Humberto And Fernando Campana
Early 2000s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Glass
Early 2000s Italian Table Lamps
Metal
1990s Italian Modern Lounge Chairs
Cord
Early 2000s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Glass
2010s Brazilian Sofas
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Chairs
Steel
2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs
Wool, Wood
1990s Italian Minimalist Lounge Chairs
Steel
Early 2000s Italian Armchairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Stainless Steel
1990s Italian Table Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s Italian Modern Chairs
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Glass, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Metal
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern End Tables
Aluminum
Early 2000s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Glass
2010s Brazilian Wall Mirrors
Bronze
2010s Center Tables
Bronze
2010s Footstools
Fur, Sheepskin
2010s Armchairs
Sheepskin, Wool, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Resin
Late 20th Century Brazilian Modern Table Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Bookcases
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cabinets
Glass, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Buffets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Wall Mirrors
Leather, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Models and Miniatures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Stools
Wicker, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood
Early 2000s Italian Table Lamps
1990s Italian Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Nepalese More Carpets
Wool
2010s Indian Rugs
Wool
1990s Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Nepalese More Carpets
Hemp
1990s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
Early 2000s Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Early 2000s Italian Table Lamps
Metal
1990s Italian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
2010s Indian Indian Rugs
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Decorative Bowls
Terracotta
Early 2000s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Bamboo
Early 2000s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Armchairs
Leather
1990s European Armchairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Trunks and Luggage
2010s Italian Other Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum
Early 2000s Italian Other Armchairs
Stainless Steel
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Humberto And Fernando Campana For Sale on 1stDibs
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Campana Brothers for sale on 1stDibs
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.