cobogo bricks and campana brothers' tables

cobogo bricks and campana brothers’  tablesbrazilian designers fernando and humberto campana have created the ‘cobogó’ table (first presented at the salone del mobile di milano 2009). the italian gallery plusdesign showed them at object rotterdam.

‘cobogó’, 2009

the ‘cobogó’ is a common ceramic perforated tile used in many brazilian buildings, mainly in the 20th century with the modernist movement in architecture.

‘cobogó’, 2009

the cobogo plays the role of a bricks on a wall, as to allow air circulation and sunlight inside homes, a thermal comfort solution.

shadows of ‘cobogó’ table

like many of campana brothers’ pieces, this is an attempt to subvert its regular usage that transposes it to a completely new environment. the result is a horizontal top for a delicate floating dining table.

detail of ‘cobogó’

detail of ‘cobogó’

detail of ‘cobogó’

cobogó brick

the word itself is an acronym for ‘coimbra’, ‘boeckmann’ and ‘góis’, their creators.  it was patented in 1929.