Born in the town of Ecatzingo, State of Mexico, Acahuite is a design project which main purpose is to help a local family - the Vergara’s - to improve their quality of life.

All this making use of the knowledge and abilities obtained in the course of our Bachelor’s Degree, using ethnography and design as tools to create unique pieces of furniture.The design team sought out to make use of the waste generated from the family's consumer agriculture, this allowed us to find the potential in corn stalk, as a flexible, absorbent, resistant end even edible material.

Acahuite is the result of a close interaction between designer and producer, which seeks to exploit and highlight the properties of corn stalk, resulting in four unique and ever-changing stools of various heights and qualities.