovation behind Platero comes from DSIGNIO’s reflection on the state of the office workplace today. According to the designers, “a workspace doesn’t have to be a boring place”, but Platero goes beyond that. It’s an object that allows us to interact with it constantly. We can rock, relax, have fun, concentrate and use it for different purposes; it’s really versatile.

DSIGNIO’s favourite colours for Platero

In Platero, esPattio brings out all its chromatic range of fabrics. Atlántico, Doñana, Gorafe, Maceta… There is plenty to choose from. For Dsignio, Platero “deserves to be accentuated with its upholstery, using colours that contrast with its beech wood with red, green or blue colours”.

Being such an original design, you may have doubts about where to place it in an office or your workspace. For DSIGNIO, “a good place in an office would be an informal meeting room, a space where we want to encourage communication and interaction between workers. At home, we can use it as a place to work in a room or the living room.”

It is easily transportable, so it doesn’t need its own space or a single use, as it is versatile. It also allows us to sit on it in different ways, so we recommend trying it out.

The future of DSIGNIO and esPattio

Platero is Patxi Cotarelo and Alberto Bejarano’s first design for esPattio, but we hope it won’t be the last. According to the designers, working with esPattio has allowed them to “bring to reality a project as particular as Platero, contribute and contribute to a daring, fresh and original catalogue“, highlighting esPattio as “a brand with a great future ahead of it”.

On future designs for esPattio, DSIGNIO commented they “have several ideas in their heads to define” and left the door open to collaborating again soon.

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