BEHIND THE STUDIO IS ANDRÉS OSUNA, WHOSE OBJECTIVE IS TO COLLABORATE WITH VARIOUS MEXICAN ARTISTS AND CREATIVES TO PRODUCE UNIQUE DESIGN PIECES. THE PROJECT WAS BORN FROM THE ADMIRATION FOR THE AUTHENTICITY OF CHUKUM, INITIALLY FOCUSING ON CREATING PIECES EXCLUSIVELY WITH THIS MATERIAL ORIGINATING FROM YUCATÁN, WHICH IS OBTAINED FROM THE BARK OF THE HAVARDIA ALBICANS TREE AND COMBINED WITH LIMESTONE.

LITHO STUDIO SEEKS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS MATERIAL AND ITS ANCESTRAL HERITAGE THROUGH THE POSSIBILITIES OFFERED BY CHUKUM AND OTHER MATERIALS. OVER TIME, LITHO EXPANDED ITS FOCUS TO INCLUDE OTHER NATURAL MATERIALS SUCH AS WOOD, METAL, AND STONE, CREATING PIECES WITH A DELIBERATE IMPERFECT AESTHETIC. THE PROJECT CONSIDERS ITS LOCATION IN JALISCO, SPECIFICALLY IN GUADALAJARA, TO BE ADVANTAGEOUS DUE TO THE CITY’S CREATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT. IT HAS WORKED WITH PROMINENT LOCAL INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIOS SUCH AS AAGNES AND KENYA RODRÍGUEZ.