Wewood — Portuguese Joinery is a Portuguese design furniture brand, founded in 2012 in Paços de Ferreira — Portugal's self-described furniture capital — by the second generation of the founding family after four years of development work. The industrial foundation lies deeper: in 1964, two brothers in northern Portugal established a small joinery workshop that grew over decades into the export-oriented factory Móveis Carlos Alfredo, supplying markets including France and Spain from the 1970s onward. During the economic crisis of 2008–2012, Wewood emerged from the pressure for transformation — as an autonomous, design-driven brand translating the house's industrial tradition into a contemporary, international language. The name states the identity directly: "We are wood."
Production: exclusively in Portugal; the factory runs on solar energy; wood offcuts are used to heat the building in winter. Small production runs; manual craftsmanship; materials: solid wood (oak, walnut, and others), FSC-certified. Designer partnerships: Dan Yeffet, Christian Haas, Alain Gilles, Erno Dierckx, GamFratesi, André Teoman. Iconic products: Metis desk, Scarpa and Carousel sideboards, Rabelo sofa (named after the traditional boats that transported wine barrels along the Douro). Regular presence at Salone del Mobile Milan; international dealers and agents.
For interior designers and contract buyers seeking solid wood furniture with documented craft provenance, a clear design ambition, an international designer roster and a proven circular economy orientation produced in Portugal, Wewood is the most distinctly profiled Portuguese design brand in the European premium wood furniture segment.