Mexico may not be the first place one thinks of for sustainable design. Designer Emiliano Godoy’s Pirwi is one of several design firms that are part of a design boom in Mexico City, and his firm is squarely focused on sustainable furniture. Among the many intriguing designs in the Pirwi portfolio is the Knit Chair. “The construction of the Knit chair speaks about smaller pieces coming together to form a bigger structure.” Namely small pieces of Aircraft plywood held together with cotton rope. That structure flexes and responds to the user’s body. We’ve seen bent ply, now we have cellular ply. For that innovation alone it’s not surprising that this chair won a Bronze Leaf at the International Furniture Design Award in Asahikawa, Japan. Pirwi is actually a manufacturing collective founded by two industrial designers, Emiliano Godoy and Alejandro Castro in 2007. Today, the full Pirwi line includes more than 70 objects by 12 designers, and features several award-winning pieces and products, all sustainably made, now considered classics of contemporary Mexican design. Happily, Pirwi products are now available in the U.S. via the Kirk Gallery.