Urban traces idialogue with nature and time.

Collection

Homeware

A study of weathered surfaces and the quiet beauty of material decay. Inspired by Mexican midcentury brutalism and Industrial Expressionism philosophy.

Silent Traces Collection

Tech Specs

  • Table Lamp – 5.5”L x 11.25”W x 6.25”H

    Wall Vase – 1.12”L x 5”W x 7.5”H

    Book Support – 1.75”L x 5”W x 5”H

  • Table Lamp – 7 lb.

    Wall Vase – 5 lb.

    Book Support – 4 lb.

  • Ceramics, Stainless Steel

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In my journey from an industrial city to the world’s most iconic stage, I’ve learned to find opportunity in the unexpected and create… in the raw beauty of weathered industrial landscapes.

For me, it’s a constant presence that I’m not just uncovering, but actively deconstructing and exploring in my work.

– Reynaldo Veliz

General Info

  • Narrative Design
    Advanced Material Manipulation
    Thematic Translation
    Testing & Mockups
    Manufacture Process Planning
    Prototyping
    Integrated Lighting Design

  • Brooklyn, New York

  • Jono Pandolfi
    Olivia Barry

  • Spring 2026

  • Homeware, Collectables

  • Editorial – Jurien Huggins
    Analogs, Video & Marketing – Reynaldo Veliz

Gallery

  • Corrode Book Support Crack Study 04.

    Fig. 1

  • Book support in use

    Fig. 2

  • Book support in use

    Fig. 3

  • Efflorescence Vase, Crack Study 03

    Fig. 4

  • Wall Vase in use

    Fig. 5

  • Efflorescence Vase, Crack Study 03

    Fig. 6

  • Oxide Enrique Table Lamp

    Fig. 7

  • Close-up of texture and shaped cap-nut

    Fig. 8

Ideation

  • Snowflakes settled in sidewalk fissures

  • Morphology studies of tunnel with weathered tiled walls

  • Early Sketches

  • Manufature Plan #1

  • Cardboard Mock-up

  • Final Sketch

  • Dry-bone assembled lamp

  • Manufacture Plan #2

  • Sculpted rock-shaped cap nut in stainless steel

  • Manufacture Plan #3

  • Dry-bone latest refined prototype

  • Clay finishes refinement

Process behind making the collection

This video captures half of the making process behind the project.