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Louis Vuitton’s Silent Stand
Louis Vuitton transforms retail into art. Inside the 57th Street flagship, Still Stand’s quiet might stands beside icons like Carlo Mollino and Christophe Delcourt. Here, sculpture amplifies fashion’s voice, and the space whispers a new design narrative.
EMERGENTE at ZⓈONAMACO
Design isn’t about making things. It’s about making statements. EMERGENTE at ZⓈONAMACO is where young Mexican designers craft their visions into reality—turning chairs, lamps, and objects into stories waiting to be told.
Comfort isn’t a place
NONO returns to ZONAMACO with a new collection—different, bold, and shaped by a decade of evolution.
Good design is like a good story
Sculptural furniture that tells a story at ZONAMACO 2025.
NONO at ZⓈONAMACO Diseño 2025
JOEL ESCALONA STUDIO invites you to explore NONO’s bold new collection at ZⓈONAMACO Diseño 2025. Our exhibition showcases a curated mix of pieces we've passionately developed over the past couple of years. All the pieces celebrate the beauty of the impermanent and the incomplete. From innovative furniture to sculptural artworks, each item is meticulously crafted and tells its own unique story.
EMERGENTE — ZONA MACO DISEÑO 2024
EMERGENTE, presented by ZONA MACO DESIGN, celebrated its fourth edition from February 7 to 11 at the Centro Citibanamex in Mexico City. This prominent platform sought to promote the talent of young designers, offering a showcase for original projects that are distinguished by their high conceptual and discursive quality.
SBFA Gallery Presents: Joel Escalona's Still Stand at Art Miami
Explore Joel Escalona's 'Still Stand' sculptures at Art Miami, presented by SBFA Gallery. Captured by Mariana Achach, these pieces unite the simplicity of wood with contemporary art, embodying tranquility and nature's strength in a prestigious art fair setting.
Cooperativa Panorámica 10 Years
Ten years have passed since we launched Cooperativa Panorámica at the ICFF in New York, presenting the design collection "Materiality". It was a memorable experience for Cooperativa Panorámica, a group of Mexican designers who strive to explore new creative territories and interpret diverse perspectives and ideas through their work.
Emergente ZONA MACO Diseño
After the success achieved in previous editions, ZⓢONAMACO 2023, the most important contemporary art and design fair in Latin America, presented the third edition of Emergente, an initiative of ZⓢONAMACO DISEÑO during its nineteenth edition at the Centro Citibanamex in Mexico City.
Balance in the permanent collection of MUAC
The Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) has recently acquired one of Joel Escalona's Obsidian Balance pieces for its permanent collection. The piece was part of the exhibition Una modernidad hecha a mano: Diseño artesanal en México, 1952-2022, which explored the concept of craft design in Mexico from 1950 to the present.
Una modernidad hecha a mano. Diseño artesanal en México, 1952-2022.
Una modernidad hecha a mano. Diseño artesanal en México, 1952-2022.
Disonancia Mexicana
We are happy to announce our participation at Disonancia Mexicana, an exhibition curated by delaO design studio that explores the relationship between identity and design in contemporary Mexico. Some pieces from our Balance series will be on show at Museo Franz Mayer, one of the most important cultural venues in Mexico City.
Curator at ZⓈONAMACO Emergente 2022
For the second time Joel Escalona participated as curator in EMERGENTE, a selection within ZⓈONAMACO DISEÑO that seeks to promote the work of young designers with a curatorial line presented by Cecilia León de la Barra artistic director of ZⓈONAMACO DISEÑO — along with industrial designers Joel Escalona and Jorge Diego Etienne.
Taller Maya's new collection exhibited at Design House 2020
Joel Escalona, curator at ZⓈONAMACO Emergente
