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Community Impact
We work to redefine the value in the approach to handmade objects.
We turn our passion for design into purpose by enabling artisan teams to make a living from their traditional and vanishing skills.
As a community, we can have a bigger impact together.
We work towards the following UNDP & UNESCO goals:
GENDER EQUALITY
Flexible work-from-home structure enables women’s economic participation.
CULTURAL PRESERVATION
Craft must be economically viable, and design enables craft to stay relevant.
SKILL BUILDING
Organizational empowerment, training, transfer of technology
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Our studio in Pacasmayo
We work at the intersection of cultural heritage and contemporary design. Let us show you how it’s done in the Andes of Perú
Find out what we are carving this week
Discover
Our studio in Pacasmayo
We work at the intersection of cultural heritage and contemporary design. Let us show you how it’s done in the Andes of Perú
Find out what we are carving this week
Andean Stones & Minerals
The world is full of life, not only plants and animals, but also rocks. Let’s enter their world and learn why rocks are symbols of life.
Design Lab
High-tech meets low-tech lights up our studio..
Andean Stones & Minerals
The world is full of life, not only plants and animals, but also rocks. Let’s enter their world and learn why rocks are symbols of life.
Design Lab
High-tech meets low-tech lights up our studio..
Andean Legacy meets Design Innovation
Natural materials, traditional vanishing skills and ancient iconography blend in with interdisciplinary methods. Blending high-technology with organic geometry and market trends, we explore and boost value in design objects from the Andes of Peru. In pursuit of finding new ways to keep the essence of our Andean cosmovision alive, we are creating opportunities to safeguard indigenous cultural expressions within different design contexts.
Gemstone Collection
Transforming the metaphysical energies of stones into playful games and puzzles allows us to experience gemstones as never before. Every piece has an element of playfulness to explore. DAR has reinvented the idea of play with the use of semi-precious gemstones, provenance from the mineral rich Andes of Perú.
Gemstone Collection
Transforming the metaphysical energies of stones into playful games and puzzles allows us to experience gemstones as never before. Every piece has an element of playfulness to explore. DAR has reinvented the idea of play with the use of semi-precious gemstones, provenance from the mineral rich Andes of Perú.
Our Awards
2023, Toronto, Canadá. Juror Choice award, Living well
2020, Seattle, USA. Winner product design
2023, New York, USA. Ethical compensation certificate
2016 Frankfurt, Germany. Gardening & Outdoor Living award.
2015, Milan Italy. Stationary & Gift Items Design.
Our Awards
2023, Toronto, Canadá. Juror Choice award, Living well
2020, Seattle, USA. Winner product design
2023, New York, USA. Ethical compensation certificate
2016 Frankfurt, Germany. Gardening & Outdoor Living award.
2015, Milan Italy. Stationary & Gift Items Design.
What people are saying
Winner of a 2020 GRAY Award, the Peruvian artists and product designers at D.A.R Proyectos have been on my list of favorites from the get-go.
“There is no real reason to own a collection of classic wooden laundry clips rendered from semiprecious Andean stones — which is exactly the reason to buy a set of these in service of creating the chicest clotheslines known to man or, perhaps more practically, a tactilely and visually pleasing office-organization system”
“The most genius product in recent memory — stone laundry clips by the Peruvian design studio D.A.R. Proyectos”
Game of stones – Clear negative energy while puzzling over a geometric brain-teaser, hand-crafted using vibrant gemstones.