Claudia + Harry Washington
San Salvador,

Harry met Claudia in 2001, while they were both earning degrees in interior design at the University of Applied Arts in San Salvador. They founded their design studio DUE in October 2004, motivated by the shared desire to create atypical furniture pieces suited to modern spaces. In 2005, they expanded their studies in furniture design at the Instituto Europeo di Disegno in Milan. Upon their return, they created their design lab called FabricaDUE, which operates through artisan techniques and local manual labor to manufacture the designs generated in the studio. Their works include residential interior architecture, space planning, retail interior design, and the creation of branding concepts for retail stores. Their early work in furniture design began with three lounges named L'Astiko, Lola, and Olga, which were initially exhibited at Contempo. After winning Contempo, which is a USAID sponsored design competition in El Salvador, they were invited to exhibit their work at ICFF in New York. Harry and Claudia teach classes in Furniture and Interior Design at the University of Applied Arts in San Salvador. In El Salvador, both Harry and Claudia are frequent lecturers at the University of Applied Arts, The Esen Business School, and the Monica Herrera Marketing School. Their works are exhibited at the Marte Museum of Art in San Salvador.