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Take part in our art.

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About Gardeco

Gardeco is a Belgium-based company, established in September 1999 by Sonja Crevits and Jan Simaey. The company can be considered an art publisher, specialized in handcrafted decorative objects. Gardeco’s main objective is to introduce art and design to a broader audience through the world’s most exclusive interior stores, renowned museum shops, art galleries, architects and interior designers. Not only does the company vouch for artistic creativity, but also for sustainability and the wellbeing of communities by supporting local projects.

founders Sonja & Jan

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Gardeco stands for contemporary and pared-down art and design objects. It’s the place where new ideas in art meet high-end decoration.

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The Designers

At Gardeco, fresh and creative ideas meet high-end decoration. The company’s mesmerising objects are born in the minds of both upcoming and renowned designers and artists from all corners of the world. The result of these partnerships are exclusive collections that evoke profound emotions and carry meaningful stories. Each original design is carefully translated into a decorative object made from delicate materials such as ceramics, bronze and glass.

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Agnès Urbain

Susana Bastos & Marcelo Alvarenga

Domingos Tótora

Erli Fantini

Ann Vrielinck

Cornelius Vandeputte

Freddy De Waele

Guido Deleu

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Nele Serpieters

Örn Porsteinsson

Regina Medeiros

Seguso

Sofia Speybrouck

Vera Borghgraef

Selma Calheira

Vicky Courtens

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Raffaella Benetti

Pantaleo Musarò

Tatiana Queiroz

Renaat Ramon

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Guy Buseyne

Chico Margarita

Stefan Schöning

Linde Ergo

Jacques Vanroose

Katrien Vanslembrouck

Marc Caelenberghe

Mieke Deweerdt

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The Studios

Raw materials, natural colors, velvet textures and architectural forms … Gardeco’s products are manufactured in small family owned studios worldwide who understand the importance of a sustainable and ethical production process. They are made by the hands of skilled craftsmen who use small batch production techniques. Traditional manufacturing methods combined with contemporary experimental approaches result in high quality, one-of-a-kind-products that meet any aesthetical and technical requirement. Each studio is since many years specialized in their craft, being the production of objects in ceramics, bronze, glass or even soap stone.

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Cores da Terra

Cores Da Terra is a ceramics studio in Ibirataia, Brazil. The studio was founded in the fifties by the Brazilian ceramist Selma Abdon Calheira. The name Cores Da Terra, meaning Colours of the Earth, reflects a core value of the studio: sustainability. Another core value that Selma Calheira carries out, is social responsibility. At Cores Da Terra, Selma trains the people of Ibirataia and neighbouring cities as professional ceramists. In this sense, Cores Da Terra actively contributes to the local economy, providing jobs that allow families to live and work in their own cities. In 1996, Calheira was even awarded the prize ‘Gente que Faz’, for her work with economically disadvantaged people in one of the poorest areas in Brazil. Cores da Terra uses organic resources such as clay and natural pigments to create sustainable art objects that spark the imagination.

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Selma Calheira - Fruteira Casca natural

Selma Calheira - Prato Vortice white

Selma Calheira - Prato Vortice café

Guy Buseyne - Clausa Forma

Keramos

Keramos is a glass manufacturing studio in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, founded by the glass artist Regina Medeiros. At Keramos, exceptional glass objects are made using an original manufacturing technique. First, Medeiros designs a masterpiece in ceramic, a simple shape that will later on serve as a mould for the glass to melt into. Secondly, a glass plate is cut by hand into the right shape and adorned with mica minerals and gold components. After this step, the painted glass is melted in an oven, which allows it to adopt the shape of the masterpiece. All of Regina Medeiros’ designs are manufactured by hand, and therefore each piece is unique. Slight colour changes can occur, constituting the unique charm of handmade products. Regina Medeiros products are strictly for indoor use.

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Regina Medeiros - Mapa bronze

Regina Medeiros - Mapa preto topo bronze

Alva Design

The Brazilian furniture and objects design studio ALVA was founded in 2012 by sibling Susana Bastos, artist and fashion designer, and Marcelo Alvarenga, architect. For Gardeco, ALVA conceived the AOI and AMORFA lines consisting of beautiful vases in soft soapstone, a natural crystalline rock sourced locally in the region of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Using a lathe and scraping tools, solid blocks of soapstone are turned into strikingly beautiful creations with stand-out silhouettes. The colour of soapstone can vary from a gentle beige to bright blue and silvery grey.

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ALVA design - Vase AOI

TAAT

TAAT is a design studio in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Tatiana Queiroz started the studio, she is a jewelry designer who over the course of the years developed an interest in object design. For Gardeco, Queiroz eloquently translates soapstone, a local raw material, into a universal, timeless and contemporary design language. Her pieces combine the rough and the feminine, volume and lightness. She explores the crossroads between object design and sculpture, keeping in mind the purity of form and the balance of lines.

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Tatiana Queiroz - Bola Sabao

Bronze foundries

Bronze is a precious metal composed traditionally of copper and tin. It has been held in high esteem throughout many eras for its strength and ability to render precise features and various surfaces. Gardeco devotes a long chapter to this material, because it makes sculptures come alive in different ways than any other medium. Using the ancient lost wax technique, the designs of both upcoming and renowned artists are transformed into timeless and luxurious statement pieces.

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Marc Caelenberghe - Balanced

Örn Porsteinsson - Jörd

"Art is not what you see, But what you make others see."

Armando Di Nunzio - Cambio Direzione

Armando Di Nunzio - Noi due al quadrato

Renaat Ramon - The Muses Melpomene

Renaat Ramon - The Muses Melpomene

Renaat Ramon - Uno

Guido Deleu - Infinito black

Guido Deleu - Infinito blue nymph

Kris Demuelenaere - Fluid Complexity

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