Tectonic Sofa

Antonio Llambías is an Argentine industrial designer, graduated from the University of Buenos Aires (FADU) in 2019. His practice focuses on contemporary furniture and objects that explore the relationship between sculpture and function, with a strong emphasis on structure and proportion as the core of each design. Working primarily with iron, steel, stone, and wood, Antonio combines industrial processes with an artisanal sensibility. Antonio’s work explores the tension between his European cultural legacy and a distinctly Argentine, criollo sensibility. Through proportion and absence, he navigates the threshold between the rough and the refined, questioning when objects should appear raw and when they should become stylized. Within this balance lies his distinctive language: proportion, structure, and void. He is the founder and creative director of Valuarte, an interdisciplinary design studio operating at the intersection of furniture design, interior design, art direction, and curatorial practice. From its studio, also conceived as an exhibition space, Valuarte develops singular pieces and bespoke projects with a contemporary and regional perspective, where functionality, architecture, and cultural value coexist in constant tension. The studio approaches each project as a form of research, understanding design as a language capable of building identity, atmosphere, and meaning through materiality.