Em2 Design

Em2 Design — emDoisdesign — is a Brazilian design studio founded by Mariana Betting Ferrarezi and Roberto Hercowitz. The two designers met while studying in Barcelona, where they completed master’s degrees in furniture design and eco-design, and opened the studio there before returning to Brazil in 2006 to settle in Rio de Janeiro.

Working from Brazilian cultural roots and from their own origins, the studio designs contemporary pieces that combine usefulness and aesthetics, always aiming at a close functional and emotional relationship between object and user. Its eclectic style comes from constant experimentation with forms, materials and technologies — cutting-edge processes alongside traditional techniques — and from a belief in collaboration between materials, methods, suppliers and people.