Idania del Río (born 1981) is a Cuban designer and graphic artist based in Havana, Cuba.
[2][3] Del Río opened Clandestina, the first independently run Cuban design shop, in Old Havana with Spanish business partner Leire Fernández in February 2015.
[4] She was part of a group of Cuban business owners which met with U.S. President Barack Obama during his visit to Havana in April 2016.
An established artist, her idea was simple but incredibly effective: selling T-shirts, handbags, posters and more with a unique slant on modern Cuban life.Many of the clothes and cushion covers carry their line's increasingly recognisable slogans: "Actually I'm in Havana" and "99% diseño cubano" (99% Cuban design).Clandestina may be a small shop but they have big dreams.
All the products are designed by a team of artists based in Old Havana, sourced from whatever we can find, made wherever we need to make them, and brought to you however we can.