Damalia is a small publishing house of Creole furniture and decoration. Publishing in design is like publishing in books: to be at the origin of projects, models, tests and to gather talents to give birth to objects.

Their workshop is located in Petit-Bourg, where Kessen Poitou and Mattis Esnault strive to combine traditional and modern know-how.

They are working with both traditional artisans - to incorporate their practices, and with designers - to conceive objects able to sublimate those craftmanships.

In the case of the ti ban Sizéè, for example, the design comes from Guadeloupean designer Julie Mistoco. She put her childhood memories and strong images of local tradition, such as story time, into this beautiful object. Craftsman Clair Arnoud then worked on the design and first tests of Sizéè.

Frédéric Saulou designed the Popot Kreyol or Poupées Créoles, while Hélène Silmon, a leading bakoua hat weaver in Guadeloupe, taught them bakoua weaving.

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