“The creativity in Mexico is evolving in a way that has never happened before,” said legendary designer Héctor Esrawe when we visited his studio in March. “When all the fields bloom, there’s something like a Renaissance happening.” Born in Mexico City to Lebanese parents, Héctor has become one of the guiding forces of contemporary Mexican design in the 20 years since he founded his multidisciplinary practice, Esrawe Studio. In 2019, together with @agesalajoe and @brian_thoreen Héctor also founded @masagaleria, the nomadic Mexico City-based gallery of collectible works spanning art and design that just opened its first New York exhibition at Rockefeller Center. Running from until June 24, "Intervención/Intersección" presents new functional work alongside significant historical works that complicate and extend the Mexican canon and celebrate the porosity between Mexico and the United States. In the leadup to the exhibition, we visited the Mexico City studios of five MASA artists as they prepared works for the upcoming show. Read the full story by @charlyobscura at the link in our bio with photos by @the.polf