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Sergio Matos Seating

Brazilian, b. 1976

Brazilian furniture designer Sérgio Matos excels at capturing the spirit of his country and engaging with its Indigenous communities. Like illustrious Brazilian modern designers Sergio Rodrigues, Joaquim Tenreiro and Jorge Zalszupin, Matos creates memorable and uncommon designs. He incorporates local artisanal culture into nearly every piece, differentiating himself through this process from many other contemporary designers and dealers in urban centers like São Paulo.

Matos was born in 1976 in Mato Grosso, a region in Brazil that includes the Xingu Indigenous Park within the Amazon rainforest. He graduated with a degree in marketing from the Universidade de Cuiabá before moving to Paraíba to study design at the Federal University of Campina Grande. After his education, Matos immersed himself in the local Indigenous cultures and drew inspiration from the lively use of color at events like the maracatu nação parade in Pernambuco and one of Paraíba’s longest-running festivals, Festa de São João. 

His best-known designs feature naval rope wrapped around aluminum or steel carbon structures, like the starfruit-shaped Carambola stool. Some of his furnishings, like the dorsal-patterned Cobra Coral chair, employ this technique in tandem with the use of colors found naturally in the local environment. Designs such as the Taturana bench are more subtle; it borrows its form from the Amazonian taturana caterpillar. Some of his earlier works like the Chita swing are informed by the Indian fabrics introduced to Brazil, while others repurpose materials like saddle straps, such as the Movimento Armorial-inspired Arreio chair.

Matos has exhibited his work at Milan’s Salone del Mobile. Credited with connecting the radical designs of the Campana Brothers and fellow Brazilian designer Lina Bo Bardi to international markets, the design show likewise contributed to his worldwide acclaim. At the request of Salone curator Marva Griffin, Matos exhibited at the 2010 show, opening his studio that same year. He went on to exhibit in the show four more times, including in 2020 alongside his studio’s 10-year anniversary.

On 1stDibs, find a collection of Sérgio Matos seating, tables and garden elements.

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Creator: Sergio Matos
Morototo Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The inspiration for this lounge chair comes from the flower. It germinates in the shape of the Morototó chair, the name of the imposing green tree from the Brazilian Amazon Rainfores...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Guaraú Armchair - In gray
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Dimensions: 90 cm depth x 96 width x 102 height
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Marakatu Stool - In purple
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Piece inspired in the flower that prints the clothes of the Maracatu dancer, traditional dance in the Northeast culture. Structure made of carbon steel Handmade woof with polyester ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Marakatu Stool - In wine
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Piece inspired in the flower that prints the clothes of the Maracatu dancer, traditional dance in the Northeast culture. Structure made of carbon steel Handmade woof with polyester ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Ianomami Stool
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Ancestral culture and indigenous customs are expressed in Ianomâmi stool. The rope's handcrafted weave rescues the face paintings used by tribal groups as unique marks of belonging, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Natural Fiber

Marakatu Stool - In beige
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Piece inspired in the flower that prints the clothes of the Maracatu dancer, traditional dance in the Northeast culture. Structure made of carbon steel Handmade woof with polyester ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Tatu Armchair - In sand
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The design is eye-catching: vigorous, elegant and sophisticated at the same time. Every detail of the Tatu Armchair marks the originality of the piece. The concave shape, the elabora...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Butterfly Chair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Minimalism is the protagonist of contemporary design that goes beyond aesthetics and function to tell stories and enchant. The creation starts from the ancient art of basket weaving - inherent to the indigenous culture of the peoples of the Amazon - and joins the rich biodiversity of the Brazilian flora. The merger materializes the creation of the Butterfly Chair...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Raízes Armchair - In gray
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The design navigates between the river and the sea. Between the fluidity of rivers and the flow of the Atlantic tides on the northeast coast. Witness the meeting of the waters with a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Buriti Chair - In wine
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The hypnotic lines shuttle seduces the look. It traces the majestic size of the Buriti Chair, with inspiration rooted in the Brazilian flora and the culture of the indigenous and riv...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Cigarra Armchair - In gold
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
{ design with soul, with wings } Lightness. In the line that captures the soul of inspiration and bends metal to delicacy. Forged in stainless steel, the Cigarra Armchair materialize...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Balão Armchair - In gray with graphite
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Traditional in the Northeast region of Brazil, the "São João” festival was the inspiration for the Balão Armchair, where balloons (Balãos) are released to warn the people that the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Ipê Stool - In brown
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Sergio J. Matos, the designer from the North Eastern State of Mato Grosso, took his inspiration for the Ipê stool from one of the icons of the Brazilian flora: the Ipê tree. The sto...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Cariri Armchair - In black
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The randomness of the baskets piled up at the Central Fair in Campina Grande, Paraíba, is the starting point for the concept of Poltrona Cariri. Overlapped, the displays of fruits, v...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Arupemba Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The design crosses timeline and rescues ancestry, clippings of history and emotional ties. From the indigenous cuisine of Brazil Cologne to nowadays, the “arupemba” – strainer made of carnaúba or buriti straw – lends its aesthetics and name to the swing chair idealized by the designer from Mato Grosso Sérgio Matos. The simplicity of the circular artifact used by natives to sift corn and cassava flour is extolled by the symbolic value and flavor of the memory that puts the June festival traditions from Northeast. The flexibility of vegetal fiber gives way to the rigidity of forged steel, typical of the ancient gates...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Irajá Armchair - In green
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The organic trace taken from nature grants the richness of details. The contemporary design of the Irajá armchair architects the perfection of bee houses in minutiae and delicacies. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Ipê Stool - In navy blue
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Sergio J. Matos, the designer from the North Eastern State of Mato Grosso, took his inspiration for the Ipê stool from one of the icons of the Brazilian flora: the Ipê tree. The sto...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Ivaí Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Materials: aluminum, upholstery, fabric and naval rope. Dimensions: 98 cm wide x 88 cm deep x 91 cm high.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Chita Chair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The colors of the Chita chair come from the cheetah print, the popular fabric of indigenous indian origin that dresses and covers the history of the Brazil...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Chaise Atã
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Stylish aesthetics are paired with comfort. Characteristics of the Chaise Atã that place it as a protagonist in contemporary soul decor. The long-lined structure expresses the lightn...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Caeté Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
{ organicity } Organic and enveloping lines endorse the design of the Caeté Armchair. The name rooted in the Tupi indigenous language is the guardian of the concept based on the translation “dense forest”. The nature connection design conveys warmth and protection. The volume of the backrest and sides evokes the sensation of a symbolic embrace by the treetops that make up the green mantle...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Irani Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
{ contemporary freshness } The sophistication transits between the sinuosity of the organic lines and the minutiae of the handcrafted weave. Elements of the Irani Armchair that evoke contemporary freshness for the decor that overflows with personality. Design is a link between the nature that inspires and the ancestry present in time-resistant knowledge and practices. The curvilinear border design references the meaning of the name taken from the Tupi-Guarani language with the delicious translation “river of honey” in allusion to the beehives. The interweaving of nautical ribbon framed by the curves of the aluminum structure recalls the millenary art of indigenous basket...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Cigarra Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
{ design with soul, with wings } Lightness. In the line that captures the soul of inspiration and bends metal to delicacy. Forged in stainless steel, the Cigarra Armchair materialize...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Alira Swing
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Organicity that sharpens the senses and awakens memories. The sensoriality of Balanço Alira resides in the seductive aesthetic that fills the eyes and in the handcrafted binding that...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Butterfly Couch
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Available in different colors. Dimensions: 182.5 cm width x 173 cm depth x 65 cm height.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Flor De Lótus Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Portions of delicacy, poetry, sophistication and symbolism materialized in the design of the Flor de Lótus Armchair. The design that overflows transcend...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Carapuça Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
One of the most controversial phenomena in our country's history, the cangaço, is made up of popular heroes and a lot of resistance. Carapuça's inspiration comes from the characteristic hat of the cangaceiros, who were carefully elaborated and who became the greatest symbol of these men, who wore colorful...
Category

2010s Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Aubergine High Stool
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
What does the Aubergine Stool express? Lightness in the organic trace harvested from the forest and added to ancestral knowledge. The inspirational base results in the harmony of the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Apuí Swing
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The feeling of a warm hug to start the year fits inside the Apuí Balance. The structure of the piece multiplies in circular lines that project a continuous, enveloping and protective...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Ubirani Swing
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The welcoming shape retains the essence of shelter. Covered by the feeling of coziness, the design of Ubirani Swing invites you to moments of rest, relaxation and inner connection. F...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Mangue High Stool
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Inspirational diving, at the same time, is bathing in the river and the sea. Proof of the meeting of fresh and salty waters, sipping the nutritive alchemy of all the biodiversity tha...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Cobra Coral Chair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Product in the permanent collection at the Museum of Arts and Design – New York Exoticism ripples in contours and colors. It is the brand of the Cobra Coral chair...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Bodocongó Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
This lounge chair, in a Brazilian contemporary design, is made of carbon steel, wood, and rope. The lounge chair is inspired by the elements of the free market of Campina Grande ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Carambola Stool
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The concept for the stool from the shape of a carambola (starfruit). The structure can be produced in either carbon steel or aluminium. The rest is handmade using naval rope.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Caçuá Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The design for this wicker armchair, made in a contemporary Brazilian design, comes from the liana basket that serves to carry groceries and supplies, transported by pack animals in ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sergio Matos Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Sergio Matos seating for sale on 1stDibs.

Sergio Matos seating 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 Sergio Matos seating, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider seating by Filipe Ramos, Samuel Lamas, and Tiago Curioni. Prices for Sergio Matos seating can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,741 and can go as high as $14,850, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $6,250.

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