We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Juan & David . We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Juan & David below.
Hi Juan & David , thanks for joining us today. To kick things off, we’d love to hear about things you or your brand do that diverge from the industry standard
PRISMATIC is a studio that is inspired by vital resources and uses art to bring comfort, wellbeing and motivation in order to be better people and more human every day. We believe in the value of spaces as an engine of creativity and balance. We do things differently because we use Biophilic design. Biophilic Design is the practice of creating a closer connection with nature through the ways we design and construct buildings and landscapes. We love and respect nature and we make Biophilic Designs using natural resources to create a sense of harmony between modern architecture and the natural world.
Juan & David , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
We are a couple that complement each other in many aspects and the main one is that we merge sensibility with functionality in the projects we develop. David is a Civil Engineer and Juan is an Interior Designer and this allows us to develop creative solutions that are affordable, innovative and that connect our clients with their spaces. We make viable projects that are affordable for everyone. We started in Colombia in 2017 and quickly became one of the most trendy brands in the industry and our success has been the consequence of working with passion, with respect for nature and by listening to the dreams and expectations of our customers. We are a sensitive company that is always on the client’s side and we include them so that they are part of the creation of their own spaces.
We came to the United States in 2021 and our brand PRISMATIC seeks to make affordable designs and inspire people to create the life they want to live. We design productive spaces and unique experiences adding value from the aesthetic to the functional in order to build atmospheres that integrates the interior simultaneously with the exterior. We believe in the magic of nature as an impulse to make environments more creative and efficient, that’s why we create stylish places that inspire us to be better every day.
Can you tell us the story behind how you met your business partner?
It is not a coincidence that we have the same name. We were predestined to meet, to fall in love, to touch each other’s hearts as well as the hearts of our families, our friends and now our customers. Meet us and our company: Prismatic Studio. We met 10 years ago, in a shopping center in the city of Medellín, Colombia, our city of birth, in a chance meeting, when a mutual friend introduced us.
We did not exchange words; only a greeting was necessary, and magically, in a matter of seconds, we both knew that it was not going to be the first or the last meeting. We knew that that moment had been special, and since we were both living separate stories and important moments, we decided to leave the next meeting to fate.
David: “I was always interested in Juan David, from that first day, I was captivated. I felt that one day I would meet him and that caused me unique sensations. When I would think about it, I always smiled, that was the moment I knew that it would be worth the wait and I would have to trust that at the right moment, our destinies would meet! I was excited when I would think about that moment. I followed him on Facebook and social networks and that was how I felt he was close. I liked everything he did.”
Juan David: “I loved his smell and I was captivated by the way he spoke, I could stay listening to him for hours, it felt like a melody that gave tranquility to my ears. This is how I always wanted to feel.”
The day arrived in the most unexpected and unimaginable way. In a magical moment in which our lives felt that something was missing, (in reality someone, more so than something), we felt that it was our moment and we were ready for the best experience of our lives and hopefully together.
Juan David published an image on Instagram on September 24th, 2016 that said, “We are at the perfect age to be left with the guilt and not the desire…” I did not hesitate to like his picture and proceeded to ask him out for no reason. That day our great love story began.
Like a prism, two lives come together with a single purpose and a common dream.
When we met, there was a certain type of magnetism that united us forever. Life suited us perfectly; it was as if we had the right key or the perfect token.
Juan David is the innate artist, with deep feelings and overwhelming sensitivity. He is a fan of nature and basically of anything green. He loves shades of gray, and he sees light anywhere. Geometric shapes and order are his starting point, he manages to see what few see and his hands are able to magnify any place.
David has a brilliant mind. Talent and creativity are combined and he manages to materialize any purpose. He’s very radical and it’s either white or black, but there is no room for a midpoint or gray. He always achieves what he sets out to do and selling is his greatest passion.
Together we have the ability to materialize ideas, and our ability to create has no limits. We connect with purpose and feel invincible together.
Can you talk to us about how your funded your business?
When we had a clear idea, and the value we wanted to deliver with our projects, we started to offer in the construction sector in Colombia effective solutions to the challenges of the moment. In Colombia it is common to build a model home to sell housing units in real estate projects. The homes are sold practically before starting the construction. In this type of business model David had a lot of experience because of his career and professional history. By offering PRISMATIC’s designs, several builders were interested in refresh their model homes in order to increase or accelerate their sales. Immediately the contracts were signed and the only financing alternative we had was to use our credit cards as well as our family’s credit cards. This way we were able to complete the first project and the profit was used to pay the credit cards. We began to develop the new projects that were arriving one by one. Ever since then, we have not stopped. At the beginning organizing the company financially was a challenge, but with discipline and responsibility and once the initial debts were paid off, our exclusive goal was the payment of obligations and reinvestment in new projects.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.prismaticstudio.com
- Instagram: @prismaticarq
Image Credits
Architecture, interior design and landscaping projects developed in the main cities of Colombia and Tampa Bay. FL.