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Vermelha Chair

This is a chair. It was designed by Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana and manufactured by EDRA. It is dated 2007 and we acquired it in 2007. Its medium is bent epoxy-coated steel, hand woven dyed cotton rope, aluminum. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Although Fernando Campana is an architect and his brother Humberto studied law, the Campana brothers have become one of the most important and innovative product design teams working today. Their use of materials, in particular, has been a hallmark of their design practice. Often evoking the rich street-market culture of their native Brazil, they utilize quotidian products in unexpected ways, such as the use of cord to create opulent pile upholstery in the Vermelha chair.

In conjunction with the Campana brothers’ 2008 Cooper-Hewitt exhibition, Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection, the curators are eager to acquire an example of their furniture design. The Vermelha chair would be the first Campana piece in the museum’s furniture collection. It would greatly enhance Cooper-Hewitt’s modern design holdings and would relate thematically to the brothers’ exhibition.

This object was donated by EDRA. It is credited Gift of Edra SpA, Italy.

Moss Lamp
silicone, plastic, metal.
Gift of Marlene Meyerson.
2010-11-1

Honey-Pop Chair
layered paper, partially glued, cut, and fanned-open accordion style; seat....
Mueum purchase from Friends of Product Design and Decorative Arts Fund....
2008-6-1

Up 1 Chair
molded polyurethane foam, stretch fabric upholstery.
Gift of the Estate of Frederick N. Babbish.
1991-94-5

Our curators have highlighted 14 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Bent chromium-plated tubular steel serves as the frame of this chair. The seat and back are fabric covered elastic bands, similar to bungee cords. Each is wrapped at either end with wire which then is formed into a hook. Each hook allows it to attach into a hole drilled in the frame to accommodate it.

Sandows No. 5 Side Chair
bent chromium-plated tubular steel, fiber, rubber.
Museum purchase through gift of Esme Usdan and from General Acquisitions....
2006-17-1

Here we have one of four fabric, circular chairs. The chairs are an array of colors: a deep red for the largest size, gray for the smallest, bold blue for the second largest size, and a bright green for the second smallest. They are all shaped like a cone and sit on the ground, with a sharp end on the outside. Inside the circular opening is a gridded, padded wall in each respectable color. The smallest gray chair has a t-shaped belt lap belt, as does the second smallest green chair, while the blue, second largest has buckle and strap only, and the largest is red and strapless. Visible in the red chair is a line running across the bottom indicating its foldability.

Chair, Size 1, R82 Scallop, 2016
shell: polypropylene; cushion: polyester and polyurethane; straps: polypropylene.
Gift of Convaid | R82.
s-e-2608

Cross Check Chair
laminated white maple.
Gift of Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz.
2006-24-2

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 76.2 x 85.1 x 67.3 cm (30 x 33 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Vermelha Chair; Designed by Fernando Campana (Brazilian, b. 1961), Humberto Campana (Brazilian, b. 1953); Manufactured by EDRA (Italy); Italy; bent epoxy-coated steel, hand woven dyed cotton rope, aluminum; H x W x D: 76.2 x 85.1 x 67.3 cm (30 x 33 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.); Gift of Edra SpA, Italy; 2007-39-1

We have 1 video that features Vermelha Chair.

Campana Brothers on the Vermelha Chair

Hear Fernando Campana speak about the process behind the iconic Vermelha chair, and how it was brought into semi-mass production despite the unusual weaving technique required to create it.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Making Design and Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DUzv/
Accession Number 2007-39-1
Object ID 18712511