Luciana was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her design path went through many directions. For six years she studied art, photography, and painting history, among others, at the EAV – Parque Laje, Rio de Janeiro, and specialized in furniture design at the Instituto Europeo di Design in Rio de Janeiro (IED-Rio). After more than eight years as art director of a traditional carioca furniture brand, she founded her studio, Studio OBJ, in 2016. OBJ is now where she dedicates her time to developing and manufacturing products. Luciana’s trajectory and experience gave her repertoire to launch a furniture collection with a consistent purpose, based on the idea of upcycling – a term used to describe the reuse of objects and materials in the creation of new products, thus promoting the improvement of its utility and quality.