180º Shop has stood at Colima 180 in Roma Norte, Mexico City, since 2011. It works as a concept store and as a platform for Mexican designers. Clothing and footwear share the floor with furniture and art, and a jewellery case sits alongside. Ceramics, posters and books fill an objects section, and the shop sells online as well.
Best for Mexican fashion, jewellery and design objects at Colima 180, Roma Norte
180º Shop opened in 2011 on Colima in Roma Norte, Mexico City, with the stated aim of turning the mass consumption of fashion through 180 degrees. It runs as a concept store and as a platform for Mexican designers. The shop describes itself as a meeting point for different creative expressions, and as a base for the sustainable growth of a local and conscious creative industry.
The floor carries clothing for women and for men, with a children's range alongside. Footwear, accessories and furniture share the room with art pieces, most of them from Mexican labels. The jewellery case holds rings and necklaces alongside earrings and bracelets. Bags and scarves fill the accessory wall, and caps sit there with hats and glasses.
An art and objects section holds ceramics and posters, together with books and notebooks. The shop issues printed pieces of its own, among them a poster of Acapulco chairs and a notebook printed with a chair pattern. Labels stocked include VEJA, 1/8 Takamura, Sophie Simone, Mapoesie and Flensted. The house works with museums and with retailers in Mexico and abroad. Bernardo Lopez heads the business, and the shop sells online as well as at Colima 180.
Alejandro Dumas 124, Polanco III Sección, Miguel Hidalgo, 11550 Ciudad de México / Mexico City / Mexico
Pirwi presents contemporary Mexican furniture and locally designed home objects. The range centers on locally designed furniture and home objects, with production associated with Mexico.
Best for Contemporary Mexican furniture and locally designed home objects.
Gabino Barreda 104, San Rafael, Cuauhtémoc, 06470 Ciudad de México / Mexico City / Mexico
Alan Favero and Santiago Cosío founded Taller LU'UM in 2013. Customizable furniture and home objects made with a network of more than 15 specialist workshops — burnished clay, embroidery and other Mexican techniques.
Best for Custom furniture and home objects made with specialist Mexican workshops.
Equipales Imperial works from Zacoalco de Torres, the Jalisco town credited with the equipal chair, assembling the pigskin-and-rosewood seats and dining sets by hand. The catalog covers living-room sets, bar stools and custom pieces, priced in pesos and shipped from the Galeana Street workshop.
Best for Handmade equipal leather-and-wood furniture
Mayajal is a family enterprise weaving Yucatecan hammocks and furniture pieces such as swings and rocking chairs, using nylon, cotton and silk in traditional and premium collections. Each piece is described as reflecting the individual weaver who made it, from their base in Mérida, Yucatán.
Mestiz is an artisanal design studio in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. It creates handcrafted furniture, lighting, and objects inspired by the country's landscapes and craft traditions.
Best for It creates handcrafted furniture, lighting
MARCO's museum shop curates work from roughly 40 independent Mexican designers and artisans -- textiles, jewelry, ceramics, artisanal foods -- alongside exhibition catalogs and books. It operates as the retail arm of the contemporary art museum in Monterrey's Centro district, spotlighting local craft and design.
Best for Mexican designer goods, exhibition catalogues and museum-shop crafts
NAMUH is a large San Miguel de Allende showroom for furniture, interiors and global craft objects. Scale and provenance should be checked piece by piece because the assortment spans many regions and makers.
Best for A large showroom of interiors and global craft
Santa Cruz Woodworks is a Merida furniture maker crafting tables, beds, seating and decor from long-lasting exotic woods, with steel-base and marble options. Buyers browse the online catalogue and request quotes, or visit the Colonia Mexico showroom.
Best for Furniture, woodwork, artisan, exotic wood
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