AriMexico · The Book

Reserve a
signed copy.

The first printing of AriMexico is limited and signed by Raquel. Reservations are held in the order they arrive — there is no charge until the book goes to press.

A Peek Inside

Three places. One language.

The Loom — inside the monograph

I

The Loom

Teotitlán del Valle · Oaxaca

The Apartment — inside the monograph

II

The Apartment

Polanco, Mexico City

The Desert — inside the monograph

III

The Desert

Sonoran Arizona

From the Pages

Read before you reserve.

“Texture is architecture you can touch. The looms of Teotitlán have been making that argument for five hundred years — cochineal red drying on the rooftops, wool counted by hand, a pattern passed down like a family recipe. The rest of the design world is only now catching up to what this valley never forgot.”

I · The Loom

Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca

“The desert does not decorate. It edits. Everything that survives out here has earned its place, and that is the entire philosophy of this book — learned at forty minutes past noon in August, standing in a room where the light does all the talking and the objects know enough to stay quiet.”

III · The Desert

Sonoran Arizona

Hold your place in the first printing.

Every reservation is confirmed personally by the studio before the book ships.

No charge until the book goes to press. The studio confirms every reservation by email.

GUARDIA / DESIGNS

Modernism with Mexican Soul

An interior and landscape design studio creating warm, refined, livable spaces at the meeting of modern Mexican craft and Arizona desert minimalism — our AriMexico™ sensibility. Full-service interiors, landscape direction, renovations, e-design, bespoke sourcing, and custom wallpaper, delivered white glove.

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Phoenix, Arizona · Mexico City