GAIA MIRROR RECOGNIZED BY DESIGN MIAMI / by Jai Hendrix

Gulla Jonsdottir’s Crater Sofa and Coffee Table and Gaia Mirror incorporate her hallmark sensual and dynamic forms that express her environmental compassion, always echoing the integration of organic beauty and function. The sofa is upholstered in sustainable Alpaca from Rosemary Hallgarten.

Icelandic-born Gulla Jónsdóttir creates unexpected and poetic modern architecture and interior spaces. Known for her sensual and dynamic forms that work in harmony with their surroundings, Gulla’s environmental compassion brings unique spatial experiences that respond to nature and surrounding site, always echoing the integration of organic beauty and function. Her limited-edition furniture pieces are a natural extension of her architectural and interior practices, celebrating form and materials to meet a specific functional need. Gulla studied mathematics before moving to Los Angeles to study architecture at SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture). Before starting her own firm in 2009, she worked for Richard Meier, Walt Disney Imagineering, and Dodd Mitchell Design.