A Day With Renata in CDMX! 🇲🇽

In early March, we traveled to CDMX for a few days to enjoy some warmer weather, explore a bit and shoot our Spring campaign. While there, we linked up with our friend Renata Bricio, a Mexico City–based creative director and producer, who helped bring the shoot to life and, just as importantly, showed us her city.

We spent an easy Saturday together in La Condesa, the leafy green neighborhood she calls home. A morning of small rituals — the farmer’s market, wine & cheese, a fresh baguette, flowers — followed by time spent in her warm, creative apartment.

We also sat down with Renata to talk about her story, her space, and the places in CDMX that continue to inspire her.

Read the Q&A  + get Renata's recos below. Enjoy!

Tell us about yourself and what you do.

I'm a Mexico-based creative director and producer. My work spans from design, food, history, culture, fashion and hospitality. The constant cross-pollination of themes allows me to craft compelling projects that resonate with a modern and cultured audience. My psychologist and I like to joke that I'm a 'collage' person–my strength and joy is in bringing people and ideas together seamlessly.

What keeps you in Mexico City?

Every new project gets more exciting–that thrill of collaborating with new creatives and coming up with new ideas keeps me on my toes. I don't like repetition, and this city is in constant movement.

What does a perfect day in your neighborhood look like?

Brew myself some tea, head out to pick up groceries, get myself a little piece of silver jewelry at Caan Crudo, lunch at Cabo San Juan and dinner and drinks at Lorenzo.

Tell us about your apartment — what drew you to it?

I hate new. Old has personality and more from where to start designing. This apartment has wooden floors, ceramic tiles and a bay window with a view of a tree. That's GOLD in Mexico City–it's a perfect little studio.

Tell us about that cool blue chair! Where did you get it? 

One man's trash is another man's treasure! It was outside someone's apartment building, and rolled its way to mine.

What’s one object in your home you’d never part with? 

I have small altars set up throughout my apartment. The compilation of all these small objects are considered ONE. For example: a tiny vase from Corsica, hand carved bone chess pieces, a shell rosary, stones from trips, a ceramic tube my ceramicist friend and I named 'Cilindro de la Perseverancia' that took her months to perfect–she gifted it to me as a reminder of the gift of perseverance!

If someone came to visit for a weekend, where would you take them?

Museo de Arqueología Mexicana, Biblioteca Vasconcelos, coffee at DelRio or Hule, La Lagunilla or Pushkin, San Angel Inn for fideo seco with bone marrow and margaritas and definitely a visit to Cantina del Bosque... and of course Maizajo too!

Favorite hole-in-the-wall spot you’d send a visitor?

Comal Oculto in San Miguel Chapultepec.

What’s a place you’re excited to visit next in Mexico City?

Caldo, a new object store in La Condesa, and Cuadra de San Cristobal (one of Barragan's designs).

First up: we made a quick stop at Cayetana, one of Renata's favorite bakeries to grab the a morning pastry and a couple fresh baguettes for later that day. 

Our next stop was at Rimessa, one of Renata's favorite wine shops where we picked up a bottle, a locally produced white wine from the Valle de Guadalupe, a region in Mexico known for some great wines... and then we some snacks from Smart Food, an organic produce shop. A nice lunch at Renata's wonderful home was on the agenda for later... 

Our final stop was a local farmers market to grab some flowers to freshen up Renata's apartment and invite the Spring in. Renata needed a new vase so we headed to El Resplandor, a hand blown glass shop with the most unique pieces. 

Thanks for guiding us around, Renata!