We caught up with design duo Cintya and Flavio of HOBO to chat about their creative journey and the pieces coming soon to TokyoMade.

What is your brand name?
Hobo


Where are you from?
Brazil


How long have you been creating your art?
We both have been on different paths even before we met. Cintya was in fine arts and I was in the music scene. Now we are both in something between design and art. We have been thinking creatively since 2000.


What inspires you?
Nature, paintings, good design and music.


What do you do in your free time?
We walk, we talk, we enjoy our home and think about the future
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What foods keep your creative juices flowing?
I like typical Brazilian food like the traditional combo rice, beans, steak, salad and fries. Cintya likes...


Do you have a favorite brand?
We don't consume that much, but Apple is great. They are concerned about doing things simply and beautifully.


What is the most expensive thing you ever bought?
Maybe our coming to Europe. In many aspects, it costs us a lot.


What is the concept of HOBO?
HOBO is a new jewelry brand with handmade pieces, all of them unique, exclusive, and eco-friendly; a breath of fresh air in such hybrid market. HOBO is about valorization of banal objects giving dignity to them.


How long does it usually take to create one necklace?

It's a tricky question. It would be easy if I tell you we take a day or two to assemble a necklace, but it only happens after the research and the idea has come to the table.
We are constantly thinking in new techniques and ideas, themes and references. Most of times new ideas demands new materials or customized parts. That part of the process can take weeks or months, but when we get to something good it give room to an entire series of brand new necklaces.

Where do you usually buy or find the pieces used in your accessories?

We buy beads from Brazil, Spain, Portugal and India. Lines, scissors, needles, etc. we buy from local stores. Much of our material we recycle from what people consume and discard like plastic bottle, pieces of cloth and packages for foodstuff mainly. We have been sponsored by WWF because of our "eco-friendly" necklaces and part of all our selling incomes we donate to them.

How do you come up with an idea?

We talk a lot and observe the nature. Also we are very visually driven and let inspiration come from works of people around. We have done necklaces using Mondrian's color palette, Magritte's surrealism ideas, Cézzane ideas, we have made a series of necklaces inspired by food... It´s all about references and reconstructing something in another media.

Any special messages?
Don't over consume, love the nature and adopt a cat.