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Stamps in furniture? Studio Palma makes it possible

15.8.2025

Translation: Megan Cornish

Souvenirs often end up collecting dust on a shelf or disappearing into a drawer. Not at Palma. The Brazilian design studio immortalises small finds in furniture.

With its Souvenir collection, Palma showed at Milan Design Week how memories can be immortalised. The studio integrates coins, stamps and other relics from the past into functional works of art. Charming, a bit over the top, but just right for those who want to fish their vacation treasures out of their suitcases and showcase them.

Less dust, more wow: the souvenir collection celebrates collecting.

Palma: where art meets architecture

Launched in São Paulo in 2020, Palma combines the ideas of artist Cleo Döbberthin and architect Lorenzo Lo Schiavo. The studio’s work spans a wide range of disciplines, from architecture to furniture to graphic design. Their hallmark? Their use of materials and their desire to make stories visible. This isn’t just clear in their current Souvenir collection. Previous projects – such as the Bingo collection – also showcased Palma’s creative approach to materials and themes.

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Bingo: this collection surprises with its playful design
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The Souvenir collection: design with heart and soul

While Bingo surprised with its shapes and mix of materials, Souvenir adds a personal touch. Here, design becomes a vehicle for memories. The Jônica dining table, for example, was decorated with coins from all over the world. Crafted from pink travertine – a rare stone from Libya – the dining table tells stories of travel, cultures and generations.

Jônica: a table that invites not only eating, but also remembering.

The Camelo table lamp merges eggshells, brass and stamps into a mini work of art – as if old postcards were shining in a new light.

Camelo: each lamp is handmade and there are only 12 pieces available.

The Gambito chair also translates two-dimensional postage stamps into a three-dimensional design. It’s made of eggshell and freijó wood – a tropical hardwood from South America with a warm, golden-brown colour and fine grain.

The Souvenir collection aims to rethink how we preserve memories.

The Souvenir collection invites you to discover the unique details and stories behind the furniture. Maybe this approach will inspire you to get creative in how you showcase your own travel memories – what about making them into a shelf instead of displaying them on one? The possibilities are endless.

Header image: Pia Seidel

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