Inside Designer Carla Fernández’s Vibrant Mexico City Home, Full of Indigenous Textiles and Art

One space that exemplifies those ideas is Casa Flora, the colorful brutalist Mérida home and studio of the Mexican fashion designer Carla Fernández. As a designer, Fernández seeks to preserve the textile traditions of Indigenous and Mestizo communities through collaborations with artisans, bringing ancient practices to a contemporary audience. Fittingly, the home is full of Mesoamerican art and textiles.

Fernández led the renovation of the house, which dates back more than a century and now hosts workshops for Taller Flora, her design lab, which focuses on traditional Indigenous clothing techniques. (You can also stay in the home; the designer lists it for stays on Airbnb.)

Fernández’s husband, the artist Pedro Reyes, created several elements of the space, including a concrete outdoor shower, as well as some of the tiles throughout the space. His sculptures—including a prototype of Mitla Sillas, chairs inspired by the pyramids of the Mitla archaeological site in Oaxaca—are found throughout the home.