British designer Lee Broom has marked his Mexico Metropolis artwork week debut with over 50 objects displayed all through the Twentieth-century mansion showroom of native lighting firm Diez Firm.
Broom’s items, from quite a lot of collections, are displayed all through the Diez Firm showroom for The Resident present within the Polanco neighbourhood, together with a cascading Hail chandelier in a grand lobby, and cubic Chant lamps in a gold-painted rest room.
“Marking his debut exhibition in Mexico, Broom has created an experiential set up within the historic Diez Firm home, considered one of Mexico Metropolis’s most architecturally distinguished showrooms, reworking the complete home right into a sculptural tableau of sunshine,” mentioned the crew.
Over 50 of Broom’s items are on show, together with paintings by Mexican artists curated by Broom and the Diez Firm.
Broom instructed Dezeen that he labored with the Diez Firm to pick his personal items for every room so that every “responds to each the pure daylight and the architectural particulars of the constructing”.
“My exhibitions are at all times formed by the structure that hosts them, and this historic home grew to become the place to begin for the complete presentation,” Broom instructed Dezeen.
“The work unfolds throughout a sequence of rooms, every with its personal character, scale, and relationship to gentle. We centered on illumination that responds to each the pure daylight and the architectural particulars of the constructing, permitting the items to boost the area whereas the home, in flip, amplifies the work.”
Different work all through the rooms contains items from Broom’s Requiem assortment, which characteristic plastered materials that drape over and round glowing orbs and a string of geometric, porcelain lights created with Spanish firm Llardó.
Broom has not too long ago displayed work at quite a lot of artwork and design weeks, together with London Design Competition and 3 Days of Design.
The Diez Firm was based by Gina Diez Barroso and Rodrigo Fernández. The corporate opened its Polanco showroom in 2025, which options three storeys of shows devoted to manufacturers equivalent to A-N-D and Bocci.
Different objects on show for this 12 months’s Mexico Metropolis artwork week embody a two-in-one couch and rug by Sabine Marcelis and lighting made with crushed-up shells by David Pompa.
The pictures is by Ema Peter
The Resident opens 5 to eight February on the Diez Firm home for Mexico Metropolis artwork week and continues till 10 April 2026. For extra structure and design happenings, go to Dezeen Occasions Information.
