Campana Brothers Furniture
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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Fernando and Humberto Campana Brothers Vermelha Arm Chair by Edra in Gold
By Edra, Campana Brothers
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Unique and iconic arm chair designed by the renowned Brazilian designers, Fernando and Humberto Campana, and made in Italy by Edra. This chair is made of metallic gold...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Cord
Large Bambù table lamps by Humberto & Fernando Campana for Candle, 2000s
By Campana Brothers, Fontana Arte, Fratelli Campana, Candle
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Pair of large Bambù table lamps by Humberto & Fernando Campana for Candle (Fontana Arte).
The model consists of a, seen from above, eye-shaped cream colou...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Metal
Campana Brothers Desk and Chair Assimetrica Collection
By Campana Brothers
Located in Curitiba, PR
The brothers Humberto and Fernando Campana are among the most acclaimed creators in the world and are certainly the most famous names in Brazil when it comes to design. The duo combi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Plywood
Pair of Chairs by the Campana Brothers for Edra, 'Jenette'
By Edra, Campana Brothers
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
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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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Metal
Verde Side Chair by Campana Brothers
By Campana Brothers, Edra
Located in Carpi, IT
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...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Rare Glass and Wood Prototype Aquario Table by Campana Brothers
By BD Barcelona Design, Campana Brothers
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Prototype table designed by Fernando and Humberto Campana in 2016
Manufactured in Spain by BD Barcelona design.
Unique piece.
Humberto Campana, 1953 and Fernando Campana, 1961 are Brazilian designers.
In 1983, the two brothers teamed up to make furniture made of ordinary materials including scrap and waste products such as cardboard, rope, cloth and wood scraps, plastic tubes...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Glass, Ash
Jenette Chair by Estudio Campana for Edra
By Campana Brothers, Edra
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This special chair Jenette, was designed by Fernando and Humberto Campana for Edra.
Thanks to its flexible back, this chair molded in polyurethane with metal armor is a link between...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Metal
Carpet Campana Brothers Limited Ed Hand Knot 100Kn Wool, Banana Silk Bamboo Silk
By Campana Brothers
Located in Milan, IT
Boasting a unique silhouette and superb use of colors, this rug designed by Campana Brothers in 2017 is a magnificent addition to a modern or eclectic interior. Part of a limited edi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Wool, Silk
Ghidini 1961 Jack Fruit Sculptural Vase by Campana Brothers
By Campana Brothers, Ghidini 1961
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Jackfruit is a numbered vases edition, an object that for its exclusivity completes every environment with its strong sculptural presence. The vases are available in two different fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Metal
Campana Brothers Side Table
By Campana Brothers
Located in Washington, DC
Rare table made of cardboard by the much revered Campana Brothers from Brazil. The cardboard is glued together giving it extra strength and solidness.
"Paper Pieces: inspired by t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Paper
Ghidini 1961 Sticks Flowers Pot in Polished Brass by Campana Brothers
By Ghidini 1961, Campana Brothers
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
The new flower holder is a small abstract bush. With its delicate poetry it completes the domestic environment. Sticks frees our composite creativity, consents the play of colors, es...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Brass
Lasvit Fungo Sculpture Large Ash Wood Chandelier by Campana Brothers
By Campana Brothers
Located in Boston, MA
The Fungo chandelier was inspired by the fascinating shape of a mushroom growing on wood. Yet this mushroom didn’t grow in the forest, but was discovered in the basement of Lasvit’s ...
Category
2010s Czech Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Ash
Ghidini 1961 Sticks Candleholder in Polished Brass by Campana Brothers
By Ghidini 1961, Campana Brothers
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Three crossed twigs are the memory of fire. An evocative and emotional object, a small table poetry. As always Campana Brothers take their inspiration by the lush and wild Brazilian ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Brass
Bambu Table Lamp by Fernando & Humberto Campana for Fontana Arte, 2000
By Campana Brothers, Fontana Arte
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Lamp model Bambù Humberto (1953) & Fernando (1962) CAMPANA with beige lacquered metal structure in which bamboo rods are inserted which form diffusing screens for the four light sour...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Metal
Ghidini 1961 Jackfruit Table Lamp in Polished Brass by Campana Brothers
By Ghidini 1961, Campana Brothers
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
The lamp is made of polished brass, synonymous of elegance and preciousness. It is composed of two overlapping cylinders, the large stem supports an important lampshade decorated wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Brass
Ghidini 1961 Tornado Vase in Polished Brass by Campana Brothers
By Ghidini 1961, Campana Brothers
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Spiral of brass, a dizzying vortex of reflected light. A thousand liquid rings rise from a hypothetical sea, expand and crown themselves with fragrant flowers. It’s a highly evocativ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Brass
Venini Fragments Large Wall Light in Blue & Green by Fernando & Humberto Campana
By Venini, Campana Brothers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fragments Applique Giant wall sconce, designed by Fernando & Humberto Campana and manufactured by Venini, is made of scraps and pieces of Venini glas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Glass
Ghidini 1961 Tornado Sculptural Vase in Bronze by Campana Brothers
By Ghidini 1961, Campana Brothers
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Spiral of brass, a dizzying vortex of reflected light. A thousand liquid rings rise from a hypothetical sea, expand and crown themselves with fragrant flowers. It’s a highly evocativ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Bronze
São Paulo Carpet, Hand Knotted in Wool, 100 Kpi, Estudio Campana
By Campana Brothers
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Sao Paulo is designed by Estudio Campana it’s a hand knotted rug at 100 knots per square inch.
The size is 289 x 300 cm. The pile height is 3-4 cm.
T...
Category
2010s Nepalese Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Wool
Ghidini 1961 Kaleidos Small Wall Light in Stainless Steel by Campana Brothers
By Ghidini 1961, Campana Brothers
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Small sculptural wall light in stainless steel. Kaleidos consists of six mirrored and hinged blades that can be opened or closed. The brass base and the golden mirrors create a kaleidoscope with golden tones and reflections. It can be used as a lamp because it is backlit ", explains Fernando Campana. And Humberto adds "It will be a mirror with the possibility of having different sizes and colors. A geometric element that can produce different effects. We were inspired by the neoclassical sculptures Bicho by Lygia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Venini Fragments Small Wall Light in Blue and Green by Fernando & Humberto Campa
By Venini, Campana Brothers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fragments applique giant wall sconce, designed by Fernando & Humberto Campana and manufactured by Venini, is made of scraps and pieces of Venini glas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Glass
Ghidini 1961 Jackfruit Table Lamp in Satin Brass by Campana Brothers
By Ghidini 1961, Campana Brothers
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
The lamp is made of polished brass, synonymous of elegance and preciousness. It is composed of two overlapping cylinders, the large stem supports an important lampshade decorated wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Brass
Ghidini 1961 Jackfruit Table Lamp in Brass and Wood by Campana Brothers
By Ghidini 1961, Campana Brothers
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
The lamp is made of polished brass, synonymous of elegance and preciousness. It is composed of two overlapping cylinders, the large stem supports an important lampshade decorated wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Wood
Ghidini 1961 Kaleidos Small Wall Light in Polished Gold Finish
By Ghidini 1961, Campana Brothers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural wall light in stainless steel and polished gold. With the brass base and gilded mirrors, it creates a kaleidoscope effects of golden reflections...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Collana Carpet, Handtufted in Wool, Estudio Campana
By Campana Brothers
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Collana carpet is a hybrid of wool and wood, which creates a tension between different materials and DNA. Inspired by necklaces and bracelets, the ornament leaves the body to adorn t...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Wool, Wood
Ghidini 1961 Kaleidos Big Wall Light in Stainless Steel by Campana Brothers
By Ghidini 1961, Campana Brothers
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Small sculptural wall light in stainless steel. Kaleidos consists of six mirrored and hinged blades that can be opened or closed. The brass base and the golden mirrors create a kaleidoscope with golden tones and reflections. It can be used as a lamp because it is backlit ", explains Fernando Campana. And Humberto adds "It will be a mirror with the possibility of having different sizes and colors. A geometric element that can produce different effects. We were inspired by the neoclassical sculptures Bicho by Lygia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Candle "Bambu" Table Lamp Huge Version, Campana Brothers by Fontana Arte, 2000
By Campana Brothers, Fontana Arte
Located in Munich, DE
Table lamp "BAMBU" design by Fernando and Humberto Campana, 2000. Manufactured by Candle (Fontana Arte). Cream white lacquered metal, bamboo sticks.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Metal
"Sobreiro" Cabinet by the Campana Brothers, Brazil 2018
By Campana Brothers
Located in Utrecht, NL
Made in limited edition of 150, this cabinet is part of the exclusive Sobreiro Collection of cork furniture designed by the Campana Brothers.
The Brazilian designers brought a sculptural whimsy to the lightweight, sustainable material of cork, which is visible in the gently rounded edges and sculpted handles of this cabinet.
With this Sobreiro Cabinet, the Campana brothers brought forth that multitude of textures and effects that cork can create. It is composed of cork and a wooden structure made from expanded natural cork agglomerate, a material made by heating the cork and does not contain any additive.
Besides aesthetics, cork's sustainability is key to its appeal. Cork (Sobreiro is Portuguese for cork oak tree) is one of the most sustainable natural materials to harvest, most importantly because its trees never get cut down; every nine years, a tree's bark is removed and turned into everyday objects, such as wine stoppers, shoes, and now, design furniture. For the Campana Brothers cork...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Cork
Limited Edition 'Sobreiro' Armchair by the Campana Brothers, Brazil, 2018
By Campana Brothers
Located in Utrecht, NL
Made in limited edition of only 150, the “Sobreiro” (Portuguese for cork oak tree) armchair is part of the small exclusive Sobreiro Collection of cork furniture designed by the Campa...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Cork
Sobreiro "Wave" Cabinet by the Campana Brothers, Brazil 2018
By Campana Brothers
Located in Utrecht, NL
Part of the limited edition Sobreiro Collection, this “Wave Cabinet” is perhaps the most recognisable of the cork cabinets in the exclusive collection by the Campana Brothers...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Campana Brothers Furniture
Materials
Cork
Campana Brothers furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Campana Brothers furniture 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 furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 3 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 35 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Campana Brothers were created in the modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Valentina Giovando, Toso, Massari & Associates, and Foster+Partners. Prices for Campana Brothers furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $946 and can go as high as $104,650, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $7,686.
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