GLOBAL WARMING , 2008

Global Warming protrays a polar bear stranded on an ice floe, victim of the melting polar icecaps and climate change. The rug is manufactured by the Spanish rug and carpet company Nanimarquina.

Participants: Ricardo Casas, Alejandro Castro, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra

>>> see the “GLOBAL WARMING ” project
>>> see Nanimarquina's website

TINACOS, 2008

Nel transposes onto the scale and shape of a porcelain vase the monumentality and identity of a water tank.

Participants: Ricardo Casas, Alejandro Castro, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra

>>> see the “TINACOS” project

SCT, 2008

In Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes [Ministry of Communications and Transport], a cluster of telecommunications towers is transformed into wooden sculptures.

Participants: Ricardo Casas, Alejandro Castro, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra

>>> see the “STC” project

TORRES DE SATÉLITE, 2008

NEL reincarnate the Torres de Satélite [Satellite Towers] as five trapezoidal bookshelves.

Participants: Ricardo Casas, Alejandro Castro, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra

>>> see the “TORRES DE SATÉLITE” project

TREPADORAS, 2008

Trepadoras is a series of pots for climbing plants that depict icons of civilization and development being re-conquered by growing vegetation

Participants: Ricardo Casas, Alejandro Castro, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra

>>> see the “TREPADORAS” project

PACK OF DOGS 2, 2007

Series of multifunction pieces are also made in ceramic. These dogs, named after famous Mexican wrestlers (/Dos caras Jr, Aguayo, Superastro, El Santo, Alushe /and/ Místico/) may work as a side table, stool, bench, bookshelf, magazine rack, newspaper holder, bookends, etc. These ceramic versions can be placed outdoors and are ideal for the delivery person to place your daily newspaper."

Participants:
Ricardo Casas, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra, Óscar Núñez

>>> see the "PACK OF DOGS 2" project

PACK OF DOGS, 2007

These multi purpose pieces resemble dogs and are named after famous Mexican wrestlers. The Pack of Dogs collection is now being manufactured by Pirwi, using FSC certified young teak from Proteak.

Participants:
Ricardo Casas, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra, Óscar Núñez

>>> see the "PACK OF DOGS " project
>>> see Proteak's website

IRAK, 2007

A rug shaped after the map of Irak features soldiers advancing from many direction into Bagdad

Participants:
Ricardo Casas, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra.

>>> see the "IRAQ" project

QUETZA, 2007

Quetza is a bookshelf that roughly resembles the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl who was shaped after a feathered snake.The Quetza bookshelf is currently manufactured by Pirwi.

Participants:
Ricardo Casas, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra.

>>> see the "QUETZA" project
>>> see Pirwi's website

ARMADA, 2007

An army of wooden soldiers adopts combat positions, ready to shoot at will -or to act as coat pegs.
Armada is manufactured by Pirwi.

Participants:
Ricardo Casas, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra.

>>> see the "ARMADA" project
>>> see Pirwi's website

ESRAWE FAÇADE, 2006

Pieces cut from large EPS blocks that depict furniture and NEL's signature animal figures as if floating in the sea.

Participants:
Ricardo Casas, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra, Óscar Núñez, Marco Antonio Guadarrama

>>> see the "ESRAWE" project

OLAS, 2006

Pieces cut from large EPS blocks that depict furniture and NEL's signature animal figures as if floating in the sea.

Participants:
Ricardo Casas, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra, Óscar Núñez

>>> see the "OLAS" project

FILL IN THE CAT, 2006

Three characters disappear from large, solid white blocks, and their absence suddenly makes them important. The resulting emptiness is filled with the user's belongings and through this action the silhouettes' meaning shifts. This project was introduced at the Salone Satelite in Milan (April, 2006)

Participants:
Ricardo Casas, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra, Óscar Núñez

>>> see the "FILL IN THE CAT" project

STITCH KIT, 2005

What happens when you stretch a two dimensional drawing into a phisical object? Does it have substance? Or is it that what you see is just the drawing's journey through space?

Participants:
Ricardo Casas, Héctor Esrawe, Cecilia León de la Barra, Óscar Núñez

>>> see the "STITCH KIT " project