Essential Design 
12 January 2023
Essential Design 
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Fernando and Humberto Campana

Zig Zag chairs from L'est Parisien, set of twelve

Edra
Brazil / Italy, 2001
plastic tubing, powder-coated steel 35 h × 18¼ w × 22 d in (89 × 46 × 56 cm)
estimate: $9,000–12,000
result: $8,820
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provenance: L'est Parisien, Paris | Private Collection, New York
literature: Campana Brothers: Complete Works (So Far), Alfred, Sudjic, Edelkoort and Hamel, pg. 265

This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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We are storytellers. We make portraits of the places we visit and the experiences that affect us. We have a great passion for materials, especially the unusual, banal ones. We investigate the DNA and then allow the poetry to flow first, in order to give it functionality. Our process starts with the material. The material will indicate what it "wants to be" and determine the form and function of the object.

Fernando and Humberto Campana

Fernando and Humberto Campana

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Brothers, Fernando (born 1961) and Humberto (born 1953) founded Estudio Campana in 1983 and quickly established their voice in the contemporary design world for their use of untraditional materials. Exploring ideas of transformation and reinvention, the Campanas create intriguing forms using scraps of cloth and wood, plastic tubing, wires and stuffed animals. The Campanas have worked with a number of manufacturers including Alessi, Baccarat, Edra, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, Magis and Venini, to name a few. In 2008 the brothers won Designer of the Year in Miami, in 2013 they were listed among the top 100 most influential Brazilian personalities by Forbes magazine and in 2014 Wallpaper* listed them among the top 100 major players in design. Special editions pieces by the Campanas can be found in the permanent collections of museums around the world including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Musée Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in São Paulo.

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