Designer Fernando Campana died this Wednesday, the 16th, in São Paulo. The information was disclosed by the Luciana Brito gallery, which did not disclose the cause of death of the 61-year-old artist from São Paulo.
One half of the duo formed with his brother Humberto, he became famous over the last three decades for designing furniture made mainly from unusual materials, such as armchairs upholstered with teddy bears. But his works also spread across the areas of interior design, architecture, landscaping, scenography, art, and fashion.
With a degree in architecture, Fernando was the youngest of the brothers, both raised in Brotas, in the countryside of São Paulo. Humberto, on the other hand, had a degree in law. The two have already signed projects for companies such as Alessi, Baccarat, Edra, Fendi, H. Stern, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, and Melissa.
The Campanas established themselves as a true potency in Brazilian design against the trend of constructivist, Corbusian mindset that had always prevailed in the tropics, supported by Oscar Niemeyer.
Translated by Cassy Dias