New Las Vegas Market Exhibitor Uses Artistic Collaboration To Benefit Homeless Girls

Furniture World News Desk on 7/29/2015

PTMD by Maka, an international provider of designer home furnishing products, has announced a collaboration with Deep in Paint (DIP), a Miami company that specializes in creating artworks utilizing the human body as a canvas and focal point. A PTMD collection painted by DIP owner and artist Shannon Defreitas will be on display at the Las Vegas Market, with some of the proceeds from sales going to a PTMD-founded youth home in Vietnam that provides housing and care for homeless girls ages 8-18 in Ho Chi Minh City. PTMD’s products will be on display at the Las Vegas Market on the 5th Floor of Building C, in spaces C 591 and C598.

PTMD, which also shows its collections at the High Point Market in Interhall and MAISON ET OBJET in Paris and Miami, found DIP through the Wynwood Design Lab, a “lifestyle laboratory” venue in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District that pairs talented artists with high-end, design-conscious product manufacturers.

“The combination of our beautiful pieces and Shannon’s amazing talent, creativity and sensitivity has resulted in some truly extraordinary works of art,” said Maricarmen Castillon, PTMD’s CEO, “The passion we both have for what we do is clearly visible in the final product.”

In business for more than 15 years, PTMD is a global company with operations covering the U.S., Europe, Asia, Mexico, parts of South America, Qatar and Dubai. The company sets itself apart from others in the home-lifestyle industry with its focus on products that create an air of tranquility for their owners. “Caring is at the very core of PTMD by MAKA,” said Castillon. “And that includes caring for everyone we are involved with – from our clients and potential clients to our partners and employees.”

“When artwork has the ability to be both beautiful and functional, it creates an incredible opportunity for the artists to experience a personal connection with their audience,” said Defreitas. “The calming charcoal grey color palette of PTMD’s furniture and décor presented itself as a unique canvas for my vibrant, boldly colored artistry to create pieces that are simultaneously visually captivating and emotionally soothing.”

“The Las Vegas show is a great market. The quality of the exhibitors, the quality of the buyers, and the exposure you get is far beyond what we expected,” said Castillon. “I truly believe that art and creativity enhances people’s souls. Both the artist and the art lover. Las Vegas Market is an amazing forum for sharing our work and our passion.”