fernando + humberto campana interview

fernando + humberto campana interview

humberto and fernando campana© designboom

we met femando & humberto campana in cologne on january 19, 2004.

femando (F:) & humberto (H:) campana are answering /

what is the best moment of the day?

when we swim in the morning.

what kind of music do you listen to at the moment?

brazillian music.

do you listen to the radio?

no radio… we don’t like the pubilicity..

what books do you have on your bedside table?

a bible…

left: humberto and fernando campana© designboomright: campana’ s ideal house in cologne 2004

do you read design magazines?

yes.

where do you get news from? newspapers?

newspapers.

do you notice how women are dressing?

do you have any preferences?H: I like women who dress simple, and have a sense of simplicity.

what kind of clothes do you avoid wearing?

H: a tuxedo…F: I don’t like to wear exaggerated clothing.

‘sushi fruit ‘ bowl, manufactured by studio campana, 2002photo andrés otero

do you have any pets?

H: I have 3 irish setters…F: a boxer that stays in my mother’s house.

when you were a child, did you want to become a designer?

F: me? an astronaut. H: I wanted to be a native indian…

where do you work on your designs and projects?

mostly in our studio, the back part of the studio.

who would you like to design something for?

a garden… to have a possibility to work on an outside project.

‘anemona’ chair, manufactured by edra, 2000photo andrés otero

do you discuss your work with architects and designers?

we discuss with some brazilian designers, sometimes we talk about our projects… giving opinions and getting feedbacks.

describe your style, like a good friend of yours would describe it.

very organic,very intensive, and its very emotional… to bring dreams to people, to bring what people have been fed up with daily life, to bring some joys and ironies to people.

can you describe an evolution in your work from your first projects

to the present day?

H: I was a lawyer before, but I gave up and began working with hands… my brother helped and inspired me when I was working with sculpture, metal, and jewellery and so it started to change… F: I had brought functionality into his sculptures, and I think he became more maturein his works… furniture is about function, and comfort and I guess it is interesting to work with the designs, and especially materials which play an important role to us. … I think we need to be contradictive… I don’t like to follow the rules, and I think we need to break the rules, to be free/break the boundaries.