The debut exhibition of Casa Nueva, a livable Mexico City gallery space and apartment hotel, was built on the idea that art can be inhabited. Visitors can book stays in the apartment, which is outfitted with an array of functional art and design objects created by talents shaping both New York and Mexico City’s design spheres exploring concepts such as mass, volume, and weight. Among the highlights: a wavy tule fiber wall mirror by Joyful Objects, Yes, solid wood stools by Daniel Couttolenc in the golden ratio, and Studio H. Fernandez’s polished steel coffee table whose rigid rectangular form contrasts its raw volcanic stone legs. 

Casa Nueva was initiated by New York designers River Valadez and Sebastián Arroyo Hoebens in partnership with digital design platform Adorno, Mexico City art gallery Angulo Cero, and contemporary art curator Yunuen Sariego to kick off Design Week Mexico.