COLLECTION 2 - AVANT-GARDE

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Modern contemporary
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From a historical perspective, there are two significant moments from where we can begin
to talk about Brazilian design. The first began during a period of courage and talent in
the 50’s, when a new architecture began to be born in Brazil made of concrete and glass,
distinctly modern. Architects and artists found inspiration in this aesthetic expression for
furniture design that would compliment these new spatial structures. Designers searched
and adventured into unknown paths; the results became classics of our generation.
The second moves away from its modernist source due to a great creative vacuum, the
long and desolated silence of 20 years of Brazilian military dictatorship, when almost all expression
fell silent.This unfortunate period prevented the progress of these concepts that
were being shaped from wood and steel: Joaquim Tenreiro, the master of rosewood; Sergio
Rodrigues, who is still refining his process after 60 years in the profession; José Zanine Caldas,
the first to take advantage of laminated wood; Paulo Mendes da Rocha, whose chair
became a best seller 60 years after its creation and Lina Bo Bardi, the great master, an
Italian who discovered the richness of Brazilian culture. www.brazilianfurnituredesign.com