16 Facts About Clara Porset

Clara Porset was a Cuban-born furniture and interior designer.

Clara Porset was educated in the United States and Cuba, and later studied in Europe in Germany and Paris.

Clara Porset studied at Black Mountain College, North Carolina, in 1934.

Clara Porset studied at the Manhattanville Academy, New York and attended technical courses in architecture and design in Cuba.

In 1925, Clara Porset returned to New York City and continued her studies in art, architecture, and design at Columbia University's School of Fine Arts as well as the New York School of Interior Design.

Clara Porset worked professionally as a designer in Cuba during this time.

Whilst studying at universities, Clara Porset spent her summers traveling through western Europe and Great Britain.

Clara Porset eventually returned to Cuba to work as a designer, where she created furniture for residences and schools.

Clara Porset moved to Mexico, where she met and married the painter Xavier Guerrero.

Clara Porset's furniture updated vernacular Mexican materials and forms.

Clara Porset signed a contract to develop two collections: the E-series and H-series.

In 1952, Clara Porset curated the exhibition Arte en la vida diaria: exposicion de objetos de buen diseno hechos en Mexico at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes.

In 1969, designer Horacio Duran founded an industrial design program at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura and invited Clara Porset to give a seminar.

Clara Porset continued teaching for the remainder of her life.

Clara Porset stipulated that her house should be sold to set up a foundation to award a scholarship to a female student for postgraduate studies.

The Clara Porset Library, built around her collection, is considered the best design library in Mexico today.