Campanas brothers biography definition

THROUGHOUT THEIR ALMOST THIRTY-FIVE years working together, the Brazilian design duo Humberto and Fernando Campana (generally known as the Campana Brothers) have developed an oeuvre with an appeal that is at once universal, democratic, popular, and sophisticated.

Their imaginative creations find inspiration in unexpected places, are often made from repurposed materials, and always have a story and poetry all their own— the narrative quality as important as the function. The design has a definitive Brazilian flavor, but one that crosses over easy regional stereotypes, smoothly connecting rural and urban, local and global.

Free of any restraints, their designs aim to engage at an emotional level.

Though their workshop, Estudio Campana, in São Paulo, is certainly out of the mainstream—they have stayed close to their roots—they are represented in th