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[Carla Fernández] We met a long time ago in college.

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Yes.

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[Pedro Reyes] Yeah, she had some pants that
were made of

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purple fake fur that I couldn't help noticing.

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[BOTH LAUGH]

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We knew each other like ten years or so before
we became a couple.

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[Fernández] He was making a show with 
Hans Ulrich [Obrist]

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at Casa Barragán

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and he invited me to a collaboration with him.

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[Reyes] But it was only an excuse so I could
hang out with her on a regular basis.

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But then later we discovered that we were
not good at collaborating

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but doing other stuff instead.

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[BOTH LAUGH]

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[Fernández] Collaborating, making kids.

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[LAUGHS]

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[Reyes] Carla is more into textiles.

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I'm more into stone-making or welding or weaving.

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[Fernández] When Pedro works with communities
he works more with students

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or with young people that have
had a chance to study or go to college.

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I go to the fields.

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I work with women that don’t speak Spanish.

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We communicate through drawings
and through textiles.

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[Reyes] What she does is unlike any other
designer in the world.

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Her operations may be small
compared to big brands,

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but her style is very unique and immediately
you can identify this

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and it's because of the geometry.

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[Fernández] When I started making clothing,
I had two choices.

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One was to copy the things
that the communities make,

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because that was for sure going to be my inspiration,

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or work together with the communities.

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We use squares and rectangles because
that is like the DNA of Mexican patterning.

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I love geometry.

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[Reyes] Yeah we both love geometry.

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We both have a very strong interest in
Mexican heritage in terms of craft

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because we both work with artisans.

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[Fernández] We have this beautiful house
that we made with artisans.

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For me the most important thing is
that this house is made by hand.

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[Reyes] In Mexico, we use concrete all the time.

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Casting is something that we like a lot.

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It’s a different approach to the way that
houses are built in the United States

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where everything is wood.

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We moved into this house like a year ago.

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It was a kind of concrete shell,
that had very different finishing.

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We just keep adding.

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It's all cast in concrete.

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The whole house is a sculpture.

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It’s a very slow process
of doing this living space.

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[Fernández] The people come, it’s like
"Oh I love your '50s floor"

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and it took us a year and a half.

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They think that the floor was here.

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[Reyes] This is volcanic stone.

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That is what the molcajetes are made of.

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The materials are not very luxurious
but everything was handmade.

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[Fernández] It makes it, in a way, personal--

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that you know who is making your house.

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You know who you’re taking care of
or who’s taking care of you.

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Mexico has all these Starbucks,

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and you go through the world

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and you see these places that the coffee,
it tastes the same

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or the logo is the same.

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It’s necessary, but we also have to

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have our own little workshops, ateliers, craftsmanship.

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I want my kids to live in a place that
it has flavor.

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The younger generations would like to be doctors,

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but they also should be very proud of being artisans.

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I wish everyone would have choices.

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