From her base in Lisbon, where she founded OJO Gallery, Marie De Carvalho explores the porous boundaries between art, design, and architecture. In this conversation, she reflects on the shift that led her from Paris to Portugal, the emergence of her collection, and the collaborations that shape her work.

“For me, giving priority to raw materials is both an aesthetic and ethical choice. Aesthetic, because stone, wood, earth, paper, or metal already carry within them a history, a palette, accidents that could never be invented from scratch. I often ask creators to “let the material speak,” not to over-design it.”