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OUR JOURNEY
Tora Brasil has charted a unique journey since its founding in 2003. Initially established in the Amazon rainforest, the company soon expanded its reach with the opening of a showroom on Fidalga Street, in the heart of the bohemian Vila Madalena district in São Paulo.
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Cristiano, at the beginning of Tora Brasil, when he lived in the Amazon, and started Tora with local artisans.
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The first batch of furniture was unloaded at the first Tora Brasil store in Vila Madalena, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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The facade of the first Tora Brasil store in the artistic neighborhood of Vila Madalena, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. The furniture was kept in a garage, and every night they had to be dragged out to make space for the car.
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Cristiano’s first visit to Cikel in the Amazon, one of the pioneering companies working with FSC certification.
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First presence at Casa Cor, the main Brazilian decoration event. This table was in architect Brunete Fracaroli’s environment.
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Facade of Tora Brasil store on Matheus Grou Street, Pinheiros, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. At that time, the street had some important design and decoration stores.
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Photo of the first model of the Pará coffee table, highlighting the wood grain.
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Year-end speech to employees and partners, now at our new address in Vinhedo, SP, Brazil.
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Photo of Cristiano with children from a community of one of the supplier companies in the Amazon interior. This time, the plane needed maintenance, and Valle traveled by boat for 2 days to Belém.
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Tora Brasil store at the main address of Brazilian architecture and decoration, the renowned Alameda Gabriel Monteiro da Silva, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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We took Tora Brasil to the Casa Cor exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden. This table later went to the Drottningholm Palace, one of the royal family’s residences.
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Inauguration of the Fasano Rio de Janeiro Hotel, Philippe Starck’s first project in Brazil. Still one of the main destinations for Rio de Janeiro tourism.
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Chico assembling the first Rhopalocera, which later went to a residence in Angra dos Reis, RJ, Brazil.
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Valle’s visit to Mira Nakashima, daughter of George Nakashima, one of the leading names in wooden furniture. In New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Tora Brasil store in Moema, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Production of the first Porã table, a concept created especially for the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche.
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Tora Brasil showroom in Vila Leopoldina, São Paulo, SP.
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Tora Brasil’s first presence at Fuori Saloni, Milan, the world’s main design event, featuring the Moaticu coffee table.
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Initial developments of the Willy armchair and Oscar chaise, where designer Oswaldo Mellone discussed product details with Diogo Ferreira, our product designer.
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Tora Brasil’s booth at the Salone del Mobile, the world’s largest decoration and design event, in Milan, Italy. We showcased Oswaldo Mellone’s collection.
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Photo of the Rhopalocera table before boarding for one of Qatar’s main addresses
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Tora Brasil’s ofurô flying over the skies of São Paulo to be delivered to the 20th floor of the Torre Matarazzo at the Rosewood Hotel São Paulo.
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Production of the pool bar and drop-off columns at the Rosewood Hotel.