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The Campana brothers have long been lauded for their diverse approach to furniture design. Practicing as a unit since 1989, a retrospective of the sibling's work has opened this week at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil Am Rhein, Germany.

Filled with over 70 furniture pieces, photographs, interviews, jewellery and various objets de art, the topsy-turvy 800 sq m exhibition space has been designed by Basel-based studio Groenland Basel, expressly for the Antibodies show.

Campana Brothers show at Vitra

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Collating every aspect of the pair's wide-ranging body of work from the past twenty years, the show also includes products of decisive collaborations with Alessi, Edra and indeed Vitra.

With formative pieces including the bubble wrap Plastico Bolha chair, the paper series, and the wicker & crystal Hybrid chair on show - along with a few specially commissioned recycled bottle lighting panels - Antibodies demonstrates in frivolous form the breadth of the brothers' design vision.

Coming from opposite ends of the creative spectrum, Humberto started out as a practising artist, whilst Fernando trained as an architect - a combination of pedigrees, which has clearly informed the technical supremacy, and playful creativity that defines the pair's oeuvre.

Determined to 'contaminate the world' with their work, Fernando and Humberto, working out of their Sao Paulo studio, have created both mass-produced, and one-off pieces throughout their collaborative career - combining found objects, super-luxe materials and of course, their surreal creative vision.

ADDRESS

Vitra Design Museum
Charles-Eames-Str. 1
D-79576 Weil am Rhein
Germany

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Rosa Bertoli was born in Udine, Italy, and now lives in London. Since 2014, she has been the Design Editor of Wallpaper*, where she oversees design content for the print and online editions, as well as special editorial projects. Through her role at Wallpaper*, she has written extensively about all areas of design. Rosa has been speaker and moderator for various design talks and conferences including London Craft Week, Maison & Objet, The Italian Cultural Institute (London), Clippings, Zaha Hadid Design, Kartell and Frieze Art Fair. Rosa has been on judging panels for the Chart Architecture Award, the Dutch Design Awards and the DesignGuild Marks. She has written for numerous English and Italian language publications, and worked as a content and communication consultant for fashion and design brands.