Campana Brothers
posted 04-12-2007 10:31HUMBERTO CAMPANA
Born in 17th March of 1953, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.
Education
1972-1977
Bachelors in Law by Universidade de São Paulo
Professional Experience
1998 Teacher at FAAP SP (Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado)
Industrial Design Course
1999/2000 Teacher at MUBE
(Museu Brasileiro de Escultura/Brazilian Museum of Sculpture)
FERNANDO CAMPANA
Born in 19th, May of 1961, Brotas, SP, Brazil.
Education
1979-1984
Bachelors in Architecture by Faculdade de Belas Artes de São Paulo, SP
Professional Experience
1983 Attendant on montage and Guide instructor for groups XVII Bienal
Internacional de Artes de São Paulo.
1998 Teacher at FAAP (Fundação
Armando Alvares Penteado) SP
Industrial Design Course
1999/2000 Teacher at MUBE
(Museu Brasileiro de Escultura/Brazilian Museum of Sculpture)
Main Lectures
1995 Round table: “Quite: This is Design”.Conversation between young designers. ADI
(Associazione per il Disegno Industriale), Palazzo Reale, Milão, Italy.
1996 Inter Designers/ Inter Faces. Unesp (Universidade Estadual de São Paulo/ State
University of Sao Paulo) Bauru, Brazil.
1997 Design e sua Viabilização. III Semana de Desenho Industrial FAP/FAAP (Fundação
Armando Alvares Penteado) São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
1998 Brazilian Design. International University of Florida. Miami, USA.
2000 International Design Conference in Aspen – Lecture “the Spirit of Brazil: Transforming
Chaos in Beauty”, Aspen Colorado, USA.
2000 Parsons Design School – New York, USA.
2000 Abitare Il Tempo – Beyond European Design – projects from around the world, Verona,
Itália.
2001 Design Lecture Series - American Institute of Graphic Arts, San Francisco,
California,USA.
2001 “Casa Itália” – Italian Embassy, Brasília, DF.
2002 Industrial Designers Society of America - IDSA 2001 Conference – Boston,
Massachusetts, USA.
2002 Domus Academy – Milan, Italy
2002 Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon - Monterrey, Mexico
2002 “Man and Humanity”. Eindhoven Design Academy. Holland.
2002 Future Design Days - Sweden
2002 International Design Seminar - Brazil Design Diversity Business - Sao Paulo, Brazil
2003 - "Universo Campana" - La Sapienza - Università degli Studi di Roma, Roma, Itália.
2004 Seminário Notícias de Milão – Senac, São Paulo, Brasil.
2003 - UNILEVER
2003 - Space, Australia/ Singapore
2003 - SINDIMÓVEIS, Bento GonÇalves, Brazil
2003 – Universidade Caxias do Sul, Brazil
2004 - SPACE, Australia
2004 - PINC.5, Holland
2004 – Centro das Industrias, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2004 - CICB, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2004 - Brastemp/ Multibras, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2005 - The Wolffsonian, Miami, USA
2005 - Interior Design show, Toronto/Canada
2005 – Design Indaba, Cape Town. South Africa.
2005 – Congreso Arquine, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
2005 – El Mueble emocional, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2006 – AngloGold Ashanti AuDitions 2006 lecture, Belo Horizonte
2006 – Abc Design conference – in the context of São Paulo Design Week
2006 – Encuentros con la Creatividad - Campanas en Santiago del Chile
2006 – Encuentros Camper- Campana brothers y Edra - FAD, Foment de les Arts Decoratives,
Barcelona, 1/12/2006
2007 - Design Talk – Design Miami/Art Basel – moderated by Marcus Fairs, with participation of
Marteen Baas and Kiki Van Eijk, Basel, Switzerland Main Workshops
1997 - Subjetos. Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, SP, Brazil.
1998 - Matéria/Materiais. Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
2000 - Transforming Beauty into Chaos. Ecole Cantonale d’Art Lausanne, Switzerland.
2001 - Exploring Materials. DASH. Design and Archictecture Senior High - Arango – Design District,
Miami, EUA.
2002 – “Air craft”. Vitra Museum / Centre Pompidou. Boibuchet France
2003 - "Playing with Air". DASH. Design Architecture and Senior High - Arango – Design
District, Miami, EUA.
2003 – “Air craft”. Vitra Museum / Centre Pompidou. Boibuchet France
2006 – Summer Workshop program/ Centre Pompidou at Boibuchet, France
2007 – Summer Worshop 2006, / Centre Pompidou at Boibuchet, France Main Exhibition Solo
Exhibitions
1989 - Desconfortáveis. A Arquitetura da Luz, São Paulo, Brazil.
1990 - Orgânicos. Nucleon 8, São Paulo, Brazil.
1991 - Esculturas. Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.
1993 - Edição 93 Nucleon 8, São Paulo, Brazil.
1996 - O Brasil faz Design. Palazzo Reale, Milan Italy; Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo;
Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro; Liceu de Artes e Ofícios da Bahia, Salvador,
BA, Brazil.
1999 - Retrospectiva Campana. Casa França Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
1999 - Matérias/Materiais. Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
1999 - Numeros. Museu Brasileiro de Escultura. São Paulo, Brazil.
2001 - Entre o Design e a Arte. Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, Brazil.
2001 - Inventividade – Museum of Contemporary Art, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
2002 -“Never Letting the Poetry Escape” Tel Aviv Museum of Art (TAMA).Tel Aviv, Israel
2003 - Campanas - Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - Brasília, DF, Brazil
2003 - Campanas - Firma Casa - São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2003 - Campanas - Lisboa, Portugal. Campanas Exhibition for Experimenta Design from September
17th to November 02th , Lisbon, Portugal.
2003 - Campanas - Stockholm, Sweden. 7th to 27th November, 2003.
2004 - "Ideal House" - IMM Cologne 2004, Cologne, Germany.
2004 – Zest for life – Design Museum - London – 19/06 to 12/09
2004 –Tank at the Design Museum – London
2004 – Zest For Life – Danish Design Centre - Copenhagen – Denmark
2005 – Campane di Campana – Moss Gallery – 28Nov/ 18Dec, New York, USA
2005 –Campana brothers exhibition at the Brazilian Embassy in Tokyo– 2/Nov to 18/Nov–Tokyo/Japan
2006 – História Naturalis ehibition during the International Furniture Fair of Milan, Edra Showroom,
2006 - História Naturalis exhibiition , during the ICFF, International Contemporary Furtniture
Fair, Edra Showroom, New York, EUA
2006 – História Naturalis exhibition at FAD – Foments de les Arts Decoratives, Barcelona, Spain
2007 – Cartoon Chairs, Albion Gallery, London, England
2007 – TransPlastic, Albion Gallery, London, England
2007 – Campanas in the Garden, Victoria&Albert Museum, London, England Group Exhibitions
1989 - From Modernism to Modernity. Furniture of the XX Century, New York, USA.
1989 - Em Torno da Escultura no Brasil. Centro Cultural Banco Sudameris, São Paulo. Brazil.
1990 - Brazilian Design. Limn Show Room, San Francisco, USA.
1991 - Projeto ABC, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Curated by Maria Alice
Milliet (14 Dec.1991 – 15 Mar.1992)
1993 - Iluminativa. Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil.
1994 - Travels in Italy. Feira Abitare il Tempo. Curadoria de Vanni Pasca e Willian Sawaya.
Verona, Italy.
1995 - Il Brasile fá Anche Design. Consulado Brasileiro, Milão Italia; Museu da Casa Brasileira
São Paulo; Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro; Teatro Nacional, Brasília, Brazil.
1995 Entre Objetos.Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo.; Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
1996 Excesso. Paço das Artes. São Paulo, Brazil.
1997 Wweirred Young Design in Milan. Espaço Aberto. Comune di Milano. Curadoria de
Stefano Casciani, Milan, Italy.
1997 O Luce. Galleria Immagine, Milan, Italy.
1997 Design Mit Zukunft. Focke-Museum. Curadoria de Philippe Starck, Bremen, Germany.
1997 Subjetos. Museu Brasileiro da Escultura. São Paulo, Brazil.
1998 O Brasil faz Design. Museu da Casa Brasileira, SP; Spazio Consolo, Milão Italia;
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1998 Intorno alla fotografia. Association Jacqueline Vodoz e Bruno Danese. Curadoria de
Marco Romanelli, Jacqueline Vodoz, Bruno Danese e Marianne Lorenz. Milan, Italy.
1998 Brazilian Design. Arango, Miami, USA.
1998 Project 66. Campana/Ingo Maurer. The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). New York,
USA.
1999 Trancendência, Caixas do Ser. Casa das Rosas, São Paulo, Brazil.
1999 Novos Alquimistas. Espaço Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil.
2000 100 Designers. São Paulo, Brazil.
2000 “ Air en Forme" de Design et Arts Appliques / Contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland.
2000 Abitare il Tempo – Beyond European Design – projects from around the world,
Verona, Italy.
2000 Blow Up, Vitra Design Museum, Berlin, Germany.
2001 “On Paper, New Paper Art”, Crafts Council Gallery, London, England.
2002 “Milan in a Van”, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England.
2002 - Kunststo(f)f – Broelmuseum, Kortrijk, Bélgica
2002 - "Le Botte-Cul", Musée de Design et d´arts appliqués contemporains - Lausanne,
Switzerland.
2003 - "The Magic Chandelier at Cristal Palace", April, Milan, Italy.
2003- "The One-Legged Milk Stool" - Design Museum Tank, 19 November to 11 January
2004, London, England.
2003 - Fortification of the man, Fort Asperen.
2003 - "SOMEWHERE TOTALLY ELSE" –The European Design Show, 27 September to 4
January 2004, Design Museum, London, England.
2006 - "Plasticidades - PVC + Design", 7-23th November, CasaShopping, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
2005 - Big Bang – Désruction et Création dans l’ art du XXème siècle – Centre George
Pompidou, Paris, France
2005 New York/New Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, EUA
2005 - Abitare il Tempo _ Exhibit ”100 faces 100 projects”, Bologna, Italia.
2005 – Swarm Exhibition, The Fabric Workshop and Museum – 02/Dec to 18/Mar -
Philadelphia - USA
2005 – SWARM – 2/Dez. to 18/Mar. Fabric Museum and Workshop, Philadelphia, EUA
2006 Il mondo do Italiano - 04/Mar. a 27.Ago. Museum Modern Arts Montreal, Toronto,
Canada and Museum Mart, Rovereto, Italia
2006 - Design, vous avex dit Design TM?, 8/03 – 4/06 . Lausanne, Suisse
2006 - Le mouvement des Images, 3/04/2006 – 2007 Centre George Pompidou, Paris,
France
2007 – MyHome – Seven Experiments for contemporary living, Vitra Design Museum, Weil
am Rhein, Germany
2007 – Vitra Edition 2007. Experimental installation and object, Vitra Design Museum, Weil
am Rhein, Germany
Awards
1992 Aquisição Award, Museu de Arte Brasileira (Museum of Brazilian Art) FAAP (Fundação
Armando Alvares Penteado) São Paulo, Brazil. Biombo Cerca.
1996 First Prize Award, Category Design (1st.place) XXI Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto,
Brazil. Cardboard Side Chair.
1997 First Prize Award Category Residential Furniture (1st. place)
ABIMÓVEL (Associação Brasileira de Industria de Móveis / Brazilian Furniture Industry
Association) São Paulo, Brazil. Inflating Table.
1998 Second Prize Category Residential Furniture. Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo.
Brazil. Labirinto Bookshelf
1999 George Nelson Design Award, USA
2001 Special Prize Award,. Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil, Packaging for
H.Stern jewelry Collection.
2005 Le Prix du Nombre d'Or, Salon du Meuble de Paris, France for Fernando and
Humberto Campana
2005 cDim award first Prize at Valencia International Furniture Fair for the Corallo Chair
2005 – Top of mind Brazil, in category design production, promoted by INBRAP
2006 – Prêmio Top 3 - one of the best three websites in Brasil – Categry iBest Excelency in
Design, Academia iBest & Design, Brasil.
2006 – Award of Excellence – 12th Annual Interactive Exhibition – category Self Promotion –
for the website www.campanas.com.br, designed by F/Nazca – Saatchi & Saatchi
Industrialized Products
1997 Estela Lamp manufactured by O Luce, Milan, Italy.
1998 Cotton String Chairs (Vermelha/Verde/Azul) manufactured by Edra, Perignano, Italy.
1999 Cone Chair manufactured by Edra, Perignano, Italy.
1999 Zig Zag Benches manufactured by Edra, Perignano Italy.
2000 Estante Labirinto Tok & Stok. São Paulo. Brasil
2000 Bambu Lamp manufactured by Fontana Arte, Milan, Italy.
2000 Plastic Lamp manufactured by Fontana Arte, Milan, Italy.
2000 Tatoo table manufactured by Fontana Arte, Milan Italy.
2000 Inflating table manufactured by MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), USA.
2000 EVA Desk organizer manufactured by MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) USA.
2001 Anemona Chair and Cardoard Furniture collection manufactured by Edra, Perignano, Italy.
2001 Bambu Metal Chair manufactured by Hidden, Holland
2001 Batuque Vase manufactured by Cappellini, Italy.
2001 Collection of pens by ACME, Hawaii USA.
2001 Jewelry collection by H. Stern, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
2001 - Progect of chairs and tables for a bar called L´est Parisienne, Paris, France.
2001 - Poltrona Anemona, Edra, Itália
2001 - Biombo Zig Zag, Edra, Itália
2001 - Linha Papel (cadeira, mesa, biombo), Edra, Itália
2001 - Luminária Jequitibá, La Lampe, Brasil
2002 - Sofá Boa, Edra, Itália
2002 - Cadeira Sushi, Edra, Itália
2002 - Peteca, Magis, Itália
2002 - Bolas Chair for kids, USA.
2002 - Cadeiras Curva. Arredamento. São Palo. Brasil
2003 - Coleção de vasos para Teracrea. Italia.
2003- Favela Chair, Edra, Italia.
2004- Blow Up Colection , Alessi – Italy.
2004– Corallo Chair, Edra, Italia.
2004- ‘Campanas to wear’ – clothing and accessories, Conceito: Firma Casa, Brasil.
2004 – Zig Zag collection “Melissa + Campana” of women footwear for Grendene, Brasil
2005 - Brasilia table, Edra Italy
2005 - Jennette chair, Edra, Italy
2005 – Carioca collection “ Melissa + Campana” of women footwear for Grendene, Brasil
2006 – Historia Naturalis: Aster Papposus, Kaiman Jacaré, Edra, Italy
2006 – Brasilia table, colored edition, Edra, Italy
2006 – Corallo Chair, White collection, Edra, Italy
2007 – Leather Works, Edra Italy
Pieces in Museums and Foundations’
Permanent Collections
1996 Touch Pillow. Association Jacqueline Vodoz e Bruno Danese. Milan, Italy.
1999 Inflating Table. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NY, USA.
- Inflating Table. Museum of Decorative Art of Montreal. Canada.
- Vermelha Chair. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), NY, USA.
- Cone Chair. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NY, USA.
2000 Inflating Table. Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo. Brazil.
- Inflating Table. Don Edelman Foundation, Switzerland.
- Garden-Hose Chair. Vitra Design Museum, Germany.
2001 Cardboard Chair. Vitra Design Museum, Germany.
2002 Anemona Chair. Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Tel Aviv Israel.
2003 Vermelha Chair, Plástico Bolha Chair, Bambu Chair. Francisco Capelo
Collection, Centro Cultural Belém, Portugal.
2003 Vermelha Chair. Pinakothek Der Moderne, Munich, Germany.
2003 Favela Chair, Vitra Design Museum.
2003 Favela Chair and Vermelha Chair, Centre George Pompidou, France.
2003 Favela Chair, The Manchester Museum, Oxford, UK
2003 Boa Coach, Favela Chair, Anêmona Chair and Sushi Armchair, Centro Cultural Belém, Portugal.
2004 Sculpture Screen. The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. USA.
2005 Corallo Chair . MoMa, Museum of Modern Art, New York/USA.
2005 Corallo Chair, Montréal Fine Arts Museum, Canada
2005 Sushi . Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, França
2005 Jennette chair, Museum of Design, Lausanne, Switzerland
2006 Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
1 Jenette Chair, 2005 (red)
1 Jenette Chair, 2005 (green)
1 Jenette Chair, 2005 (black)
1 Anemone Chair, 2001 (green)
1 Cone Armchair, 1997 (transparent)
1 Zig-Zag Stool, 2001 (green)
1 Zig-Zag Stool, 2001 (transparent)
1 Zig-Zag Stool, 2001 (pink)
Scenography
2001 – Oca SCenografphy - Vogue/Tactel Party, São Paulo.
2002 - SCenography The Forum Parade– São Paulo Fashion Week, São Paulo, July.
2004 – SCenography Iluminar Exhibition/ FAAP, São Paulo, February.




