Sandra Arruda

Sandra Arruda is a designer, ceramist and has a postgraduate degree in Design Management from the Centro Universitário Belas Artes in São Paulo. She developed her first products in 1984 and has since launched the following collections: Design visits the theater in 2019 at the Teatro São Pedro SP, Brasilidade in 2013 at the Fuorisalone in Milan and ‘The Art of Eating with the Eyes’ at the Museu Belas Artes in 2015. She is now launching the brand Peça Única Mobília, which she manufactures herself and now has a physical store at the D&D shopping mall in São Paulo, SP. The 37-year-old brand has adapted to the current market by operating exclusively online. Sandra is also a consultant on projects for clients such as the Roberto Marinho Foundation, Itaú and Santander banks, Accor hotels, Belmond and Estanplaza Copacabana Palace and Etel Design. Since 2014, she has represented the Italian companies Oikos and Barausse, where she breathes in the culture of Italian design. In the furniture sector, he developed pieces for the Butzke and Verona industries, and in the textile sector, he launched the Brasilidade collection with Tramare Tecidos. In ceramics, an artistic language he has been developing since 1979, he creates annual collections, which have already been exhibited at the Fasano São Paulo hotel; utilitarian design ceramics are available at Dpot Objetos. In June 2023, he opened an exhibition space for his work at Galeria Metrópole, in downtown São Paulo. Here you can visit the Cavaletes series and the collection of ceramics inspired by the Kintsugi technique, with the aim of redefining mass production.