Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
More often than not, vintage mid-century Brazilian furniture designs, with their gleaming wood, soft leathers and inviting shapes, share a sensuous, unique quality that distinguishes them from the more rectilinear output of American and Scandinavian makers of the same era.
Commencing in the 1940s and '50s, a group of architects and designers transformed the local cultural landscape in Brazil, merging the modernist vernacular popular in Europe and the United States with the South American country's traditional techniques and indigenous materials.
Key mid-century influencers on Brazilian furniture design include natives Oscar Niemeyer, Sergio Rodrigues and José Zanine Caldas as well as such European immigrants as Joaquim Tenreiro, Jean Gillon and Jorge Zalszupin. These creators frequently collaborated; for instance, Niemeyer, an internationally acclaimed architect, commissioned many of them to furnish his residential and institutional buildings.
The popularity of Brazilian modern furniture has made household names of these designers and other greats. Their particular brand of modernism is characterized by an émigré point of view (some were Lithuanian, German, Polish, Ukrainian, Portuguese, and Italian), a preference for highly figured indigenous Brazilian woods, a reverence for nature as an inspiration and an atelier or small-production mentality.
Hallmarks of Brazilian mid-century design include smooth, sculptural forms and the use of native woods like rosewood, jacaranda and pequi. The work of designers today exhibits many of the same qualities, though with a marked interest in exploring new materials (witness the Campana Brothers' stuffed-animal chairs) and an emphasis on looking inward rather than to other countries for inspiration.
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2010s Minimalist Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Steel
2010s International Style Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Metal, Copper
1950s International Style Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Rosewood
2010s Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Rosewood
2010s Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Copper
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Chrome
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Iron
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Copper, Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Chrome
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Marble, Iron
2010s Modern Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Steel
1980s Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Marble, Stainless Steel
Early 19th Century Antique Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Wood
1960s Minimalist Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Walnut
2010s Modern Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Cherry
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Bamboo
1960s Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Hardwood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Copper, Iron
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Brass, Steel
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Leather, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
1960s Vintage Brazilian Magazine Racks and Stands
Jacaranda, Leather