The Brazilian design duo producing works that merge the worlds of craftsmanship, furniture and social outreach
– 35 Revolutions’ is a retrospective of the Brazilian designers’ impactful oeuvreA new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro pays tribute to the 35-year career of brothers Fernando and Humberto Campana. Titled ‘– 35 Revolutions’, the major exhibition is a celebration of the incredible work by the duo, whose creative voice stretches far beyond the realms of design.
At the entrance, a wall featuring 1,600 terracotta bricks shaped like an open hand greets visitors and conceals the vast display. Inside, the exhibition floor is punctuated by over a hundred columns lined with piassava straw, dividing the space and the studio’s archives into loose themes such as Love, Dreams and Time, each represented by a selection of their most iconic furniture.
‘One time we sent our Bubble Wrap Chair, made of sheets of bubble wrap secured by rivets, attached to a steel base, to an exhibition in Rio,’ Fernando and Humberto recall. ‘The chair was packed in a box in bubble wrap and shipped to the venue. When we arrived to check on the exhibition, the chair was absolutely destroyed.
When quizzed about the most important moment of their career, the pair has no doubt: it was their international debut, in 1998, at the Paola Antonelli-curated Projects 66 exhibition. ‘We shared the space with Ingo Maurer, already an established figure, who was incredibly generous with us, newcomers, creating a beautiful dialogue between North and South hemispheres through design,’ they explain.
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