Paulina Mallarino (1934-2024), better known as PoliIt was a woman of character. He spoke in front and did not go with Rodeos. Who were fortunate to go beyond this layer, found in it An intelligent, curious, empathic and affectionate person.
This birth heater broke with the pre -established structures on the design, material exploration and role of women in the work scene of the 70s, by daring to establish a Dialogue between the archeology of the trades with the functionality of the design honest. «Every piece that went through his hands is a poetry to the simple forms where the material speaks for itself,» said the architect and cultural manager Ana María Fries.
Located in the center of Bogotá, the School of Arts and Crafts Santo Domingo
Incubates and protects the material heritage of the artisan trade in Colombia.
Courtesy of Deimos Art/ School of Arts and Crafts
The chocolatera in silver law 905 with handle and button carved in ebony and mill in Puy is the most iconic piece of polymelino poli.Laudia Uribouri
An influences
He lived much of his adolescence in the United States, where on the recommendation of his mother studied chemistry, to, later take flight and experience European culture in depth «Special and Spanish,;» There would be impregnated with customs and life stories that would nurture it throughout its existence. From here this fantastic mixture begins to be created that brings to have a multicultural background with a fascination for the local and the authentic of the Latin American being. «Poli had a sense of fascinating aesthetics and space. Simple, minimalist.
For example, if you were walking with her and suddenly there was a leaf of a tree, it stopped and taught you perfection in its form, ”the family recalled. Although this philosophy of life seems simple in its essence, hugging it fully is not, and that was one of the great feats of this designer who never allowed himself to tempt by fashions or passing trends.
Around the 70s, he returned to his country and rooted in him. During the sessions of the Reading Club the Seminar in Bogotá, began a friendship with Beatrice Dávila de Santo Domingo that would last his life.
“Poli had a sense of aesthetics and fascinating space. Simple, minimalists ”, his family.Laudia Uribouri
Poly and Beatrice Dávila's legacy
Together embarked on this exploratory trip to Study Interior Design at the University of Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozanoand later Open Deimos. This gallery, much more than a satellite – homonym in its name – is the Central axis from where an inquiry of techniques, prototypes and interior design projects that made the difference in the 80s and until today. “At that time the import was scarce. At the time of specifying an interior, the options were limited, a situation that led to us from thinking about the design of a space from scratch and in its entirety. They designed everything! ”The Colombian architect Luis Restrepo said, with whom Poly worked closely in countless projects.
During all this time, Poly and Beatrice shared a fascination with crafts and artisanal techniques. At the beginning of the first decade of the 21st century, they viewed the importance of the mastery of perfecting a technique and threw themselves into Found the School of Arts and Crafts Santo Domingowhose cultural heritage has seen great design as Alexandra Agudelo, among others.