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Campana Brothers “Boa” Sofa Brazilian design for Edra - 2002

Creator: Fernando and Humberto Campana
Offered by: Goldwood by Boris

Description
Boa Sofa by Brazillian duo Fernando and Humberto Campana (Campana Brothers) for Italian manufacturing company Edra.
An excellent example of the creative talents of the Campana Brothers. The Boa sofa, a woven nest constructed of 120 meters of polyurethane and goose feather tubing covered in green velvet. The version is the largest size. A rare, stunning, and multifunctional lounge seating sofa piece.

The Campana Brothers are among Brazil’s foremost contemporary furniture designers. Inspired by their country’s vernacular culture, Humberto and Fernando Campana combine everyday objects in unexpected ways, often waste materials like rope, cardboard, plastic tubing, and aluminum wire, to make their singular creations. Their designs have been manufactured by such companies as Alessi, Swarovski and Cappellini. And they have 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 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.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Origin:	Italy
Period:	2000-2021
Materials:	Down, Feathers, Foam, Velvet.
Creation Date:	2002
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Contemporary, Collectible Design
Incollect Reference #:	493861

Dimensions

W.	151.57 in;	H.	29.53 in;	D.	76.77 in;
W.	385 cm;	H.	75 cm;	D.	195 cm;

Seat H.	13.78 in;
Seat H.	35 cm;

Message from Seller:

Goldwood is an eclectic furniture and decoration boutique based in Antwerp, Belgium. Founded by Boris Devis, the store features a stunning collection of high-end 20th century items, offering an exciting mixture of luxurious and decorative pieces that range from classic designs by the likes of Tobia Scarpa and Wim Rietveld, to antique pieces by unknown designers.

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