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Campana Brothers Chairs

The Campana Brothers were among Brazil’s foremost contemporary furniture designers. Inspired by their country’s vernacular culture, Humberto and Fernando Campana (b. 1953; 1961–2022) combined everyday objects in unexpected ways — often waste materials like rope, cardboard, plastic tubing, and aluminum wire — to make their singular chairs, decor, lighting and other items. Their designs have been manufactured by such companies as Alessi, Swarovski and Cappellini. And they received numerous honors, including being named Designer of the Year both at Design Miami in 2008, and by Maison & Objet in Paris in 2012.

Humberto Campana was born in Rio Claro in 1953 and earned a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of São Paulo. Fernando was born in 1961 in Brotas, and graduated from the São Paulo School of Fine Arts with a bachelor’s degree in architecture.

The Campana brothers started working together in 1983, crafting furniture using their signature method of adaptive reuse. Their pieces frequently refer to Brazilian social and cultural traditions and entities. Among these are the country’s favelas, or shantytowns, that have grown up around major cities. An homage to the resourcefulness with which the residents of São Paulo’s favelas make use of the materials at hand, repurposing cast-off objects in ingenious designs and constructions, their Favela armchair is made of cast-off strips of wood (the first one was made from discarded slats from a fruit market), which are glued and nailed together seemingly at random. The end result, however, is a compact, solid and well-proportioned chair.

By 1997, some of the Campanas’ pieces were being produced and sold in Italy, including the Edra Vermelha armchair, constructed of cord handwoven around a steel frame. In 1998, the brothers became the first Brazilian designers to have their work exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Today their furniture is included in MoMA’s permanent collection and in those of numerous other major institutions, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Vitra Design Museum.

On 1stDibs, find a collection of Campana Brothers armchairs, case pieces and other furniture.

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Creator: Campana Brothers
Vermelha Chair, Campana Brothers for Edra, 2000s
By Edra, Campana Brothers
Located in Renens, CH
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Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Campana Brothers Chairs

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Pair of Chairs by the Campana Brothers for Edra, 'Jenette'
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Pair of Chairs by the Campana Brothers for Edra, 'Jenette' Pair of Red Jenette chairs by Fernando and Humberto Campana for Edra, Italy, 21st century. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Chairs

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Verde Side Chair by Campana Brothers
By Edra, Campana Brothers
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The Verde Side Chair by Campana Brothers for Edra is a unique design piece made with a stainless steel frame and a seat woven from green cotton cords, hand-knotted into a web-like pa...
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1990s Italian Modern Campana Brothers Chairs

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Stainless Steel

Jenette Chair by Estudio Campana for Edra
By Edra, Campana Brothers
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Campana Brothers Chairs

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Metal

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Built with pieces of natural Brazilian Pinus wood, fixed by hand in a deliberately random, the Favela armchair was designed by the now legendary Campana brothers (Humberto and Fernan...
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Early 2000s Brazilian Post-Modern Campana Brothers Chairs

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Campana Brothers chairs for sale on 1stDibs.

Campana Brothers chairs are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Campana Brothers chairs, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original chairs by Campana Brothers were created in the modern style in italy during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider chairs by Edra, Antonio Citterio, and Patricia Urquiola. Prices for Campana Brothers chairs can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,456 and can go as high as $15,374, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,500.

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