Interview with Fernando & Huberto Campana pt2

When asked about there work the brothers admitted that there “Designs is not just about function and form, but fantasy, emotion, thereby having a begging a middle and end.

They where latter asked the question: Does design follow Function?

The brother likened design to poetry, “design and function follow poetry. They have to form the soul of the design”. In that it has to connect with user on both emotional and functional levels. Witch they believe is a new thing “for people who are in contact with design”

Latter they where ask about the world situation, economic crisis and how it effected them

The brothers responded by telling how they started out in Brazil. Like much of the population they had no or very little money, so they used whatever had around them, and in doing so recycled a lot of things, not only this but kept very environmentally awear, much of the environmental awearness come from there father he had worked in and around the amazon, and had great respect for it. This effected how Fernando and Huberto viewed the rain forest. They also when on to say about there work and resourcefulness was “not our intention but our necessity and now we are in accord with the rules of today”

Fernando also said that crisis make people become more aware and more responsible. He said that its a positive thing. He went onto tell hoe Brail had a much worse crisis in that they had 8% inflation a day!
Then they were asked the million dollar question: How would you define good design?

Function and of course poetry. A design that communicates and connects with people, and that appeals and connects with everyone. Not just a select group

BROS. CAPANA
TBIOGRAPHY
1953 Birth of Humberto Campana in the Rio Claro area of São Paulo.

1961 Fernando Campana is born in the Brotas area of São Paulo.

1977 Humberto graduates from the University of São Paulo with a degree in law and starts practising as a lawyer.

1984 Fernando completes an architectural degree at the Art College of São Paulo and joins Humberto, who has given up law to become a sculptor. Together they experiment with designing and making metal furniture.

1989 The Campanas design the Casulo Shelf and exhibit their furniture in commercial galleries in São Paulo and New York.

1991 Development of the Favela Chair, made from scraps of wood found in a São Paulo slum.

1993 Design of the Vermelha chair and Card Board Collection.

1997 The Campanas exhibit in Milan and complete the design of the Cone chair. The Italian lighting company O Luce produces their Estela Lamp.

1998 Together with the German lighting designer Ingo Maurer, the brothers present the Project 66 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Italian furniture manufacturer Edra starts producing their furniture beginning with the cotton string Vermelha chair. The Campanas teach industrial design at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado in São Paulo.

1999 A retrospective of the brothers’ work is presented at Casa Franca di Brasil in São Paulo.
2001 Introduction of a jewellery collection for H. Stern.

2002 Development of the velvet upholstered Boa sofa and Sushi chairs made from off-cuts of fabric and carpet underlay for production by Edra.

2003 Design of the Prived Oca chandelier for Swarovski, the Austrian crystal company, and a collection of ceramic vases for Teracrea in Italy.
The original Multidao and Banquete chairs are created especially for Moss in the Campana’s São Paulo studio.

2004 Retrospective of the Campanas’ work at the Design Museum, London.
Teddy Bear chair first shown at Moss and released as twenty-piece limited edition.

2005 Design of Grendene fashion accessories inspired by Zig Zag furniture made out of PVC wires. Melissa Australia releases the Campana Heel, Campana Bag, Campana Tennis and Campana Aranha.
Multi-sided glass Brasilia table released by Edra.

2006 Involved in Latin American Design Foundation’s group exhibition Extremely White presented in Amsterdam.
A small range of Sushi II, III and IV chairs continue to be produced by Estudio Campana each year.