Highlights From Our HPMKT Tour of Adriana Hoyos’ Showroom

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Adriana Hoyos has spent more than three decades building a business that reflects her family values while producing beautiful furniture. What began as her eponymous interior design practice evolved into a family-owned company with manufacturing operations, showrooms, hospitality projects, and design studios spanning multiple regions of the world.

Today, Adriana Hoyos Furnishings is celebrated for its upholstery, customization capabilities, hospitality work, and collection-driven approach to furniture design. During High Point Market this spring, DesignDash attendees toured the company’s new showroom with Hoyos herself. Adriana gave us a firsthand look at the collections, craftsmanship, and design philosophy behind her 30-year-old brand.

Who Is Adriana Hoyos?

Adriana Hoyos is an interior and furniture designer who was born in Colombia and raised in Ecuador. During a career that spans more than three decades, she has developed furniture collections, designed hospitality and residential projects, and built a company with a presence in multiple international markets.

Her interest in design began early in life. In a 2023 article for Homes & Gardens, Lola Houlton writes that Hoyos became interested in architecture and design while watching her parents build a family home. She later earned a bachelor’s degree in Interior Design in Washington, D.C., then began building her career in the design industry.

In the same interview, Hoyos cited Frank Lloyd Wright as an important influence, particularly his ability to connect architecture, interiors, and furniture design. That influence can be seen throughout her own body of work. Rather than focusing on a single discipline, Hoyos has spent much of her career working across interiors, furnishings, hospitality environments, and larger development projects.

Travel has also played an important role in shaping her perspective. In a conversation published by Upscale Living magazine, Hoyos connected her design approach to a lifetime of travel and ongoing research. Those experiences, combined with her cultural background and decades of professional practice, have informed both her interior design work and the furniture collections that followed.

How Adriana Hoyos Entered Furniture Design

Hoyos’ career in furniture was spurred by a High Point Market visit. In a January 2026 feature for Designers Today, Andrea Lillo writes that Hoyos was sourcing products for her interior design business when the idea for a furniture collection emerged. *Andrea Lillo was a recent guest on the DesignDash Podcast; you can listen to her episode on getting your design work published here. On the flight home, Adriana began sketching what would become the Coco Collection. That collection later became the foundation of Adriana Hoyos Furnishings.

Hoyos and her husband, Eduardo Pérez, co-founded the company in 1994. According to the company, the first Adriana Hoyos showroom opened in Ecuador that same year. Manufacturing operations followed in 1996, which established in-house production capabilities. The company’s first showroom in the United States opened in 2001.

The Coco launch is still one of the defining moments in Hoyos’ career. In her Homes & Gardens interview, she identified the collection as an important breakthrough because of its approach to form, materials, and construction. Those same areas continue to play a central role throughout the company’s collections today.

Growing a Family-Owned Design Business

Eduardo Pérez acts as President and CEO of AHC Group and remains actively involved in the business. According to company information, Pérez helped oversee the expansion of Adriana Hoyos Furnishings into a larger organization with interests spanning furniture, hospitality, retail, real estate, and travel-related projects.

The company has stayed family-owned throughout all of this growth. Designers Today identified the couple’s children, Eduardo Perez Jr. and Andrea Perez Hoyos, as part of the business. Adriana Hoyos Furnishings is now a multi-generational company more than 30 years after its founding.

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That long-term continuity is notable within the furniture industry. While many brands change ownership, merge with larger organizations, or shift leadership over time, Adriana Hoyos Furnishings continues to be guided by the family that established the company in 1994. Today, the business includes showrooms in North and South America and the Middle East while maintaining the family-owned structure that helped shape its early growth.

The company has continued to expand its presence in the United States. In 2026, Adriana Hoyos announced a strategic partnership with Sheffield Furniture.

Inside the Adriana Hoyos Showroom at High Point Market

As part of our Meet the Makers Tour at High Point Market this April, DesignDash attendees visited the newly opened Adriana Hoyos showroom. Adriana Hoyos personally led the tour. She walked our group through the expansive showroom, introduced new additions to the collection, and discussed the design philosophy behind her family-owned brand.

A Showroom Built Around Complete Rooms

The showroom reflects the evolution of Adriana Hoyos Furnishings over more than three decades. Visitors first encounter a wall of collection imagery near the entrance, which introduces the range of the brand’s portfolio. Nearby, pieces from the Origen Collection introduce you to AH’s work. The Origen Bench 110 Texture is positioned prominently near the entrance, and Origen pieces appear throughout the showroom.

The space opens into a series of connected living, dining, and bedroom environments. One large sitting area includes a modular curved sofa series, stacked coffee tables, sculptural accessories, and hospitality-inspired styling. The curved forms appear repeatedly throughout the showroom. They can be seen in sofas, lounge chairs, ottomans, tables, and accent pieces.

Origen, Galapagos, and Collection Storytelling

The Origen Collection has a strong presence in the High Point showroom. According to the brand, Origen was developed as a tribute to the company’s own history and draws inspiration from Adriana Hoyos icons. In the showroom, those pieces help connect the company’s current introductions to its 30-year anniversary.

One of the other standout pieces is the Galapagos Iconic Chair Swivel. To us, this piece bridges resort and residential design, which makes sense for a brand with extensive hospitality experience. Its curved shape and woven detail connect visually to several other pieces throughout the showroom.

We love how the showroom explained the inspirations behind a number of pieces, especially the many references to nature. For example, the Galapagos Sofa was inspired by the “curves of the Galapagos Sea Lion,” which we feel is so special and enduring. There are also references to the desert and other ecosystems throughout the showroom.

The Rumba Collection Swivel Chair

One of the highlights of the tour was hearing Hoyos discuss a chair that has become a favorite within the Laura U Design Collective portfolio: the Rumba Collection Swivel Chair. Hoyos identified the piece as one of her personal favorites. The chair has also appeared in numerous Laura U Design Collective projects, often reupholstered to suit the needs of a specific project.

Photos from the tour show Hoyos discussing the piece with Laura Umansky, CEO of Laura U Design Collective and co-founder of DesignDash. That moment gave the tour a direct connection between the showroom and the work our design team already specifies for clients.

The AH Comfort System

Further into the showroom, attendees encountered the AH Comfort System. The display breaks down three comfort profiles for seating: Plush, Balanced, and Support. Each option gives designers and clients a different seating experience based on softness, posture, and structure.

The AH Comfort System gives the showroom an important technical layer. It shows how Adriana Hoyos Furnishings approaches seating through both design and performance. The system also makes comfort easier to discuss with clients because the differences are visible, labeled, and tied to specific construction choices. Above is a screenshot of this section of AH’s showroom, as shown in the virtual tour on their company website.

What Makes Adriana Hoyos’ Work Distinct?

Adriana Hoyos approaches furniture from the perspective of an interior designer first. That background is obvious throughout the showroom. Each space within AH’s showroom is composed as a full environment rather than isolated product displays, and the furniture is shown in relation to lighting, artwork, accessories, rugs, and architectural details.

Her hospitality experience also seems to inform the work featured here. Many pieces balance the polish expected in luxury hospitality settings with the comfort and flexibility needed in residential projects. The Galapagos Iconic Chair Swivel is a good example of that balance, but the same idea appears throughout the showroom.

Customization is, of course, another defining characteristic of the brand. Finish options, comfort profiles, configuration flexibility, and fabric selections all give designers room to adapt the furniture to specific projects. That level of control is especially important for firms working across private homes, model residences, hotels, and branded environments.

The company’s family-owned structure is also part of the showroom experience. Near the entrance, the brand presents its tagline: “A family story. A commitment to service. A legacy of value.” That message connects directly to the company’s history and to the way Hoyos presented the collection during the tour. The showroom reinforces the same idea that runs through Hoyos’ career: her furniture is designed as part of a complete interior experience, not as a group of disconnected pieces.

Overall, we were very impressed with how comprehensive the showroom was and how well-balanced pieces were. The space connected craftsmanship, material quality, customization, and comfort technology seamlessly. Many thanks to Adriana and her team for leading us through the showroom during High Point Market.

Written by the DesignDash Editorial Team
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