The Campana Brothers (Humberto Campana,1953 and Fernando Campana, 1961) are Brazilian designers. Humberto, a lawyer by training, and his architect brother Fernando, produce pieces that are defined by textures and forms obtained through artisan methods, often using natural or industrialized materials removed from their usual context. Strands of wire, twine, strips of rubber, broken mirror, bricks and tiles, synthetic leather, pieces of wood, rattan, rag dolls and stuffed animals have all become raw materials transformed by the Campanas into chairs, lamps, sofas, benches, utensils and tables. In the 1990s, their work gained international attention with a show at the MoMA in New York.
More recently, the Campanas have also worked with sculpture, ceramics, installations and interiors. They were behind the design of cafés at both the Municipal Theatre of São Paulo and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, and have work in the permanent collections of MoMA in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.
Despite their extensive international agenda, they still work out of their workshop in downtown São Paulo, located amongst the cheap stores and repair shops — it is here that they research materials and techniques and build prototypes of the objects that have changed the image of Brazilian design over the last 15 years
In 1998 the Campana Brothers became the first Brazilian artists to exhibit their work (3 pieces of their Celia line) at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, along with work from the German lighting designer Ingo Maurer.
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More recently, the Campanas have also worked with sculpture, ceramics, installations and interiors. They were behind the design of cafés at both the Municipal Theatre of São Paulo and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, and have work in the permanent collections of MoMA in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.
Despite their extensive international agenda, they still work out of their workshop in downtown São Paulo, located amongst the cheap stores and repair shops — it is here that they research materials and techniques and build prototypes of the objects that have changed the image of Brazilian design over the last 15 years
In 1998 the Campana Brothers became the first Brazilian artists to exhibit their work (3 pieces of their Celia line) at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, along with work from the German lighting designer Ingo Maurer.
© 2019. All images are copyrighted © by Campana Brothers. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only.
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